Georgia's anti-immigration law challenged

The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and a host of Civil Rights groups in the Atlanta's federal district court.

The lawsuit stated, “Georgia is interfering with the authority of the federal government in matters of immigration.”

Omar Jadwat, an attorney with the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said, “The law will establish a "show-me-your-papers regime," and encourages “racial profiling.”

When questioned regarding the Arizona’s SB 1070 law, he said, “We're confident that a federal court will strike down this law as well.”

Regarding the law being an exact copy of SB 1070, Stephanie Mayfield, a spokeswoman, said, “These organizations falsely claim HB 87 is a copycat of Arizona's legislation. It is not.”

“The Georgia General Assembly carefully vetted a piece of legislation that ensured a constitutional final product.”

HB 87 anti-illegal-immigration law
The law was signed by governor of Georgia; Nathan Deal on May 13 this year. According to this law, the person has to prove his/her identity upon being asked by the cops.

Anyone found of illegally transporting the immigrants could be jailed for one year. The employees using fake identification to gain the employment could be behind the bars for up to 15 years with the fine of $250,000.

According to CNN, it is one of the toughest anti-illegal immigration law passed by any state.