A lawsuit by Gov. Jan Brewer that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state's border with Mexico was dismissed Friday by a federal judge.
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Did you see what U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson called state Sen. Scott Beason? Yeah. A racist. In an order issued Thursday, Thompson said both Beason, R-Gardendale, and former Rep. Benjamin Lewis of Dothan, key prosecution witnesses in the bribes-for-bingo trial this summer, were not credible because they were...
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Congresista Gutiérrez pide freno a deportaciones de inmigrantes sin historial criminal detenidos en Alabama bajo la HB 56 EUFAULA, Alabama – El congresista demócrata de Illinois, Luis Gutiérrez, instó al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) a frenar las deportaciones de inmigrantes sin historial criminal detenidos bajo la HB 56...
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Oct 21, 2011
In Fair Park Arena at 4 PM Saturday, October, 22, 2011, Rep. Gutierrez and other immigrant advocates will protest HB 56 at a rally hosted by Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice and La Jefa Radio Station.
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This week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced another record-breaking year in immigration enforcement, deporting just under 400,000 immigrants in FY 2011. According to DHS, they are targeting the "worst of the worst," an assertion they tout by highlighting the fact that 55%, or 216,698, of...
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is visiting Alabama for a series of events on Saturday, which will end with a rally in Fair Park Arena at 4 PM. Rep. Gutierrez has long championed the issue of immigration reform, and was even arrested in 2010 and 2011 while protesting deportations under...
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The Obama Administration released the latest deportation numbers this week. A closer look at the Obama Administration's new deportation numbers shows that a vast majority of deportees are not serious offenders.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Our African-American cab driver summed up Alabama law HB 56 better than any activist or public official: it's not an effective law from a humanitarian or economic standpoint, and with Alabama's ugly history in matters of race relations and civil rights, it's a shame that this...
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Alabama and national civil rights advocates took their campaign against Alabama's immigration law to Capitol Hill today, urging the Obama administration not to deport people detained under the new law.
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When Alabama's sweeping new immigration law went into effect last month, Birmingham business owner Steve Dubrinsky realized he had a serious problem. Dubrinsky runs Max's Delicatessen, a classic Jewish deli, in the city's Inverness neighborhood.
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