With the occupations sweeping the country, the failure of the jobs bill and an alleged assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador, the shocking news out of Alabama in the last few weeks has passed – with notable exceptions including the Guardian's own coverage – without much comment.
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A Mexican consulate official in Washington who is monitoring the fallout from the state's tough new immigration law told me recently that, as school administrators were initially trying to determine the legal status of students, some principals were going into elementary-school classes and telling kids: "Raise your hand if...
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Jose Antonio Vargas is in Alabama reporting on the state's viciiously anti-immigrant law. Over the weekend, he spoke to former Federal District Court Judge U.W. Clemon at the 16th Street Church in Birmingham. Clemon, who is a legal legend in the state, spoke out strongly against HB 56.
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On September 28th, 2011, the most sweeping anti-immigration law in the country went into effect in Alabama. The law, HB 56, has already had harsh and sweeping consequences—hurting not only undocumented immigrants but legal residents, native-born U.S. citizens, and the state's reputation on the national stage.
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On September 28th, 2011, the most sweeping anti-immigration law in the country went into effect in Alabama. The law, HB 56, has already had harsh and sweeping consequences—hurting not only undocumented immigrants but legal residents, native-born U.S. citizens, and the state's reputation on the national stage.
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After first apologizing for suggesting an electric fence along the border, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters here Monday that he still thinks it's a good idea for controlling illegal immigration. "I'm not walking away from that," he said.
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Presidential candidate Herman Cain is catching heat from Hispanic advocacy groups for suggesting the U.S. construct an "electrified" border fence to keep out illegal immigrants. Though Cain said afterward he was just kidding, the group America's Voice put out a statement Monday calling it "no laughing matter."
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Two days after she focused on immigration in her campaign stop in Iowa, Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to be in Arizona Monday to discuss the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jose Antonio Vargas, former Washington Post reporter and founder of DefineAmerican.com, talks to Rachel Maddow about the fight against Alabama's anti-immigrant law, written by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
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Jerry Spencer had an idea after Alabama's tough new law against illegal immigration scared Hispanic workers out of the tomato fields northeast of Birmingham: Recruit unemployed U.S. citizens to do the work, give them free transportation and pay them to pick the fruit and clean the fields.
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