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June 3, 2011

Civil Rights Groups Challenge Georgia Anti-Immigrant Law 
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Several civil rights groups have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to
block a recent Georgia law modeled on the anti-immigrant measure in
Arizona. The law empowers local and state police to demand documentation
of residency and to detain people they suspect are in the country
without permission. State residents, including U.S. citizens, are
required to carry documentation with them at all times. The suit was
brought by a coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union and
the Southern Poverty Law Center.



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