A federal judge in Alabama has blocked parts of the state's new immigration law.

The measure is considered the strictest effort by any state to clamp down on illegal immigration.
 
Chief District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn ruled that some parts of the law conflict with federal statutes.

Those include measures making it a crime to transport or harbor an illegal immigrant or for an illegal immigrant to solicit work.

Police will still be required to check suspected illegal immigrants' status on traffic stops.