July 15, 2010

Below is a partial listing of our litigation briefs. For briefs not listed, please e-mail information@advancingequality.org. Annie Ling v. State of Georgia Arizona SB 1070 This action challenges Arizona Senate Bill 1070, as amended (SB 1070), a comprehensive set of state immigration laws expressly intended to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States. SB 1070 proclaims and implements an immigration policy of attrition through enforcement for the State of Arizona. The legislation creates an array of new state-law criminal offenses relating to immigration and imposes sweeping requirements on state and local law enforcement officers to investigate alleged immigration violations and to arrest and detain persons suspected of immigration violations. The law was signed by Governor Janice Brewer on April 23, 2010, and is scheduled to go into effect on July 28, 2010. ...

Source: Asian American Justice Center