Some relief for Alabamians! The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has blocked enforcement of parts of Alabama's cruel immigration law.
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The Alabama chapter of the NAACP hosted a town hall and panel discussion today, giving the immigrant community a chance to ask questions about Alabama's monster immigration law and how it might affect them.
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In an email so grotesque it almost resembles a parody, former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) published his full-throated support of the Alabama immigration law this week, defending mass deportation and human suffering before asking his readers to contribute to such efforts.
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Yesterday, five Dream Act eligible leaders -- Nancy, Neidi, Tony, Francisco Javier and Adrian -- staged a sit-in at an ICE office in Los Angeles as immigration supporters were holding a rally outside the Immigration Court Building.
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For your viewing pleasure this morning, we're forwarding around last night's episode of South Park, "The Last of the Meheecans." Hilarious and relevant, it's also a sign of how thoroughly the immigration debate has permeated pop culture and the American consciousness.
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Oct 12, 2011
Pedro and his wife, both of whom are undocumented immigrants, decided to put all their belongings in the car and leave with their son for Arizona. Even with its SB 1070 immigration law, they expect Arizona to treat them better than Alabama under its law HB 56.
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When the Alabama law passed, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley gave himself a pat on the back and said "Today is a victory for Alabama…During my campaign, I promised a tough law against illegal immigration, and we now have one." That tough law is also Alabama's cruelest.
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Today's hearing in the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement provides another opportunity to shine a light on immigration enforcement strategies that are smart and effective, and to expose those that are irresponsible and dangerous.
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For Alabama's immigrant families, yesterday's refusal by federal judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn to issue a temporary stay to state law HB 56 is like salt in the wound. Last night, undocumented parents, carrying their children, packed a Tarrant Elementary classroom for a "Know Your Rights" workshop on what to...
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The panic continues. Yesterday, federal judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn refused to stop enforcement of immigration law HB 56 while her decision to let the worst provisions of the law stand is appealed by the Department of Justice and civil rights groups.
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