Utah reaches settlement over immigration law
By Brittany Felder on Nov 26, 2014 12:24 pm[JURIST] The Utah Attorney General's Office [official website] reached a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Tuesday over a controversial immigration law [HB 497]. The "Utah Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act" was criticized as encouraging racial profiling as it allowed police officers to stop individuals to verify their legal status or arrest them without a warrant, "when the peace officer ha[d] reasonable cause to believe that the person [was] an alien." The proposed settlement [text, PDF]... +read more
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