Stockholm (KTN) — Amid global backlash against the bill, Valkyrian President Kate Murphy has referred the Immigration Regulatory Act 2019 (IRA 19) to the Constitutional Court for judicial review on Monday. Since the passage of the bill in Parliament on 25 September, there have been protests across the country and the world against IRA 19. In Valkyria and elsewhere, protesters have expressed concern for the treatment of undocumented migrants at detention centres and the religious freedoms of noncitizens. In spite of these protests, the Valkyrian government does not seem to be standing down and hope that all provisions of IRA 19 will take effect after a judicial ruling on the bill.

Home Secretary Nicole Chancellor, who sponsored the bill, told The Macais Journal on Friday that "IRA 19 is constitutional in whole and complaints against the bill are unfounded". In response to unrest outside the Valkyrian embassy in Castiana, Foreign Secretary Bradley Murphy issued a statement of condemnation against the protesters, calling them "rioters". In the statement, the foreign secretary called upon the Ryccian government to "take effective measures against those who wish harm upon Valkyrian citizens in the country" and warned that any harm done to Valkyrian diplomatic personnel could result in the "closure" of the Valkyrian embassy in Castiana. Chancellor Stella Kaufman made a public statement in which she argued that IRA 19 was "thoroughly reviewed" by the parliamentary counsel to determine the bill's constitutionality and compatibility with existing law.

However, Opposition Leader Avianna Aldridge has disputed the claims made by the government with regard to IRA 19. The opposition leader told the KTN that the parliamentary counsel was given "less than two weeks" to inform Parliament on the bill's constitutionality by the New Conservative Coalition. In her statement, Aldridge said, "Not only will the Constitutional Court declare the vast majority of provisions in the bill unconstitutional, but the General Courts will take up the legal cases we have brought before them on the matter of migrant detention centres and several other issues." The opposition leader is confident that the status quo of Valkyrian immigration policy will be maintained and stated that "the contents of IRA 19 hearken back to a shameful time in our history when we violently eliminated people because they didn't speak Valkyrian or adhere to the Valrissi religion".