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BREAKING: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Two More Sections of Anti-Immigrant HB 56

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court of appealsBreaking news from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning Alabama’s atrocious anti-immigrant law HB 56. Two more sections of the law have been blocked, while the case against the law is under appeal:

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order blocking a section that says courts can’t enforce contracts involving illegal immigrants and another that makes it a felony for an illegal immigrant to do business with the state.

Alabama’s law was challenged last year by both the federal government and a coalition of activist groups, and the cases have been appealed to the 11th Circuit. A three-judge panel in that court heard arguments in the case last week but said it won’t rule on the challenges to Alabama’s law and another in Georgia until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a federal challenge to a similar law in Arizona.

“We are very pleased that the Eleventh Circuit understood the harms these provisions were causing in Alabama, and saw fit to enjoin them,” said the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Sam Brooke, who argued before the 11th Circuit last week. “This is a great day for the residents of our state.”

We’re very pleased, too. These two sections of HB 56 were especially harmful to immigrant families in the state.

We’ll have more soon.