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Immigrant Advocates in Alabama Want DHS to Stop ‘Secure Communities’ Deportation Program
September 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An Alabama immigrant advocacy organization has sent a petition, with over 10,000 signatures, to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cease the deportation of the undocumented arrested for minor offenses. continue reading »
Portions of Immigration Laws in Alabama and Georgia Blocked by Federal Courts
August 21, 2012 | by Jim Malewitz for Pew Stateline | Latino Daily News
A federal appeals court has blocked several provisions of anti-immigration laws in Alabama and Georgia, while leaving intact each state’s so-called “show me your papers” policies — a mixed-bag for those on either side of the heated debate over states’ immigration policies. continue reading »
Alabama Immigration Debate Heats UP
May 7, 2012 | by Daniel C. Vock for Stateline | Latino Daily News
A year after approving the toughest state anti-immigration legislation in the country, Alabama lawmakers want to revise the law to make it easier to comply with and enforce. But their efforts have rekindled the same emotional fight that was so contentious in the first place. continue reading »
Alabama Governor Urged to Repeal ‘Unfair & UnJust’ Immigration Law by Christian Leaders
December 20, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Some Christian community leaders in the state of Alabama (Roman Catholic Church, United Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church), wrote a letter to Governor Robert Bentley to pray so that they show political courage and will be able to support the repeal of the immigration law in the State of Alabama. continue reading »
U.S. Civil Rights Commission to Discuss Civil Rights Impact of State Immigration Laws
November 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United States Commission on Civil Rights announces that at its monthly business meeting on Nov. 18, 2011, the eight-member Commission unanimously voted to look into the civil rights continue reading »
Largest Christian Hispanic Organization Responds to Alabama’s Immigration Law
October 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One week after a historic Immigration Summit hosted by Hispanic Evangelical leaders with delegates from across the nation, including representatives from President Obama's administration, denominational leaders continue reading »
JUST IN: Judge Allows Most of Alabama’s New Strict Immigration Law to Go Forth
September 28, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A federal judge in Alabama has given the state a victory in allowing it to put forth one of the strictest immigration laws in the country. U.S. District Sharon Blackburn r continue reading »
