Oct 26, 2011
Regardless of the side upon which we fall in the issue of illegal immigration in Alabama, we as a state -- and nation -- have failed miserably to address the issue of the problem far too long.
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This is what happens when the Legislature and governor support a law that appeals more to ugly emotion than to simple logic. To really get to most of Alabama's small undocumented worker/immigrant problem, the Legislature could have simply adopted E-Verify, the federal database that verifies immigrant status.
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Illinois congressman Luis Gutiérrez has always said that the fight for immigration reform is a civil-rights issue for the immigrant community in the United States. That community finds itself in dire straits in Alabama under its new law HB 56, which, even after a court ruling temporarily blocking...
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A Jefferson County judge today declared unconstitutional in some situations a provision in Alabama's new immigration law that voids all contracts made with people in the country illegally. Circuit Judge Scott Vowell said Section 27 (a) of the new law is unconstitutional when a lawsuit over a contract dispute...
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Despite the temporary stay of some provisions of Alabama law HB 56, fear persists in the state's immigrant community. The law's consequences continue to have palpable effects on thousands of families, including those of mixed immigration status—such as that of a young undocumented man we'll call Ramón.
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As the devastating consequences of Alabama's "papers, please" immigration law continue to unfold across the state, the governor who signed the bill into law appears to be blissfully unaware of the damage it is having on his state's reputation.
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Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt deportations of immigrants without criminal records who have been detained under Alabama law HB 56 while the courts consider the Department of Justice's suit to declare the law unconstitutional.
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You know what's a pretty good sign that you're a racist? When a federal judge goes out of his way to explicitly call you out for being racist. Such was the experience of Alabama State Senator Scott Beason last week when U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson decided to...
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As the Republican presidential candidates continue to bash immigrants at every opportunity, crops are rotting in the fields across the country. That's especially true in state's that have passed harsh anti-immigrant laws, like Alabama and Georgia. Timothy Egan at The New York Times provides some perspective in a column,...
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U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., one of the most vocal advocates for immigrant rights in Congress, will be in Alabama Saturday joining protests against the state's immigration law.
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