South Carolina to be sued over Immigration Law by Justice Department=20
After Arizona and Alabama its SC turn now.The balancing act that is the Whi=
te House immigration policy just got a little more interesting as the Justi=
ce Department has sued South Carolina over its Arizona copycat law. The Jus=
tice Department filed suit Monday against South Carolina over a recently-pa=
ssed state law intended to step up local law enforcement efforts against il=
legal immigrants.=20
The law, set to take effect Jan. 1, requires police to check the immigratio=
n status of everyone they detain and to detain for a reasonable time those =
suspected of being in the United States illegally. The legislation also mak=
es it a violation of state law for a foreigner to fail to carry his or her =
immigration papers and for anyone to transport or harbor illegal aliens.
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