Hundreds packed the Alabama Statehouse courtyard on Tuesday to rally against the state's tough immigration law, with organizers saying they chose to send a message on Valentine's Day that lawmakers need to love and respect immigrants.
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A crowd of several hundred people rallied in front of the State House for about an hour today to ask legislators to repeal the state's immigration law, known as House Bill 56 when it passed the Legislature last year.
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Jorge Gutiérrez, 27, was addressing a hall packed with almost 200 young people in Memphis, Tennessee. Like him, they were brought to the United States as children. Like him, they grew up as Americans. Although they were bilingual, English was their first language.
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Kansas lawmakers are debating several bills that address what to do about the state's undocumented immigrants, an issue that is dividing Republicans in the state. Kansas business groups want a program that would allow undocumented immigrants to work in hard-to-fill jobs in agriculture and other industries.
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Eleven men arrested in 2007 immigration raid in New Haven have reached an unprecedented settlement with the federal government paying them $350,000 and effectively ending any immigration proceedings against them.
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Feb 14, 2012
Last week, Frank (Sharry) wrote a blog post at Huffington Post about the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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Alabama's harsh immigration law has stirred controversy since it went into effect in September. The statute, which among other things requires police to question people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally, has prompted thousands of immigrants to flee the state.
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The legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center said some Alabama Department of Human Resources employees have asked for the immigration status of undocumented parents seeking food assistance for their U.S.-born children.
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Opponents of Alabama's immigration law plan a rally outside the Alabama State House today to urge legislators to repeal it. The rally, organized by the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, will be followed by a lobbying day in which participants will aim to discuss their views of the law...
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Responding to objections raised by religious leaders, law enforcement and other groups, Alabama lawmakers say they plan to propose changes to the state's immigration law within two weeks.
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