· KPAX · By Melissa Anderson · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
KPAX summarizes the court challenge to LR-121, Montana's voter-approved law restricting access to state services based on citizenship or immigration status. The plaintiffs argued that the law imposed an excessive burden of proof and required agencies to report people believed to lack lawful status; the state defended it as an eligibility measure.
This brief report captures the central dispute Shahid and the Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance brought before the court: whether Montana could turn routine applications for public services into a state immigration-screening system.