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GEORGIA LATINO v. GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA

No. 11-13044.

691 F.3d 1250 (2012)

GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Service Employees International Union, Southern Regional Joint Board of Workers' United, Dream Activist.org, Task Force for the Homeless, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, Attorney General, State of Georgia, Defendants-Appellants, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services of the State of Georgia, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Blazer , Tanya Broder , Nora A. Preciado , Nat. Imm. Law Ctr., Oakland, CA, Katherine Desormeau , Kenneth J. Sugarman , Cecillia D. Wang , ACLU Immigrant's Rights Project, Winifred V. Kao , Sin Yen Ling , Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, CA, Omar C. Jadwat , Elora Mukherjee , Andre I. Segura , ACLU, New York City, Linton Joaquin , Melissa S. Keaney , Karen Cassandra Tumlin , Nora A. Preciado , Nat. Imm. Law Ctr., Los Angeles, CA, Mary Catherine Bauer , Samuel Jacob Brooke , Andrew Hess Turner , Southern Poverty Law Ctr., Montgomery, AL, Danielle M. Conley , Charles H. Kuck , Kuck Imm. Partners LLC, Robert Keegan Federal, Jr. , Federal & Hasson, LLP, Chara Fisher Jackson , Azadeh N. Shahshahani , ACLU Foundation of Georgia, Inc., Michelle Lapointe , Naomi R. Tsu , Daniel Werner , Southern Poverty Law Ctr., George Brian Spears , G. Brian Spears, PC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Devon Orland , Samuel Scott Olens , Kathleen M. Pacious , Atty. General's Office, Meghan Robson Davidson , Nail & Miller, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Paul J. Orfanedes , Judicial Watch, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Judicial Watch, Inc.

Karen Bryant Tripp , Karen B. Tripp , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

Richard Peter Hutchison , Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, MO, for Amicus Curiae Landmark Legal Foundation.

Anjan Choudhury , Gregory D. Phillips , Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Freedom Network USA.

Douglas B. Rohan , Rohan Law, PC, Atlanta, GA for Amicus Curiae Georgia Ass'n of Latino Elected Officals.

Andrew Harold Marks , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Legal Momentum and Asista Imm. Assistance.

Rebecca Sharpless , University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL, for Amicus Curiae American Imm. Lawyers Ass'n.

Christopher R. Clark , Carla Gorniak , Henry Lawrence Solano , Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, New York City, for Amicus Curiae The United Mexican States, et al.

Dale M. Schwartz , Dale M. Schwartz & Associates, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae Anti-Defamation League.

Before WILSON and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and VOORHEES, District Judge.

WILSON, Circuit Judge:

In April 2011, Georgia lawmakers enacted House Bill 87, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 (H.B. 87), to address the problem of illegal immigration within the state. Although the provisions of H.B. 87 seek to tackle numerous issues, only two sections are at issue in this appeal of the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction.

Section 7 codifies three separate...

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