Thursday, May 27, 2010

NILC and Civil Rights Groups File Legal Challenge to Arizona Racial Profiling Law

Click on the headline here to read the press release from the NILC. - - Donna Poisl

Opposition to Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law Grows

sent by HIAS/JTA

Last week, the Reform Rabbis in Arizona and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern Arizona issued statements condemning the harsh anti-immigrant law that was enacted in Arizona at the end of April.

Also last week, the National Immigration Law Center and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit challenging the Arizona legislation on the grounds that it violates the Constitution, interferes with federal law, invites racial profiling, and infringes on free speech rights.
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