Alabama immigration law gets split decision from judge

U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn blocked some but not all
provisions of Alabama's immigration law in a decision she issued on
Wednesday. The law prevents undocumented workers from applying for jobs
and imposes penalties on businesses that hire or even transport them.

Blackburn
allowed state police to make a reasonable attempt to determine the
immigration status of a person who has been detained or arrested, if the
officer has a reasonable suspicion to inquire about their status. She
said that there is nothing in federal law that expressly prevents states
from passing laws to verify a person's citizenship and immigration
status.

The judge also allowed Alabama to check the immigration status of students enrolled in public schools.

However,
Blackburn stopped the implementation of provisions that would prevent
undocumented aliens from applying for work, prohibit the concealing,
harboring and transporting of illegal migrants and ban employers from
being penalized in the form of state tax deductions for payment of
salaries to an unauthorized alien.

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