· Great Falls Tribune · By John S. Adams · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
This Great Falls Tribune report covers the first major hearing in the challenge to LR-121. Attorneys argued that the law could deny services to lawful citizens and residents, force state employees to make immigration decisions, and provide no meaningful process for correcting mistakes. Andrea Carlson and Alisha Blair described the financial and personal consequences of having citizenship claims that federal authorities had not promptly documented.
The report records Shahid's role as Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance director and co-counsel in one of the state's most important immigration cases of the period. The case focused public attention on how proof requirements can injure citizens as well as immigrants.