NILC and ACLU File Lawsuit Challenging Utah “Show Me Your Papers” Law

HERE IS THE LINK FOR THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED TODAY AGAINST HB-497

http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/LocalLaw/UCLR-v-Herbert-complaint-2011-05-03.pdf

NILC and ACLU File Lawsuit Challenging Utah “Show Me Your Papers” Law

SALT LAKE CITY — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Utah, and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olsen filed a class action lawsuit today charging that Utah’s recently passed law, HB 497, like Arizona’s notorious SB 1070, authorizes police to demand “papers” demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops, invites racial profiling of Latinos and others who appear “foreign” to an officer, and interferes with federal law.

READ MORE: http://www.nilc.org/pubs/news-releases/nr062.htm 

ACLU, others sue to block Utah immigration law

Several local and national civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against Utah’s enforcement-only immigration law Tuesday — just days before it is scheduled to go into effect — calling it “unconstitutional” and an open pathway to racial profiling.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center were joined by Archie Archuletta, a member of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, in filing the suit in federal district court against Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.

READ MORE: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51742041-90/aclu-archuletta-attorney-check.html.csp

ACLU files lawsuit against Utah illegal immigration enforcement law

SALT LAKE CITY — The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against what it calls Utah's "show me your papers" illegal immigration enforcement law the Legislature passed earlier this year.

In addition to the national and local chapters of the ACLU, the National Immigration Law Center claim HB497 authorizes police to demand papers proving citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops. They contend the law invites racial profiling of Latinos and other who appear "foreign" to police officers.

READ MORE: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705371907/ACLU-files-lawsuit-against-Utah-illegal-immigration-enforcement-law.html

Immigration officials may deport Mormon branch president and family

DRAPER — A local leader of an LDS Church Spanish-speaking congregation who faces deportation unwittingly finds himself in the sights of Latino activists looking to further their position in the ongoing illegal immigration debate.

Immigrations agents arrested Felix Joaquin Callejas-Hernandez, his wife and two teenage children April 19 and they all now face deportation to their native El Salvador. Callejas served as president of the Eastridge 9th Branch in Draper until his release last week.

READ MORE: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705371685/Immigration-officials-may-deport-Mormon-branch-president-and-family.html

LDS leader’s arrest puts spotlight on immigration stand

A local Mormon leader is being held in a Utah County jail awaiting deportation after federal authorities arrested him and his family nearly two weeks ago for being in the country illegally.

Felix Callejas, an LDS branch president in Draper, oversaw a congregation of about 100 and was picked up by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents April 19 after a failed attempt to obtain legal asylum from his native country of El Salvador.

READ MORE: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51721061-90/according-arrested-awaiting-branch.html.csp

Some LDS conservatives now at odds with their church

For decades, Mormon conservatives have believed their politics on a number of issues matched with the positions of their church. They opposed abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment and same-sex marriage, for example, and so did their religion.

But now comes an issue that puts the two seemingly at odds: immigration.

READ MORE: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51716530-78/church-says-lds-immigration.html.csp