Bill Donahue (not to be confused with this guy, talk show host Phil Donahue), president of the Catholic League for Civil and Human Rights, has added his voice to the chorus of people who have come out against the Alabama immigration law.
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Aug 31, 2011
A Catholic activist group criticized Alabama's immigration law Tuesday, saying it would punish clergy for carrying out their ministerial duties. Similar arguments made by attorneys for Alabama religious leaders last week received a skeptical response from a federal judge presiding over a suit seeking to block implementation of the...
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What does it mean when every key player in a controversial, complicated legal case agrees with a judge's decision? That the judge got it right, of course. What the judge got right this week in the much-watched court challenge to Alabama's new immigration law was that she needed more...
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Aug 30, 2011
Alabama's tough new immigration law was temporarily put on hold by a federal judge on Monday. Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation crackdown had originally been set to take effect Sept. 1 but had come under fire from several groups that filed lawsuits against the measure.
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According to the Associated Press, Judge Blackburn has blocked enforcement of the Alabama's anti-immigrant law.
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In rural Alabama lies Cullman County, recognized as the "state's top agricultural community." David Palmer of The Cullman Times interviewed two farmers who express concern over Alabama's new anti-immigration law, which is scheduled to take effect in three days on September 1st. Both farmers come to the same...
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After a long, hot summer of protests and lawsuits, Alabama's tough new immigration law is scheduled to begin taking effect this week.
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The law, which takes effect Sept. 1, is so inhumane that four Alabama church leaders have sued to block it, saying it criminalizes acts of Christian compassion. It is a sweeping attempt to terrorize undocumented immigrants in every aspect of their lives.
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A federal judge said Alabama's immigration law requiring police officers to check immigrants' legal status might lead to lawsuits for unlawful detention. "There are a lot of problems with this statute," U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn in Birmingham, Alabama, said yesterday in a hearing on three lawsuits. "My job...
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Aug 15, 2011
On a sofa in the hallway of his office here, Mitchell Williams, the pastor of First United Methodist Church, announced that he was going to break the law. He is not the only church leader making such a declaration these days.
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