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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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