Hollywood entered the debate over Alabama's immigration law Wednesday with the debut of four short videos that the director said are meant to be an emotional gut-punch about the law's ill effects and to motivate people to demand it be repealed.
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With protesters chanting and pounding drums outside the Capitol, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, one of the nation's most prominent advocates of illegal immigration crackdowns, urged lawmakers Wednesday to force employers and law enforcement officers to help chase off illegal immigrants.
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The Center for American Progress (CAP) today launched a new film series from Oscar-nominated director Chris Weitz ("Twilight: New Moon," "A Better Life") entitled "Is This Alabama?"—a project intended to probe into and expose the extremities of Alabama's harsh new anti-immigrant law, HB 56.
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Today, Hollywood director Chris Weitz (who made one of the Twilight movies, About A Boy, and A Better Life will be releasing a series of short videos calling for the repeal of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56. The videos are being premiered at the Center for American Progress (CAP),...
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A spirited Valentine's Day rally to repeal Alabama's anti-immigrant law, HB 56, turned into a commentary on race and immigrant relations yesterday when hundreds of Alabamians showed up at the State House to protest, only to be largely turned away and prohibited from speaking to their legislators inside.
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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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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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