· Reuters · By Laura Zuckerman · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
Reuters reports that a Montana judge would decide LR-121 on summary judgment after both sides agreed a trial was unnecessary. MIJA argued that the law violated state constitutional protections and intruded on the federal government's authority over immigration, while the governor and attorney general defended it as consistent with existing federal benefit rules.
The report places Shahid and MIJA's Montana challenge within the national debate over legalization, border enforcement, and the wave of state immigration laws adopted during the same period.