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LAWSUIT OVER ENGLISH-ONLY SIGN ORDINANCE
A grocery store-owner in Norcross, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb, has filed suit in federal court, claiming that the town’s English language sign ordinance violates the U.S. Constitution. Last fall Maria Covarrubias, owner of Super Mercado Jalisco, was fined $ 100 for violating a 1995 law requiring at least 75% of all signs to be written in English.
Covarrubias is a native of Mexico and a U.S. citizen, has operated the store for the past seven years, with most of her customers coming from the areas growing Hispanic population. The suit contends the ordinance unconstitutionally discriminates against people whose native language is not English.
A few neighboring towns have similar ordinances. Corvarrubias’ attorney, James Eidson worries that such laws send the message that immigrants are not welcome.

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