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ACLU files lawsuit challenging Georgia immigration law

June 2, 2011 01:30:34 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit Thursday challenging a Georgia immigration law similar...

May 26, 2011 01:56:43 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana challenging a controversial Indiana immigration law [SEA...

May 26, 2011 11:57:36 AM

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-3 in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting that a controversial Arizona employment law is not preempted by the Immigration...

May 14, 2011 03:56:01 PM

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law on Friday an "Arizona style" anti-illegal immigration bill that allows law enforcement officers to ask about immigration status when questioning suspects in criminal investigations. The law also...

May 11, 2011 11:54:56 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Utah on Tuesday blocked the state's controversial immigration law , less than 24 hours after it took effect. Judge Clark Waddoups...

May 10, 2011 10:51:14 AM

Arizona state officials said Monday the state will go directly to the US Supreme Court to lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its controversial immigration law . Arizona Governor Jan...

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Utah immigration law challenged

May 3, 2011 03:12:21 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit challenging Utah's controversial immigration law . The bill, which has...

April 28, 2011 02:34:38 PM

The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday approved HB 1446 , a bill creating a criminal penalty for undocumented workers who hold jobs and criminalizing the transportation of those workers into the state. The bill, written by Representative George...

April 22, 2011 12:32:43 PM

The Indiana House of Representatives on Thursday voted 64-32 to approve a bill considered to be a "watered-down" version of the Arizona immigration bill . The amended bill proposes to...

April 11, 2011 03:29:02 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision to enjoin several provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law . In July, the US...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mayflower Compact signed

On November 11, 1620, 41 Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, creating a civil government for Plymouth Colony.

Armistice signed, ending WWI

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, the Allied Powers signed an armistice with Germany, ending World War I. Armistice Day is marked every year in Europe on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" with two minutes of silence.

Indictments announced in Lockerbie bombing

On November 11, 1991, prosecutors from the United States and the United Kingdom announced their indictments in the bombing of a passenger airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Scottish court convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, allegedly a former Libyan intelligence official, of the 270 murders in 2001. Read documents from the Lockerbie bombing trial.