Oct 24, 2011
Ivan Segura, a U.S. citizen who was born in Mexico, shakes his head when the Republican presidential candidates talk about illegal immigration. "They're not talking about what to do about those who are already here," said Segura, who works as an advocate for immigrants in South Carolina.
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A lawsuit by Gov. Jan Brewer that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state's border with Mexico was dismissed Friday by a federal judge.
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Did you see what U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson called state Sen. Scott Beason? Yeah. A racist. In an order issued Thursday, Thompson said both Beason, R-Gardendale, and former Rep. Benjamin Lewis of Dothan, key prosecution witnesses in the bribes-for-bingo trial this summer, were not credible because they were...
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is visiting Alabama for a series of events on Saturday, which will end with a rally in Fair Park Arena at 4 PM. Rep. Gutierrez has long championed the issue of immigration reform, and was even arrested in 2010 and 2011 while protesting deportations under...
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The Obama Administration released the latest deportation numbers this week. A closer look at the Obama Administration's new deportation numbers shows that a vast majority of deportees are not serious offenders.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Our African-American cab driver summed up Alabama law HB 56 better than any activist or public official: it's not an effective law from a humanitarian or economic standpoint, and with Alabama's ugly history in matters of race relations and civil rights, it's a shame that this...
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Alabama and national civil rights advocates took their campaign against Alabama's immigration law to Capitol Hill today, urging the Obama administration not to deport people detained under the new law.
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When Alabama's sweeping new immigration law went into effect last month, Birmingham business owner Steve Dubrinsky realized he had a serious problem. Dubrinsky runs Max's Delicatessen, a classic Jewish deli, in the city's Inverness neighborhood.
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Potato farmer Keith Smith saw most of his immigrant workers leave after Alabama's tough immigration law took effect, so he hired Americans. It hasn't worked out: Most show up late, work slower than seasoned farm hands and are ready to call it a day after lunch or by midafternoon....
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Senator Marco Rubio, a rising Republican star, confronted questions on Thursday that he had embellished his family history and misrepresented the year his parents first left Cuba for the United States.
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