The Birmingham Board of Education gets plenty of criticism from this newspaper for a lot of reasons we feel are warranted. It's only fitting, then, that when the city school board stands for what is right, the action be applauded.
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Alabama's new immigration law is reportedly the toughest in the nation. The law, HB 56, grants police license to question and arrest crime suspects about their immigration status, and requires renters, car buyers, and those connecting public utilities to verify their legal status, CNN reported.
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Georgia's law against illegal immigration is hurting restaurants and farmers by creating a labor shortage that results in lower sales, witnesses told a hearing Tuesday held by Senate Democrats.
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Latinos were a key factor in the defeat of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, author of the state's controversial immigration law, according to a poll taken of voters. Latinos voters supported Pearce's challenger, fellow Republican Jerry Lewis, a political newcomer, by a three-to-one margin, according to Project New West,...
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Alabama State Senator Scott Beason (R) has been getting a lot of attention lately. None of it good. He was one of the architects of the state's viciously anti-immigrant law. Yesterday, Beason was in the news again. He was booted as Chair of the Senate Rules Committee.
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The implementation of Alabama's HB 56, the harshest anti-immigrant law in the nation, has touched off a humanitarian crisis felt throughout the state and across the nation. Families, paralyzed by fear and uncertainty, are fleeing the state in droves and children are afraid to go school or even...
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Today is Day 8 of La Jefa Radio's "14 Cities, 14 Days, One Family, One Alabama" tour, with Program Director José Antonio Castro and radio personality Orlando Rosa broadcasting from Clanton, Alabama. The pair began their walk across Alabama last week in order to bring attention to the...
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With growing signs that Hispanic voters are turned off to GOP positions on immigration, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is trying to use his national profile to deliver a message to his party: Tone it down.
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is promising to press several controversial immigration measures when the state legislature reconvenes in January. Having made immigration his signature issue, Kobach told the Lawrence Journal-World, that he wants the legislature to take up several immigration-related measures in the next session.
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South Carolina's new immigration law allows law enforcement officials to ask for immigration papers if they suspect someone of being in the country illegally. It also makes it a crime to transport or harbor anyone who is in the country illegally.
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