ACLU sues on S.C. immigration law

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The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against South Carolina’s tough immigration law on Wednesday, challenging the measure’s constitutionality and saying it invites racial profiling.

South Carolina’s law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest if they suspect the person might be in the country illegally, and makes it a crime for anyone to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant.