Congregation Signs onto Brief Calling for Suspension of Immigration Law

April 4, Adrian, Michigan – The Adrian Dominican Congregation is one of 50 Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faith groups that signed onto an amicus curiae brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070. Signed into law on April 23, 2010, SB 1070 requires Arizona police officers to question anybody they think could possibly be an illegal alien. The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of the law on April 25.

Among its many arguments against the law, the amicus brief notes that “citizens of color will disproportionately bear the burden” of this law, subjecting them to “the demeaning experience of criminal arrest and detention” if they can’t prove their citizenship or legal immigration status. In its opening statement of interest, the brief notes that SB1070 and “copycat legislation” from other states “announce to immigrants and people of color that they are not welcome and will be subjected to constant scrutiny.”

Read the list of faith-based groups who signed onto the amicus brief.