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SEIU: U.S. Department of Justice Rightly Challenges South Carolina Immigration Law

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against South Carolina’s harsh immigration law on the grounds that it violates the U.S. Constitution by interfering with the federal government’s jurisdiction over immigration law. The South Carolina law would require law enforcement to demand “papers” demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops when they have “reasonable suspicion” that a person may by undocumented. It also would criminalize the provision of…

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