Mestizo lobby outraged over GA’s state immigration law.
Georgia is fighting a federal judge’s ruling that blocks parts of a new law that took effect Friday targeting illegal immigration.
A spokeswoman for the state attorney general’s office announced that it has filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
The spokeswoman, Lauren Kane, says the official appeal has not yet been filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 11th Circuit filing will include a brief that will lay out the state’s objections to the ruling.
Kane did not specify a date for the appeal.
Federal Judge Thomas Thrash on June 27 granted a request filed by civil liberties groups to block two sections of Georgia House Bill 87 from taking effect until a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality has been resolved.