US Court of Appeals Blocks Two More Provisions of Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law

Posted on March 9, 2012 by scjustice

The National Immigration Law Center today announced that their continuing fight in Alabama succeeded in blocking enforcement of two more provisions of Alabama’s state immigration law. A US Court of Appeals ruled that one provision that made it illegal for elected officials to have any contact with undocumented immigrants and another that made contracts with [...]

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SPLC Reports: Alabama Immigration Law Increases Anti-Latino Attitudes

Posted on February 28, 2012 by scjustice

A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of SC Appleseed’s partners in challenging South Carolina’s immigration law, found that Anti-Latino sentiment in Alabama is up in the wake of that state’s new immigration statute. Latino US Citizens and other folks who are legally present are being told to “Go back to Mexico.” [...]

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Is This Alabama? Her Citizens Speak Out On HB-56

Posted on February 17, 2012 by scjustice

After the Alabama legislature passed its Arizona-on-steroids anti-immigrant law last June, Hollywood’s Chris Weitz, whose directing credits include About a Boy and The Golden Compass, took his camera down there to ask the locals, “Is this Alabama?“ Weitz’s camera captured some ugliness, but it also found the good people of Alabama denouncing their state’s major [...]

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AZ-Copycat Laws Threaten Local Farmers, Crops

Posted on January 18, 2012 by scjustice

South Carolina peaches, they’re meant to be eaten. It looks like farmers have woken up to the threat that “show me your papers” legislation poses to their livelihoods. Case in point: In a recent article decrying the effects of state-level anti-immigrant laws on fruit and vegetable growing, Southeastern Farm Press described Alabama, Georgia and South [...]

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Grassroots Groups Rally Behind Immigrant Neighbors

Posted on December 29, 2011 by scjustice

The American Prospect has an article out this week highlighting a nationwide grassroots movement that is welcoming immigrants into communities, promoting tolerance, unity and their new neighbors’ contributions. The article describes it as a “quiet backlash” to the passage of harsh, unconstitutional anti-immigrant laws. While South Carolina’s advocates of decency and civil rights have won [...]

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