Report From Alabama: Ferrying Panicked Families, and Fighting Racial Profiling at Schools
I'm in Alabama reporting on the panic that has engulfed this state's communities following the enactment of H.B. 56, the most draconian anti-immigrant law in the nation. Afraid to drive, parents are pulling their children out of school, and have st...
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ACLU Lens: Alabama in Chaos as Residents Flee After Immigration Law Takes Effect
Alabama has been in a state of utter chaos following a federal judge’s Sept. 28 ruling upholding some of the worst provisions of H.B. 56, the state’s draconian anti-immigrant law. The ACLU and ACLU of Alabama, along with a coalition of civ...
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Shame on Alabama
In the six days since Alabama's extreme anti-immigrant law has been in effect, the impact on communities across the state has been chilling. Parents are pulling their children out of school for fear of being forced to reveal their immigration statu...
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Core Civil Liberties Threatened in State Legislatures: Three Trends to Watch
State legislatures are ground zero in the fight for civil liberties. Although they may not attract as much attention as debates in Congress or arguments in the Supreme Court, they are the source of unprecedented assaults on our most fundamental righ...
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DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
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DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
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DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Secure Communities, Walter Tejada Tags:
DHS Told Loud and Clear: Stop Tearing Immigrant Families Apart
Last night in Arlington, Virginia, a community spoke to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by bearing witness to fear and hardship sown by the immigration enforcement program misleadingly called Secure Communities. Hundreds of people were tu...
Categories: Chuck Jenkins, DHS, immigrants' rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration discrimination, immigration enforcement, Marc Rapp, Mark Shmueli, Secure Communities, Walter Tejada Tags:
ACLU and DOJ Argue Alabama Immigration Law Is Unconstitutional
The ACLU was in a packed federal district court in Birmingham Wednesday arguing, with the U.S. Department of Justice and the bishops of the Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist churches, that Alabama's new anti-immigrant law, House Bill 56, should b...
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