Department of Justice officials made a surprise appearance at a community forum in Birmingham, Ala. on Thursday evening, encouraging residents to report civil rights violations in the wake of the state’s harsh new immigration law. The law, H.B. 56, requires police and some government officials to demand proof of legal status if they have “reasonable [...]
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — At least a half-dozen poultry plants shut down or scaled back operations Wednesday and many other businesses closed as Hispanics in Alabama skipped work to protest the state’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law. The work stoppage was aimed at demonstrating the economic contribution of Alabama’s Hispanic immigrants. It was unclear exactly how widespread [...]
Alabama’s controversial new immigration enforcement law is fostering an environment of fear in the state’s classrooms that’s affecting all students, leading critics of law said during a Wednesday conference call. The new law requires that all schools verify the immigration status of children enrolling for the first time. State education officials estimated that over 2,000 [...]
ATLANTA — The federal government asked an appeals court Friday to stop Alabama officials from enforcing a strict immigration law that has already driven Hispanic students from public schools and migrant workers from towns, warning that it opens the door to discrimination against even legal residents. The Department of Justice’s filing to the 11th U.S. [...]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many construction workers, roofers and field hands in the country legally who do backbreaking jobs that Americans generally won’t. The vacancies have created a void that will surely deal a blow [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state’s tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration. Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home this week, afraid that sending the kids [...]
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