ACLU seeks injunction against Riverside

Carolyn Hileman* | July 24, 2007

Filed Under The ACLU

RIVERSIDE — A coalition of local business owners represented by American Civil Liberties Union attorneys has filed a motion in state Superior Court to prevent Riverside from ever enforcing its controversial illegal immigration law. James Katz, who represents the Riverside Co-alition of Business Owners and Landlords on behalf of the ACLU, said the organization filed a motion for a permanent injunction to prohibit the township from enforcing the Riverside Illegal Immigration Relief Act. “The bottom line is we believe they don’t have the power or right to enforce this ordinance,” Katz said. “It’s our position, as a matter of law, a municipality lacks the power to enforce a law regulating someone’s employment or immigration status.”

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