Governor Bentley Statement on Immigration Law Ruling

MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley today released the following statement regarding the decision on Alabama’s immigration law by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals:

“Today’s decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is simply one more step in what we knew would be a lengthy legal process.  As I have said on many occasions, if the federal government had done its job by enforcing its own immigration laws, we wouldn’t be here today.  Unfortunately, by failing to do its job, the federal government has left the problem of dealing with illegal immigration to the states. Alabama needed a tough law against illegal immigration.  We now have one.   I will continue to fight to see this law upheld.”