Illinois congressman Luis Gutiérrez has always said that the fight for immigration reform is a civil-rights issue for the immigrant community in the United States. That community finds itself in dire straits in Alabama under its new law HB 56, which, even after a court ruling temporarily blocking...
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Illinois congressman Luis Gutiérrez has always said that the fight for immigration reform is a civil-rights issue for the immigrant community in the United States. That community finds itself in dire straits in Alabama under its new law HB 56, which, even after a court ruling temporarily blocking...
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Writing at the Daily Beast, Michael Medved, the talk show host and self-described "Conservative Champion," has a message for the GOP presidential candidates: stop obsessing about immigration.
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A Jefferson County judge today declared unconstitutional in some situations a provision in Alabama's new immigration law that voids all contracts made with people in the country illegally. Circuit Judge Scott Vowell said Section 27 (a) of the new law is unconstitutional when a lawsuit over a contract dispute...
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I turned on the Republican presidential debate last week and learned something. In today's GOP, the correct term for a human being who crosses the U.S. border without a visa in search of a brutally difficult, poorly paid job that few native-born Americans wish to do but on which...
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Despite the temporary stay of some provisions of Alabama law HB 56, fear persists in the state's immigrant community. The law's consequences continue to have palpable effects on thousands of families, including those of mixed immigration status—such as that of a young undocumented man we'll call Ramón.
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As the devastating consequences of Alabama's "papers, please" immigration law continue to unfold across the state, the governor who signed the bill into law appears to be blissfully unaware of the damage it is having on his state's reputation.
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Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt deportations of immigrants without criminal records who have been detained under Alabama law HB 56 while the courts consider the Department of Justice's suit to declare the law unconstitutional.
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As the devastating consequences of Alabama's "papers, please" immigration law continue to unfold across the state, the governor who signed the bill into law appears to be blissfully unaware of the damage it is having on his state's reputation.
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As the devastating consequences of Alabama's "papers, please" immigration law continue to unfold across the state, the governor who signed the bill into law appears to be blissfully unaware of the damage it is having on his state's reputation.
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