ICYMI, a federal judge blocked the implementation of two parts of HB 87 on Monday. Those sections would have given police authority to investigate the citizenship of people suspected to be illegal aliens and made it a felony to knowingly give aliens rides or housing.
Unfortunately, the judge did not block the use of E-Verify. Why unfortunately? Because as the bill’s author, Rep. Matt Dollar says: “E-Verify is kind of the tent pole of the whole legislation to me”. Awesome.
Gov. Deal’s office said the state will appeal the decision, putting Deal even more squarely in the camp of those who wish to violate basic human dignity and also destroy our state’s economy. Oh, and if civil liberties and curtailing government authority are your things, Deal is not on your side either.
Omar Jadwat, staff counsel for the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, was quoted by the AJC saying “The judge recognized the serious flaws in the law in his decision,
And while the state may try to claim victory, former Dekalb judge Keegan Federal (sidenote: great name for a litigator) offers a blistering rebuke to the state’s celebration. Via, the ever estimable Jim Galloway.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta issued a statement on Facebook saying: “We are relieved to learn a federal judge has temporarily blocked parts of GA’s HB87.”
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