We woke up this morning after an amazing "One Family, One Alabama" campaign launch against HB 56 yesterday, which cumulated in a massive rally at the 16th St Baptist Church with a crowd roughly 3,400 people strong. Among those present at the rally included U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez...
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According to some supporters of Alabama's worst-in-the-nation immigration law – figures such as State Senator Scott Beason, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL), U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), anti-immigrant leader Mark Krikorian, and immigration law architect and current Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) – the state's "papers, please" anti-immigration...
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The wide base of support that we saw yesterday outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama is a clear sign that we who oppose HB 56 are the mainstream, while State Sen. Scott Beason and those who support the law are the extreme.
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It's a big day in Alabama with the launch of the campaign against HB 56. You can follow the action via UStream and Twitter.
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Today, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) will be hosting a series of events to kick off their campaign against HB 56. With eleven members of Congress scheduled to attend, it’s certain to be a day of intensity and energy. Even though you might not be in Alabama,...
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The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice will kick off the campaign against HB 56 at 2:00 PM Central Time tomorrow with a news conference in advance of an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing being held at the Council Chambers on the 3rd Floor of Birmingham City Hall. Present will be...
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More than a hundred people rallied peacefully on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery this morning, demanding an end to Alabama’s punitive HB 56 immigration law as nearly 50,000 petitions were handed over to La Jefa Radio host José Antonio Castro.
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Coming to survey Alabama this weekend are three well-known and well-respected hip hop artists: Rhymefest, Jasiri-X, and Paradise, known as "Arkitech" of the X-clan (someone who was described to me as one of the "forefathers of hip-hop."
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There are increasing signs of serious economic fallout from Alabama's harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56. There are growing calls, even from some GOP Senators, to change HB 56. The Anniston Star says repeal it.
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The controversy continues over the Alabama anti-immigration law, as leaders report on additional damage to the state?s reputation, economy, and efforts to move on from its Civil Rights era legacy...
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