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ACLU set to discuss immigration laws in SC
Posted: 05.01.2012 at 7:16 AM
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union are scheduled to visit South Carolina to talk about immigration rights.

The ACLU's "Mobile Rights Team" is making stops in Columbia and Charleston on Tuesday.

ACLU officials say the tour is an effort to gather stories from people impacted by immigration laws.

The group says the stops are part of a campaign planned in conjunction with the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration last week of a legal challenge to Arizona's immigration law, which was a model for a similar policy in South Carolina.

The federal government is suing South Carolina over its law. That litigation is on hold pending the Supreme Court's decision.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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