Acknowledging a growing list of unintended consequences stemming from the implementation of the nation's toughest anti-illegal immigration law, key Alabama Republicans are gathering ideas for how to tweak the legislation to make it less onerous on Alabamans and less dehumanizing for illegal immigrants.
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The rumors are true, Rep. Chad Campbell, the Democratic leader of the Arizona state House, told TPM Wednesday: the state best known for Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the toughest immigration law in the land really is a swing state in 2012. And Democrats have SB 1070 to thank for...
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We all know the depressing statistics - housing prices have fallen 33 percent since the housing bubble burst in 2008. This is an even greater decline than the drop in market value during the height of the Great Depression.
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Yesterday, former Republican congressman and current Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam criticized the harsh anti-immigration laws passed in neighboring states Alabama and Georgia, pointing out that the laws are already having real economic consequences and arguing that Florida show not follow this path.
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Yesterday, former Republican congressman and current Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam criticized the harsh anti-immigration laws passed in neighboring states Alabama and Georgia, pointing out that the laws are already having real economic consequences and arguing that Florida show not follow this path.
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Police arrested 13 protesters in Alabama's capital Tuesday as they demonstrated against the state's strict new law clamping down on illegal immigrants. About 100 people, most of them Hispanic and college-aged, chanted slogans as they marched in light rain around the state Capitol and to the adjacent Statehouse where...
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Key Republican senators say they are compiling a list of changes that need to be made to Alabama's new immigration law, described as the nation's toughest. Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, said there is wide agreement the bill had several "unintended consequences" that need to be addressed.
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The timing may be a bit odd, but the decision is just political common sense: The Senate Committee on Assignments said this morning that Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, will be Rules Committee chairman for the 2012 legislative session.
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The Birmingham Board of Education gets plenty of criticism from this newspaper for a lot of reasons we feel are warranted. It's only fitting, then, that when the city school board stands for what is right, the action be applauded.
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Alabama's new immigration law is reportedly the toughest in the nation. The law, HB 56, grants police license to question and arrest crime suspects about their immigration status, and requires renters, car buyers, and those connecting public utilities to verify their legal status, CNN reported.
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