Legal Opinion
United States v. State of South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2013No. 12-1096, 12-1099, 12-2514, 12-2533PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge AGEE joined.
DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
In 2011, the South Carolina legislature passed, and the governor signed, a package of immigration laws known as Act 69 (“the Act”). In this pre-enforcement challenge, the district court preliminarily enjoined Sections 4, 5, and 6(B)(2) of the Act on federal preemption grounds. These sections made it a state criminal offense for (1) a person unlawfully present in the United States to conceal, harbor, or shelter herself from detection, or allow herself to be transported…
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