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 [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona-copycat laws, Deportation, immigrant community, Racism, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona-copycat laws, immigrant community, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Migrant Workers, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona-copycat laws, immigrant community, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , | Leave a Comment »

Lowcountry Police Welcome Judge Gergel’s Ruling

Posted on December 27, 2011 by scjustice

Sounds like Lowcountry law enforcement is A-Okay with Judge Gergel’s decision to block unconstitutional portions of South Carolina’s “feel-good” anti-immigration law, according to The Island Packet of Hilton Head: Bluffton Police Chief David McAllister had some questions about what constituted “reasonable suspicion” and couldn’t get an answer. “What is the determining factor?” McAllister said. “Is [...]

Filed under: Arizona-copycat laws, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Judge’s Questions Target S.C. Law’s Worst Provisions

Posted on December 20, 2011 by scjustice

Judge Richard Gergel After hearing oral arguments in a Charleston courthouse yesterday, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel indicated that he is unlikely to strike down South Carolina’s anti-immigrant law in its entirety, but the questions he posed suggest that the laws most heinous provisions could get nixed. Those include requirements that immigrants carry their papers [...]

Filed under: Arizona-copycat laws, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Law Enforcement, Racism, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Prayer Vigils To Be Held In Protest Of Anti-Immigrant Law

Posted on December 14, 2011 by scjustice

  Photo by Shannon Purvis The SC Faith Community to Hold Interfaith Prayer Vigils across the State to Reflect on Anti-Immigrant Law, S.B. 20 Sunday, December 18, 2011 South Carolina faith leaders and the faith community will gather at prayer vigils across the state on Sunday, December 18, to call attention to a hearing the [...]

Filed under: Arizona-copycat laws, Deportation, DREAM Act, immigrant community, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Ala.’s Anti-Immigrant Forces Take Another Legal Whipping

Posted on December 13, 2011 by scjustice

A federal judge in Alabama has blocked another provision of that state’s unconstitutional anti-immigrant law. This one would prohibit local and state agencies from transacting business, such as the collection of property taxes, with undocumented immigrants. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s legal director Mary Bauer has dubbed the ruling “a nail in the coffin” of [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona-copycat laws, immigrant community, Law Enforcement | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Supreme Court To Rule On States’ Anti-Immigrant Laws

Posted on December 12, 2011 by scjustice

From The Associated Press: By MARK SHERMAN Dec. 12, 2011 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires that police, while enforcing other [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona-copycat laws, immigrant community, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

State Dept. Official: S.C. Immigration Law Hurts U.S. Abroad

Posted on December 9, 2011 by scjustice

From The Associated Press: By MEG KINNARD Dec. 9, 2011 COLUMBIA – South Carolina’s tough new immigration law has not only already damaged the country’s reputation with other nations but could also endanger U.S. citizens as they travel abroad, according to a top-ranking U.S. State Department official. “Act No. 69 undermines the diverse immigration administration [...]

Filed under: Arizona-copycat laws, S.B. 20, South Carolina | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Editorial: Wheels Coming Off Ala.’s Anti-Immigrant Law

Posted on December 9, 2011 by scjustice

From The Anniston Star: By The Anniston Star Editorial Board Dec 09, 2011 This week began with Gov. Robert Bentley expressing concern that Alabama’s draconian illegal-immigration law could hurt recruitment of foreign industries. This was quite an admission from the man who supported the bill from the time it was in the Legislature until he [...]

Filed under: Alabama, Arizona-copycat laws, Migrant Workers | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Next Page »
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.