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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To mark the 15-year anniversary of the passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996, a coalition of faith, immigrant rights, and community-based organizations joined Detention Watch Network (DWN) today to announce the launch of a new "Dignity, Not Detention" campaign.
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After first apologizing for suggesting an electric fence along the border, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters here Monday that he still thinks it's a good idea for controlling illegal immigration. "I'm not walking away from that," he said.
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Presidential candidate Herman Cain is catching heat from Hispanic advocacy groups for suggesting the U.S. construct an "electrified" border fence to keep out illegal immigrants. Though Cain said afterward he was just kidding, the group America's Voice put out a statement Monday calling it "no laughing matter."
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Two days after she focused on immigration in her campaign stop in Iowa, Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to be in Arizona Monday to discuss the U.S.-Mexico border.
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U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Sunday he owes his job to Latinos, the West's growing political power who could be key to future Democratic victories and the re-election of President Barack Obama. "I would not be the majority leader in the United States Senate today, but for the Hispanics...
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Jose Antonio Vargas, former Washington Post reporter and founder of DefineAmerican.com, talks to Rachel Maddow about the fight against Alabama's anti-immigrant law, written by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
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Jerry Spencer had an idea after Alabama's tough new law against illegal immigration scared Hispanic workers out of the tomato fields northeast of Birmingham: Recruit unemployed U.S. citizens to do the work, give them free transportation and pay them to pick the fruit and clean the fields.
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Recently, the 11th circuit court blocked two parts of the nation's harshest anti-immigrant law, only making HB-56 the teeniest bit less severe. To recap, the court basically said that newly-enrolled students in Alabama don't need to show proof of lawful residency and immigrants apparently don't need to carry...
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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 what they're hearing. This weekend, former Godfather Pizza CEO and newest GOP "front-runner" Herman Cain called for an electrified border fence capable of killing people, coupled with "real...
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