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Judge blocks provisions of new S.C. immigration law

US judge halts key parts set to take effect Jan. 1

By Meg Kinnard

 |  Associated Press  

  December 23, 2011

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal judge yesterday blocked several provisions of South Carolina’s tough new immigration law from taking effect New Year’s Day, including a requirement for law officers to check the immigration status of people they pull over if officers suspect they are in the country illegally. US District Judge Richard Gergel’s ruling also blocked sections making it a state crime not to carry immigration paperwork or for illegal immigrants to transport or house themselves.

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