Move over, Mark Krikorian. Make way, Mo Brooks. Turns out we've got another Republican none too shy about getting out there and defending the Alabama immigration law, humanitarian crisis be damned. Continue »
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) yesterday admitted that the state's worst-in-the-nation immigration law needs changes. Gov. Bentley's comments come after continued stories criticizing the economic catastrophe for Alabama agriculture, burdensome new requirements forced upon Alabama small businesses... Continue »
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) yesterday admitted that the state's worst-in-the-nation immigration law needs changes. Gov. Bentley's comments come after continued stories criticizing the economic catastrophe for Alabama agriculture, burdensome new requirements forced upon Alabama small businesses, and damage to the state's reputation as a place foreign companies... Continue »
Gov. Robert Bentley called for simplifying some elements of the state's strict new immigration law during a speech in Birmingham on Monday. Bentley, speaking to the Birmingham Business Alliance, did not have specifics on what would be changed, but The Associated Press reported him saying the central parts of... Continue »
With Republicans who control the Alabama Legislature saying they are focused most of all on creating jobs in Alabama, one can't help but wonder why they would support an overreaching immigration law that is creating uncomfortably familiar publicity for the state, which may well be used against Alabama and... Continue »
Portions of the nation's most harmful immigration law went into effect last month in Alabama, causing widespread fear and panic among the state's Latino population. It requires school officials to verify students' immigration status, prompting thousands of frightened Latino students not to show up for school. Continue »
Since the implementation of the Alabama immigration law, our team here at America's Voice has been rotating through the Yellowhammer State, helping to organize a humanitarian response and collecting stories about how normal families have been affected by this monstrosity of a law. Continue »
The news that Mitt Romney is deploying automated attack calls in Iowa against Rick Perry on immigration should come as little surprise, given Romney's hard-line stance on immigration thus far in the 2012 cycle. What is notable, however, is that the anti-Perry calls feature an Arizona sheriff named... Continue »
The news that Mitt Romney is deploying automated attack calls in Iowa against Rick Perry on immigration should come as little surprise, given Romney's hard-line stance on immigration thus far in the 2012 cycle. What is notable, however, is that the anti-Perry calls feature an Arizona sheriff named... Continue »
The news that Mitt Romney is deploying automated attack calls in Iowa against Rick Perry on immigration should come as little surprise, given Romney's hard-line stance on immigration thus far in the 2012 cycle. What is notable, however, is that the anti-Perry calls feature an Arizona sheriff named... Continue »