Legal Opinion
United States v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2012No. 11-14532, 11-14674PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
On June 9, 2011, Governor Robert Bentley signed into law House Bill 56, titled the “Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act” (H.B. 56). The stated purpose of the legislation is to discourage illegal immigration within the state and maximize enforcement of federal immigration laws through cooperation with federal authorities. See Ala.Code § 31-13-2. A total of ten provisions of H.B. 56 are at issue in the appeal before us, 1 some of which have been amended by an act of the Alabama legislature, House Bill 658 (H.B. 658), which Governor Bentley signed into…
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