Portugal’s President Asks Constitutional Court to Rule on Immigration Law

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of the country’s immigration law {snip} The law strengthens immigration controls and protects national interests.

The president said in a statement late on Thursday, July 24th, that the law–part of a Europe-wide pattern of tightening immigration rules–violated “the principles of equality and non-discrimination.”

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