There are increasing signs of serious economic fallout from Alabama's harsh anti-immigrant law, HB 56. There are growing calls, even from some GOP Senators, to change HB 56. The Anniston Star says repeal it.
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When Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Nov. 8 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a dangerous federal gunrunning scheme called Operation Fast and Furious, he vowed to continue filing federal lawsuits against any state that passed its own immigration laws.
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National labor leaders visiting Birmingham on Wednesday heard emotional stories and passionate pleas for help in fighting Alabama's new immigration law during a day of meetings with activists, Hispanic workers, sympathetic business owners and frightened mothers and fathers.
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After nearly two days in jail, 10 people arrested at a protest against Alabama's immigration law said they believed they had accomplished their goals. "I think it's very important to show that the community can see that if they organize and they fight back, they can win," said Martin...
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The Republicans' solid wall of support for the state's toughest-in-the nation immigration law cracked last week when Gov. Robert Bentley told hundreds of business and elected leaders at a Birmingham Business Alliance luncheon that the law needed to be simplified.
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The controversy continues over the Alabama anti-immigration law, as leaders report on additional damage to the state?s reputation, economy, and efforts to move on from its Civil Rights era legacy...
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The controversy continues over the Alabama anti-immigration law, as leaders report on additional damage to the state's reputation, economy, and efforts to move on from its Civil Rights era legacy.
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The controversy continues over the Alabama anti-immigration law, as leaders report on additional damage to the state's reputation, economy, and efforts to move on from its Civil Rights era legacy.
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Talking Point Memo's Evan McMorris-Santoro reports on how anti-immigrant SB 1070 has changed the political landscape in Arizona -- and not in the way its sponsors would have expected. Arizona "really is a swing state in 2012."
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An increasing number of state lawmakers say they are willing to consider critical changes to Alabama's sweeping anti-immigration law, part of which appears to make proof of citizenship or legal residency a requirement even for mundane activities like garbage pickup, dog licenses and flu shots at county health departments.
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