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Authorities said they broke up a huge drug operation in the Tennessee Valley. Twenty people were arrested Thursday morning and two more are charged in what investigators called overlapping drug ringsMore >>
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ATLANTA (AP) - When a federal appeals court
hears arguments in the legal challenges against tough new laws targeting
illegal immigration in Alabama and Georgia, people outside of those two
states will be paying attention.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday on challenges to the
Georgia and Alabama laws filed by civil liberties and immigrant rights
groups and a challenge to Alabama's law filed by the federal government.
In the case pitting Alabama
against the federal government, the attorneys general of 9 other states
have filed an amicus brief supporting the state of Alabama, saying they
want to ensure that state sovereignty is respected.
A number of foreign
governments have filed amicus briefs opposing both Georgia and Alabama's
laws, saying they're harmful to diplomatic relations.
Associated Press writers Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami contributed to this report.
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