Judge Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Tough Alabama Immigration Law

Reports on the hearing before U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn on Wednesday on the legal challenges by the U.S. government and others to Alabama's tough immigration law, suggest that the court was skeptical about parts of the law.  As in Arizona, Georgia, and other states, the sticking point seems to be the requirement that state and local police investigate the immigration status of any person about whom they have a "reasonable suspicion" are undocumented.

The judge did not issue a ruling but is expected to before the law goes into effect next week.  Stay tuned and ImmigrationProf will report when the court rules.

KJ