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Aug 30, 2013
What you need to know about the so-called “SAFE Act” that Bob Goodlatte and House Republicans will be pushing this fall: Summaries and Analysis: Top 5 Reasons to Oppose the SAFE Act (NILC) SAFE Act Summary (NILC) “Son of Sensenbrenner” Bill Would Make Our Communities Un-SAFE (NILC) Hearing on H.R. 2278, Strengthen...
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May 30, 2013
Reuters: Supporters of U.S. immigration bill unsettled by Rubio message By Caren Bohan Daily Kos: Reid confident in 60 immigration votes, so why give in even more? NATIONAL Washington Examiner: Ted Cruz opens up on immigration By Byron York NBC Latino: Crowd protests Senator Cruz on immigration and gun...
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Cross-posted at Left in Alabama A lower court’s ruling striking down most of Alabama’s HB 56 law will stand, we learned when the Supreme Court announced it would not not hear the state’s appeal to revive its worst-in-the-nation anti-immigrant law. It was two years ago that Alabama passed HB 56, a horribly strict...
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Apr 4, 2013
The Birmingham News: Do nothing? Now that’s something Sen. Jeff Sessions can do By Joey Kennedy New York Times (Opinion): Priced Out of Citizenship By Rahm Emmanuel and Luis Gutierrez Wall Street Journal: Trumka Warns on Immigration Touch-Back Option By Sara Murray Washington Post: Labor, faith leaders oppose cuts...
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Oct 25, 2012
This time last year, Alabama had just begun implementing its worst-in-the-nation anti-immigrant law, HB 56, causing chaos in the state and forcing neighborhoods full of immigrants to flee. At the time, state senator and HB 56 sponsor Scott Beason rationalized the law as “a jobs bill,” one that would...
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Tomorrow, leaders from the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) are holding a press conference at 10 AM CT to speak about Alabama’s anti-immigrant law and to outline their plan of action to deal with proposed changes to HB 56. Check back in tomorrow for our report on the ACIJ...
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On Saturday, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) hosted a community blood drive "to celebrate the contributions of immigrants to our communities with caring and dignity."
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Firedoglake's David Dayen reports on the news that Alabama's Governor, Robert Bentley, is making noises about changing the state's harsh anti-immigrant law, which Bentley signed just a couple months ago.
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Alabama State Senator Scott Beason (R) has been getting a lot of attention lately. None of it good. He was one of the architects of the state's viciously anti-immigrant law. Yesterday, Beason was in the news again. He was booted as Chair of the Senate Rules Committee.
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Memo to the Alabama state legislature: if they're going to be so zealously anti-immigrant that they pass a law which spawns a civil rights and humanitarian crisis, the least they might do is make sure it's constitutional.
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