At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, Alabama leaders and national civil rights and legal groups denounced Alabama's new draconian racial profiling law, and called on Congress and the Administration to help put an end to the crisis unfolding in the state.
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At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, Alabama leaders and national civil rights and legal groups denounced Alabama's new draconian racial profiling law, and called on Congress and the Administration to help put an end to the crisis unfolding in the state.
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Last night's Republican presidential debate, as expected, featured more fireworks over the issue of immigration and turned into a contest of who could talk tougher on the issue. In an attempt to defend his past household employment of an undocumented worker, Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) explained why he...
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Judging by past debates and recent rhetoric on the campaign trail, tonight's Republican presidential debate in Nevada is likely to feature continued discussion of immigration. As you cover tonight's debate – perhaps even as you make your way into the debate venue – you will likely hear a...
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On September 28th, 2011, the most sweeping anti-immigration law in the country went into effect in Alabama. The law, HB 56, has already had harsh and sweeping consequences—hurting not only undocumented immigrants but legal residents, native-born U.S. citizens, and the state's reputation on the national stage.
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A new poll shows that Latino voters don't know who the Republican 2012 presidential candidates are, but they don't like their immigration positions. Rhetoric like Herman Cain's, who this weekend called for an electrified fence and "real guns and real bullets" to deter border-crossers, is unlikely to improve...
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As firsthand accounts continue to document the devastating effects of Alabama's immigration law on undocumented and legal immigrants as well as U.S. citizens, the architect of the law is crowing, "that's the point." Yesterday brought this contrast into sharp relief, as leading officials from the U.S. Department of...
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Today's hearing in the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement provides another opportunity to shine a light on immigration enforcement strategies that are smart and effective, and to expose those that are irresponsible and dangerous. Unfortunately, it is the Committee leadership itself that is attempting...
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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 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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