Suit filed asking feds to block GA immigration law

ATLANTA - A Georgia immigration lawyer has filed a lawsuit asking the federal government to intervene to block Georgia's new law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect.

Jerome Lee filed the suit Monday in federal court in Atlanta on behalf of the Association of Persons Concerned with HB 87. The suit describes the organization as a group lawyers, immigrants and civic organizations.

The suit names federal officials, including the president, as defendants. The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

The federal government did sue to block implementation of a similar law in Arizona last year.

Civil liberties groups earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and to block its enforcement.