Saying that plaintiffs challenging Georgia’s new immigration law are likely to suffer irreparable injury � including criminal penalties � if the law is allowed to take effect Friday, a federal judge in Atlanta has blocked implementation of two of its most controversial sections until legal challenges to the law’s constitutionality are resolved. U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. on Monday issued a preliminary injunction barring implementation of Sections 7 and 8 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 also known as HB 87, saying that where civil rights are at stake, the public interest weighs in favor of a preliminary injunction.
Section 7 provides criminal penalties for concealing, harboring or shielding an illegal alien from detection or encouraging non-citizens to enter or live in the United States illegally. Section 8 gives state and local law enforcement officers authority to investigate the illegal immigration status of people stopped or otherwise detained in connection with another violation and detain them without a warrant until their immigration status is determined.
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