immigrants

"One of Alabama’s Worst Times Since Jim Crow."

Scott Douglas, III, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries describes Alabama's new anti-immigration law as a cynical effort to "put families on the run and divide them." Douglas compares the law to the fugitive slave acts, saying...

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ACLU Lens: Justice Department Sues to Block Alabama Immigration Law Previously Challenged by ACLU

The government has filed a suit against Alabama’s draconian anti-immigrant law, which it said conflicts with federal laws and makes it too easy for police to detain people suspected of being in the country illegally. Modeled on Arizona’s in...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by ACLU Updates - August 2, 2011 at 9:13 am

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