Nov 22, 2011
Birmingham Mayor William Bell told Democratic members of Congress holding a hearing on Alabama's new Immigration law that the legislation smacks of apartheid and Jim Crow laws. Bell told the lawmakers at an ad hoc hearing on Monday that the law passed this year by Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature places...
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A group of congressional Democrats gathered in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday to show support for a growing movement against the state's immigration law, aiming to "rush its demise," according to Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
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Imagine you are the chief executive of an international company looking to expand to the United States. You like states like Alabama, especially, because of their right-to-work laws, available sites for new industry and, most of all, the tax and other incentives they offer.
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As Mercedes-Benz executive Detlev Hager negotiated the streets of Tuscaloosa last week, he drove right into the controversy over Alabama's tough new immigration law. The rental car he was driving, lacking a tag, caught the attention of a local policeman, who stopped Hager on Wednesday. When the officer asked...
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Perhaps it can be argued that the arrest of a Mercedes-Benz manager in Tuscaloosa under the state's harsh immigration law is an unintended consequence, but certainly this sort of thing was foreseen.
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It's a big day in Alabama with the launch of the campaign against HB 56. You can follow the action via UStream and Twitter.
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Today, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) will be hosting a series of events to kick off their campaign against HB 56. With eleven members of Congress scheduled to attend, it’s certain to be a day of intensity and energy. Even though you might not be in Alabama,...
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The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice will kick off the campaign against HB 56 at 2:00 PM Central Time tomorrow with a news conference in advance of an Ad Hoc Congressional Hearing being held at the Council Chambers on the 3rd Floor of Birmingham City Hall. Present will be...
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More than a hundred people rallied peacefully on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery this morning, demanding an end to Alabama’s punitive HB 56 immigration law as nearly 50,000 petitions were handed over to La Jefa Radio host José Antonio Castro.
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Coming to survey Alabama this weekend are three well-known and well-respected hip hop artists: Rhymefest, Jasiri-X, and Paradise, known as "Arkitech" of the X-clan (someone who was described to me as one of the "forefathers of hip-hop."
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