Once again, we are witness to a federal court meddling in the affairs of a state government. Alabama passed a law that forbade state and local governments from engaging in business contracts with illegal aliens. Another provision instructed the state courts not to enforce contracts involving the same.A three judge panel violated the Tenth Amendment rights of Alabama. However, Article 1 Section 10 explicitly states that States cannot pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts. But are those contracts null and void if the individuals have violated our immigration laws? Should the States be obligated to honor a contract with someone who is unlawfully in the United States? Alabama’s Attorney General disagrees with the ruling:
"I strongly disagree with the Eleventh Circuit’s decision today to temporarily enjoin two provisions of the immigration law that the District Court upheld," Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said in a statement. "I will continue to vigorously defend Alabama’s immigration law in the courts. I am hopeful that the Supreme Court's coming decision in the Arizona case will make clear that our law is constitutional."
The ACLU was delighted with decision. They went so far as to confer citizenship status for illegal aliens:
"Today’s order brings immediate relief to countless Alabamians whose fundamental rights have been trampled by this anti-immigrant law," Cecilia Wang of the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement. "These provisions were designed to make it impossible for ordinary families to live in Alabama by stripping them of their ability to engage in contracts – like rental agreements or car leases – and to do any business with the state government. They are unconstitutional and the court rightly blocked them pending a final ruling on the appeal.”
Alabamians must be surprised to find out that illegal aliens are citizens. I know I am.
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