Judicial Watch Fights Aclu Intervention in Special Order 40 Suit ; Hearing Scheduled for Sept. 20 in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Southern California has filed a motion to allow illegal immigrant and other groups to intervene in Judicial Watch's lawsuit against the LAPD over "Special Order 40," a set of policies that prevents police officers from inquiring about an individual's immigration status and communicating freely with federal immigration officials (Harold P. Sturgeon v. William J. Bratton, et al., Case No. BC351646). Judicial Watch filed a motion opposing the attempted intervention. A hearing on the matter is scheduled on Sept. 20, in Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

"Proposed Intervenors (the ACLU's clients) should not be allowed to use this Court and its process to help undocumented aliens violate the law, and granting them intervenor status to do so would turn the law on its head," Judicial Watch argued in its court filing opposing the ACLU. "Clearly, assisting undocumented aliens to remain undetected by federal immigration officials and helping undocumented aliens to secure unlawful employment do not constitute proper, lawful interests."

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Judicial Watch Fights Aclu Intervention in Special Order 40 Suit ; Hearing Scheduled for Sept. 20 in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles

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