From the Office of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard today reacted to a ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding critical provisions of Alabama’s law cracking down on illegal immigration. Speaker Hubbard released the following statement:
“Once again the real teeth of Alabama’s illegal immigration law have been upheld as constitutional. The Court has again affirmed critical sections authorizing law enforcement to check the legal status of those suspected of being in the country illegally. It is certainly promising that revisions made this past legislative session resulted in injunctions being lifted on both sections 8 and 30, which restrict illegal aliens from receiving public post-secondary education benefits and doing business with the state. The Legislature will continue to take a look at sections the Court had a problem with to see what revisions might need to be made going forward.
“Overall Alabama continues to have a strict and enforceable illegal immigration law, and that’s not going to change.”
Once again the “real teeth” of Alabama’s illegal immigration law have been upheld as constitutional.
#alpolitics— Mike Hubbard (@SpeakerHubbard) August 20, 2012
From the Office of Governor Robert Bentley
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Monday issued the following statement regarding the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Alabama’s immigration law:
“The essence of Alabama’s immigration law has been upheld by today’s ruling. The Court is recognizing the state’s authority to inquire on immigration status in certain circumstances. The Court is also allowing the public records transaction provision to continue to be enforced.
“This law is needed because the federal government has refused to enforce its own policies. The federal government has also failed to approach immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.
“The core of Alabama’s immigration law remains that if you live or work in the state, you should do so legally. It is time now to move past court battles and focus on enforcement of Alabama’s law. We worked closely with legislators to clarify, simplify, and strengthen Alabama’s immigration law this year, and the essence of that law has been upheld.”
the constitution says it is PERFECTLY FINE for the state government to assist in the enforcement of federal law…not the feds are trying to take that right away from the state. this is one of countless examples I could point to of the federal government taking our rights away.
How about this quote? “To me, the principle of subsidiarity, which is really federalism, meaning government closest to the people governs best, having a civil society … where we, through our civic organizations, through our churches, through our charities, through all of our different groups where we interact with people as a community, that’s how we advance the common good,” Guess who… PAUL RYAN!
It appears hubbard gets this principle too judging from his new commission.
No mention of not being able to check student’s immigration status anymore. My favorite quote so far says the law “wrongly singles out children who are in the country illegally.” How do you “wrongly single out” people who are breaking the law?