Jan 20, 2012
It's unclear whether farmers in Georgia and Alabama will face a shortage of workers due to tough new laws targeting illegal immigration, but some producers said they have begun changing their plans for planting and harvesting this year's crops.
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Students from several area colleges and universities will announce plans today to hold a week of events protesting Alabama's tough new immigration law. The events will run from Jan. 30 through Feb. 3 and should involve students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, the...
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Yesterday evening, Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, made an appearance on the Colbert Report to discuss Alabama's monster immigration law, HB 56. On the day Americans were celebrating the memory of our nation's greatest civil rights leader, Douglas invoked the great leader himself.
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State Sen. Scott Beason said today that he will run for the U.S. House of Representatives in District 6, setting the stage for a battle with current Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills. "I'm grateful for all the encouragement and support I have received over the past weeks," Beason...
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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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Some 72 people trickled into Prince of Peace Catholic Parish by late afternoon today to give blood and learn about state and federal immigration laws and procedures as a sign of solidarity.
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It's encouraging that the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is hitting the ground running in 2012 where opposition to Alabama's horrible immigration law is concerned. AJIC will hold a series of workshops Saturday at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 4600 Preserve Parkway, in Hoover.
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Jan 5, 2012
Legislation in Tennessee which would amend the state's anti-bullying law to exempt bullying for political reasons just as long as the victim's person or property aren't damaged. It is being denounced for aiming to give a green light to the harassment of gay kids in school, which it...
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On June 9, 2011, Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley, with the support of the Alabama legislature, signed into law the now-infamous HB 56 immigration bill. Composed of social, political, and economic barbs, the law has completely changed life as we've known it for all undocumented immigrants throughout the...
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To repair or to replace? That simple question captures the complex political quandary facing Gov. Robert Bentley as he grapples with the state's tough new immigration law. On the left is a coalition of Democratic lawmakers who say the law is an abomination and that it must be...
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