Last week on Wednesday, Antonieta Cadiz of La Opinion, the nation's leading Spanish language newspaper, asked the President for his opinion on Alabama's controversial law, HB 56. Obama was emphatic in his remarks, saying "It's a bad law. The idea that we have children afraid to go to...
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President Barack Obama has used an interview with a US Spanish-language newspaper to say he thinks Alabama's new immigration law is bad law, the newspaper La Opinion reports. The president cited reports of children afraid to attend classes and church workers potentially facing arrest, according to La Opinion.
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A Spanish language radio station launched a 14-day march through 14 cities in Alabama this week in an effort to spur dialogue about the state's tough new immigration law, H.B. 56. Local radio personalities of La Jefa Radio, Alabama's only Spanish language station, are interviewing people they encounter as...
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Reporting Rock Center's upcoming story about Alabama's controversial new immigration law, our team found this to be one of the key questions being debated: Are undocumented immigrants a drain on public finances or a boon to the economy? The two opposing sides each can cite studies and statistics to...
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While members of our team were down in Alabama last week, we swung by the Birmingham News to meet up with editorial writer and columnist Joey Kennedy, who wrote about the organizational response to HB 56 last Sunday.
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Earlier this week, Rivera Communications and La Jefa Radio -- the largest Spanish- language radio station in Alabama launched their "14 Cities, 14 Days, One Family, One Alabama" walk across Alabama to meet and interview Alabamians from all walks of life, to broadcast live radio shows and hold rallies...
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However Gov. Robert Bentley views the impact of Alabama's immigration law on recruiting new businesses to the state, he clearly sees trouble with aspects of the law. Bentley, in a speech to 679 business and elected leaders at a Birmingham Business Alliance luncheon Monday, said the immigration law needs...
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After hearing tearful comments from students, teachers and others about Alabama's new immigration law, the Birmingham Board of Education said it will pass a resolution in the next few days condemning the law.
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About 20 college students urged the state Board of Regents Tuesday to rescind a policy that bars illegal immigrants from attending Georgia's top colleges. The rule, which went into effect this fall, prohibits illegal immigrants from attending schools that turned away academically qualified students the past two years.
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Move over, Mark Krikorian. Make way, Mo Brooks. Turns out we've got another Republican none too shy about getting out there and defending the Alabama immigration law, humanitarian crisis be damned.
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