Today, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) will be hosting a series of events to kick off their campaign against HB 56. With eleven members of Congress scheduled to attend, it’s certain to be a day of intensity and energy. Even though you might not be in Alabama,...
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The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice will kick off the campaign against HB 56 at 2:00 PM Central Time tomorrow with a news conference in advance of an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing being held at the Council Chambers on the 3rd Floor of Birmingham City Hall. Present will be...
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People rallied peacefully in Montgomery, AL, delivering nearly 50,000 petitions to La Jefa Radio host Jose Antonio Castro, protesting HB56.
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More than a hundred people rallied peacefully on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery this morning, demanding an end to Alabama’s punitive HB 56 immigration law as nearly 50,000 petitions were handed over to La Jefa Radio host José Antonio Castro.
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Coming to survey Alabama this weekend are three well-known and well-respected hip hop artists: Rhymefest, Jasiri-X, and Paradise, known as "Arkitech" of the X-clan (someone who was described to me as one of the "forefathers of hip-hop."
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There are increasing signs of serious economic fallout from Alabama's harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56. There are growing calls, even from some GOP Senators, to change HB 56. The Anniston Star says repeal it.
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When Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Nov. 8 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a dangerous federal gunrunning scheme called Operation Fast and Furious, he vowed to continue filing federal lawsuits against any state that passed its own immigration laws.
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National labor leaders visiting Birmingham on Wednesday heard emotional stories and passionate pleas for help in fighting Alabama's new immigration law during a day of meetings with activists, Hispanic workers, sympathetic business owners and frightened mothers and fathers.
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After nearly two days in jail, 10 people arrested at a protest against Alabama's immigration law said they believed they had accomplished their goals. "I think it's very important to show that the community can see that if they organize and they fight back, they can win," said Martin...
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On Thursday, The New York Times broke the news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is belatedly taking steps to implement the Obama administration's commitment to "prosecutorial discretion"—that is, concentrating enforcement resources on criminals and serial lawbreakers, not DREAM Act students or other "low priority" immigrants.
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