Atlanta, GA – A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked two sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of a legal challenge.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued an order blocking a section that says courts can't enforce contracts involving illegal immigrants and another that makes it a felony for an illegal immigrant to do business with the state.
Alabama's law was challenged last year by both the federal government and a coalition of activist groups, and the cases have been appealed to the 11th Circuit. A three-judge panel in that court heard arguments in the case last week but said it won't rule on the challenges until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a federal challenge to a similar law in Arizona.
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