BREAKING: Parts Of Alabama Law Blocked In Federal Court

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta blocked the enforcement portions of Alabama’s harsh immigration law, according to CNN. The Obama Administration requested that Alabama’s law be put on hold. The parts of the law that were blocked and not:

— One requiring state officials to check the immigration status of students in public schools;

— One making “willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration card” a misdemeanor for immigrants;

But the state will be allowed to enforce these contested sections:

— One requiring that police during “lawful” stops or arrests “attempt to determine the immigration status of a person who they suspect is an unauthorized alien of this country.” That provision is similar to other laws aiming to crack down on illegal immigration passed by other state legislatures over the past year.

— One barring state courts from enforcing contracts involving undocumented immigrants, if the hiring party had a “direct or constructive” knowledge that the person was in the country unlawfully.

— One making it a felony for illegal immigrants to enter into a “business transaction” in Alabama, including applying for a driver’s license or a business license.

Other parts of the law were previously blocked and this most recent move dilutes it further.

Huntsville, went on a Spanish-language television show Thursday to try to calm worried parents.

There are several pending lawsuits over this law.