Oct 11, 2011
Alabama's strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many construction workers, roofers and field hands here legally who do backbreaking jobs that Americans generally won't.
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News reports continue to highlight the devastating effects of Alabama's new immigration law on children, families, and entire industries. Meanwhile, supporters of the law, including anti-immigrant members of Congress and nativist organizations, seem quite comfortable with its destructive impact.
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As news reports continue to highlight the devastating effects of Alabama's new immigration law on children, families, and entire industries, supporters of the law seem quite comfortable with its destructive impact. The Associated Press reported, "Alabama's strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out...
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As news reports continue to highlight the devastating effects of Alabama's new immigration law on children, families, and entire industries, supporters of the law seem quite comfortable with its destructive impact. The Associated Press reported, "Alabama's strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out...
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Breaking news today on the legal front regarding the Alabama immigration law. The Department of Justice has asked the 11th Circuit to block implementation of the law: The federal government asked an appeals court on Friday to halt an Alabama immigration law considered by many as the toughest in...
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You've probably heard that Alabama has begun implementing the harshest anti-immigrant law in the country. Their stated goal is to wipe every undocumented person from the state by putting such a squeeze on their communities that they are terrorized out. Police, public utilities companies and even elementary...
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Below are the second two columns in a series on the Alabama anti-immigration law by Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor with America's Voice Education Fund. These articles were originally published in Spanish on Univision.com and AOL Latino. To reprint the English versions below, please credit the proper Spanish language...
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The baby girl was born on October 3, weighing just 5 pounds 15 ounces. But just as she came into the world, her father, a dishwasher in a restaurant, was detained by immigration authorities, possibly to be deported. The mother, who is 20 years old and also undocumented,...
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Alabama's controversial new immigration enforcement law is fostering an environment of fear in the state's classrooms that's affecting all students, leading critics of law said during a Wednesday conference call. The new law requires that all schools verify the immigration status of children enrolling for the first time....
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The nation's harshest immigration law, upheld by a federal judge last week, is creating nothing short of a "humanitarian crisis," opponents of the law said in a news conference this afternoon. Attorneys, educators and children's advocates said the effects of the law mirror the fear and racism felt...
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