Oct 6, 2011
Alabama's strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many legal immigrant workers who work in construction and on farms doing backbreaking jobs that Americans generally won't.
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Mohamed Ali Muflahi, the first person arrested under Alabama's strict new immigration law, is actually residing in the United States legally, his attorney proved on Monday. Muflahi, a 24-year-old born in Yemen, was arrested Friday during a drug raid in Etowah County, Alabama, along with two other Yemenis, the...
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Another day, another series of articles highlighting the devastating effects of Alabama's immigration law. This self-inflicted wound is already wreaking havoc on the state's reputation and economic output.
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Another day, another series of articles highlighting the devastating effects of Alabama's immigration law. This self-inflicted wound is already wreaking havoc on the state's reputation and economic output. Witness the following.
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Another day, another series of articles highlighting the devastating effects of Alabama's immigration law. This self-inflicted wound is already wreaking havoc on the state's reputation and economic output. Witness the following.
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How can there be a labor shortage when nearly one out of every 11 people in the nation are unemployed? That's the question John Harold asked himself last winter when he was trying to figure out how much help he would need to harvest the corn and onions on...
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An alarming number of Hispanic students in Alabama failed to show up at school on Monday, following a federal judge's ruling last week to uphold parts of the toughest immigration law in the country.
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The entry into effect of Alabama's HB 56 law, parts of which were upheld a few days ago by a federal judge, will negatively affect the state by causing an exodus of its Latino population. The restrictive legislation is a legal win for its supporters, who look at illegal...
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States throughout the country are looking for ways to simplify the location and identification of illegal immigrants and ease their subsequent and swift departure. The war on illegal immigrants is akin to the war on drugs.
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Though the 2012 Republican presidential field continues to tack hard right on immigration, the candidates have thus far stayed silent on the topic of Alabama's devastating new immigration law.
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