On a humid, rainy winter morning on the outskirts of Charleston, Shirley Juarez is setting tables, laying out doormats and getting ready for another weekday lunch rush at El Chapin, a Central American restaurant here. It's a taste of home for the Guatemala native who came to the United... Continue »
It's unclear whether farmers in Georgia and Alabama will face a shortage of workers due to tough new laws targeting illegal immigration, but some producers said they have begun changing their plans for planting and harvesting this year's crops. Continue »
Students from several area colleges and universities will announce plans today to hold a week of events protesting Alabama's tough new immigration law. The events will run from Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 and should involve students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, the... Continue »
Federal inaction on comprehensive immigration reform has forced the issue on state and local leaders, but Arizona-style approaches are not the solution, a group of mayors was told Wednesday. Continue »
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says people should fight South Carolina's new laws on voter identification and Immigration. Jackson told a crowd of about 400 people at the International Longshoreman's Association Hall in Charleston on Monday night that the Republican-led legislation harkens back to the old South's racist past. Continue »
Yesterday evening, Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, made an appearance on the Colbert Report to discuss Alabama's monster immigration law, HB 56. On the day Americans were celebrating the memory of our nation's greatest civil rights leader, Douglas invoked the great leader himself. Continue »
Democratic lawmakers in Arizona plan to file a bill that would repeal the state's controversial immigration law. The Arizona Republic reports that this week Democratic state Sen. Steve Gallardo, of Phoenix, plans to file the measure, which would mark the first legislative attempt in Arizona to do away with... Continue »
State Sen. Scott Beason said today that he will run for the U.S. House of Representatives in District 6, setting the stage for a battle with current Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills. "I'm grateful for all the encouragement and support I have received over the past weeks," Beason... Continue »
A federal bill that would open a path to citizenship for more than a million undocumented students failed more than a year ago, but the Metro Nashville School Board passed a resolution supporting it Tuesday. Continue »
Missouri could be the next battleground in a nationwide fight over tougher immigration laws. State Sen. Will Kraus, a Lee's Summit Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would mandate that all public schools verify the immigration status of enrollees. Continue »