Some Birmingham area restaurant owners say they are losing legal Hispanic workers as a result of the new immigration law, or they fear an exodus is possible. Steve Dubrinsky, owner of a Jewish deli in Inverness, said he has pleaded with his nine-member kitchen staff, all of them legal...
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Here we go again. Every year for the last five, immigration hawks in Congress have sought to require all businesses to use an error-plagued federal system known as E-Verify to ensure that all new hires are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants.
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Checkpoints set up to prevent people driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs from being behind the wheel should be used for this purpose, and not to make money by impounding cars from sober but unlicensed drivers.
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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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FLORENCE, Alabama – Pedro y su esposa, indocumentados, decidieron llenar su camioneta con sus pertenencias y partir con su hijo para Arizona, que con su SB 1070 se les hizo mejor que Alabama con su HB 56. En un conglomerado de pequeñas viviendas en la ciudad de Florence, a...
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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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The devastating impact of Alabama's new immigration law continues to generate heartbreaking stories, including more articles from the state over the weekend that caught our attention.
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The devastating impact of Alabama's new immigration law continues to generate heartbreaking stories, including three pieces filed from the ground over the weekend: "We wanted to make another life for ourselves, but we're not allowed." Maribel Hastings of America's Voice Español reports the devastation she has witnessed in...
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Our colleague, Maribel Hastings, who has been in Alabama for the past week, wrote a very powerful column, which appeared in The Guardian over the weekend. It's definitely worth a read, highlighting the very human toll the new anti-immigrant law is having. The piece is titled, "Sweet home Alabama...
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