Missouri could be the next battleground in a nationwide fight over tougher immigration laws. State Sen. Will Kraus, a Lee's Summit Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would mandate that all public schools verify the immigration status of enrollees.
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Today, Mitt Romney issued a press release highlighting his endorsement by anti-immigrant ringleader Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R). Kobach is the leading architect of the "papers, please" anti-immigration laws in states like Alabama and Arizona and has a long track record of opposing positive immigration reforms—including...
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The effort to repeal the California DREAM Act through an initiative failed to gather enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot. The deadline was last Friday. And, the leader of that effort, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R), was arrested for trying to carry a loaded handgun on to...
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On Saturday, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) hosted a community blood drive "to celebrate the contributions of immigrants to our communities with caring and dignity."
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Some 72 people trickled into Prince of Peace Catholic Parish by late afternoon today to give blood and learn about state and federal immigration laws and procedures as a sign of solidarity.
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It's encouraging that the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is hitting the ground running in 2012 where opposition to Alabama's horrible immigration law is concerned. AJIC will hold a series of workshops Saturday at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 4600 Preserve Parkway, in Hoover.
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On June 9, 2011, Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley, with the support of the Alabama legislature, signed into law the now-infamous HB 56 immigration bill. Composed of social, political, and economic barbs, the law has completely changed life as we've known it for all undocumented immigrants throughout the...
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To repair or to replace? That simple question captures the complex political quandary facing Gov. Robert Bentley as he grapples with the state's tough new immigration law. On the left is a coalition of Democratic lawmakers who say the law is an abomination and that it must be...
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A Hispanic advocacy group from northwestern Indiana has launched a second legal challenge to the immigration law approved by the General Assembly this year. East Chicago-based Union Benefica Mexicana filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hammond, claiming portions of the law are unconstitutional.
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It's almost Christmastime…unless you're in Alabama. Across the Yellowhammer State, government leaders are still too busy defending the HB 56 extremist immigration law to really start thinking about "the reason for the season."
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