DOJ Seeks Injunction Against AZ Immigration Law
Update: Via Politico, Here is a copy of the Complaint filed today.
The Department of Justice will file its legal challenge to Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, as early as today. It will seek an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.
The lawsuit will rely on pre-emption (through the Supremacy Clause) but it's also expected to contain a civil rights claim.
But the filing is likely to have a civil rights component as well, arguing that the Arizona law would lead to police harassment of U.S. citizens and foreigners, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the government has not announced its plans. President Obama has warned that the law could violate citizens' civil rights, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has expressed concern that it could drive a wedge between police and immigrant communities.
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