Republicans, baseball players and the Terminator against Arizona’s new law
A New York Times /CBS News poll shows that about 60% of the country supports SB1070, Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law, despite it’s harsh provisions that inevitably lead to racial profiling and...
View ArticleOn Cinco de Mayo, we have music and games in support of Arizona’s immigrants
By the time I get to Arizona…By the time I get to Arizona…. What happens if you get to Arizona and you are stopped by the cops there and you don’t have any ID on you? Once the new anti-immigrant law,...
View ArticleVulnerable communities react to Arizona’s new law
Last Thursday, 10 year old Katherine Figueroa sat in a room in a Capitol Hill building in Washington DC telling Members of Congress about her personal encounter with immigration enforcement. Fighting...
View ArticleUnlike the woman in the DSK story, most immigrant women are afraid to report...
Among the numerous unique and compelling stories of immigration that our nation has witnessed in its rich history comes another one; one that is disturbing and moving in equal part. On May 14, the...
View ArticleAlabama’s “counterproductive cruelty-” HB56 – threatens the right to...
It’s been looming for months like a dark, ominous cloud over Alabama. After almost five months since it was first enacted and then pondered over by U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn, Alabama’s...
View ArticleNo HB 56: Human Rights for AL(L)
Why are some Alabama parents pulling their children out of school? Why are some Alabama workers afraid to show up to their jobs? Why are some Alabama families fleeing the state altogether? Because last...
View ArticleStories from the ground: Life after Alabama’s anti-immigrant law for an...
Crossposted from the American Civil Liberties Union- Cineo Gonzales is a married father of two who has lived in Birmingham for more than 10 years. He chose to live in Alabama because he wanted a safe...
View ArticleSingled Out in Alabama Schools
Guestblogger: Molly Kaplan. Crossposted from the ACLU A New York Times editorial this weekend calls out Alabama’s attorney general, Luther Strange, for stonewalling the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)...
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