A federal judge has temporarily put the brakes on the Alabama immigration law from going into effect on September 1. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama, enjoined the enforcement of HB56, the most draconian anti-immigration law in the country: From Constitutional Law Prof Blog:…
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Latinos comprise at least 14.9 percent of Alabama’s population, not counting the high number of undocumented immigrants. Gov. Bentley, trumpeting his anti-immigration xenophobic bona fides, signed into law HB56 — the most draconian, unconstitutional immigration bill in the U.S., surpassing Arizona’s SB1070. The state’s businesses are bracing for an economic…
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From ImmigrationProf blog: In a three block neighborhood in Jackson Heights in Queens live immigrants from 51 different countries and speak 21 different languages. Census tract 281 is the most diverse neighborhood in the Big Apple. Census tract 281 – Roosevelt Ave. to Northern Blvd., from 83rd to 85th Sts.…
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The Strauss-Kahn case will make immigrants, particularly poor immigrant women of color, less likely to report crimes of sexual assault and rape, especially when the alleged perpetrator is a powerful, affluent white European male. Slate has a remarkable rebuttal against the Manhattan D.A.’s characterizations of the alleged inconsistencies of Nafissatou…
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Restrictions on the free movement of labor are more costly than any other existing limits on freedom. (5)
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From Colorlines: Authorities from DHS and the Department of Justice will review on a case by case basis the 300,000 people facing deportation and whose cases are currently clogging up the immigration courts. Immigrants facing deportation who are not a high priority for deportation, such as those with no criminal…
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The ACLU and Lawyers’s Committee for civil rights filed a class action suit against DHS and ICE for their blanket policy of shackling detainees, all of whom appear in immigration court shackled at the wrists, waist, and ankles, regardless of history or risk of danger. From Lawyers Committee for Civil…
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As the 2012 presidential election campaign heats up, expect more violent rhetoric from the Republican party. The GOP continues to thrash about like a wounded animal as it refuses to come to grips with the fact that there is a black man in the “White” House; and the fact that…
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