The United States government filed an emergency motion with the 11th
Circuit on October 7, 2011 asking the court to enjoin portions of
Alabama's controversial new immigration law while the issue is on
appeal. The Department of Justice argued in its motion that the state
law encroaches on an area of the law under the exclusive control of the
federal government. The district court in the case had previously
denied the DoJ's multiple requests for injunctions.
Feds File Emergency Motion for Injunction of Alabama Immigration Law