Mexico files brief in Ala. immigration lawsuits

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law.

Mexico's brief says the law, which is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, undermines U.S.-Mexico relations.

Mexico asks in its friend of the court brief that the federal court declare Alabama's law unconstitutional.

The brief by Mexico and the request to have it included in the case was filed Wednesday. The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay also filed a motion seeking to join Mexico's brief.

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