Amidst a heated campaign to repeal Alabama's "worst in the nation" anti-immigrant law, this year is the first time that the issue of immigration has been officially incorporated into the historic Selma to Montgomery, AL march to commemorate our nation's struggle for civil and human rights.
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Amidst a heated campaign to repeal Alabama's "worst in the nation" anti-immigrant law, this year is the first time that the issue of immigration has been officially incorporated into the historic Selma to Montgomery, AL march to commemorate our nation's struggle for civil and human rights. African American...
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About 200 demonstrators protesting Alabama's voter photo ID and immigration laws finished the first 11-mile leg of their 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery on Monday.
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The UAW, civil rights groups and other unions have begun targeting Honda Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Co. and Daimler AG to help overturn a controversial new immigration law in Alabama, where the automakers operate assembly plants.
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At the Feb. 22 Republican presidential debate in downtown Mesa, Mitt Romney said an Arizona law offered "a model" for national illegal-immigration policy. But which state statute was the former Massachusetts governor talking about?
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Alabama's laws cracking down on illegal immigration have become a new focus for a nearly two-decade-old civil rights march. Organizers expect thousands to participate in the crossing of the Selma bridge for the 47th anniversary of the 1965 incident when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by police in what...
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Georgia is working to become the third state to bar illegal immigrants from attending public colleges and universities. A Senate bill deals with verification of legal status for anyone receiving public benefits. It adds post-secondary education to the list of benefits, along with business licenses and Medicaid.
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Alabama's unjust past will effectively be connected to its unjust present next week, when immigrant rights advocates in Alabama join forces with Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and a slate of other national groups on the Selma to Montgomery commemoration march.
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THE LAST SATURDAY of September—game day in Alabama, the Crimson Tide and Tigers both at home—Birmingham seemed to have all but emptied out, fans having bolted west to the big one in Tuscaloosa, or south for the rout in Auburn. I was heading north to the farmland of Cullman...
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A federal appeals court pressed Georgia and Alabama attorneys Thursday on whether the states' new laws targeting illegal immigration conflict with federal rules and challenged critics of the crackdown to explain why local authorities can't use the measures to complement federal efforts.
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