The federal government's top civil rights lawyer is asking Alabama immigrants to report any problems caused by that state's tough new law against illegal Immigration. The assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of civil rights, Thomas Perez, met with scores of Hispanics and others at an elementary school in...
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Isobel Gomez's apartment on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama, has the hunkered-down quality of a wartime bunker. There are boxes of bottled water, rice, beans and tortillas stacked against the living room wall – sufficient to last her family of five several days. The curtains are drawn and the...
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In an email so grotesque it almost resembles a parody, former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) published his full-throated support of the Alabama immigration law this week, defending mass deportation and human suffering before asking his readers to contribute to such efforts.
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On September 28, a federal court in Alabama shut the door on equality, educational opportunities, and fundamental fairness. In denying an emergency stay request, the federal court instead opened the door to fear, hatred, discrimination, and an attack on the most vulnerable of all -- Alabama's children.
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The U.S. Justice Department set up a hotline to field complaints about new Alabama immigration laws that the federal government went to court to block. The phone line and an accompanying e-mail address were established "for the public to report potential civil rights concerns related to the impact" of...
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More than 200 Latino-owned businesses across the state voluntarily closed today in a show of solidarity against Alabama's immigration law, according to an announcer for a Hispanic radio station in Pelham.
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Several days have now passed since Alabama's anti-immigration law, the harshest and most abusive in the nation, came into full effect. HB 56, a de facto criminalisation of migration, replaces any sensible immigration policy with the favorite solution these days: let's put them behind bars– and we might as...
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Oct 12, 2011
Pedro and his wife, both of whom are undocumented immigrants, decided to put all their belongings in the car and leave with their son for Arizona. Even with its SB 1070 immigration law, they expect Arizona to treat them better than Alabama under its law HB 56.
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When the Alabama law passed, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley gave himself a pat on the back and said "Today is a victory for Alabama…During my campaign, I promised a tough law against illegal immigration, and we now have one." That tough law is also Alabama's cruelest.
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Today's hearing in the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement provides another opportunity to shine a light on immigration enforcement strategies that are smart and effective, and to expose those that are irresponsible and dangerous. Unfortunately, it is the Committee leadership itself that is attempting...
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