From Montgomery Advertiser: Law enforcement agencies in Alabama began receiving letters Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Justice cautioning them not to infringe on people’s constitutional rights when enforcing the state’s immigration law. The letter, signed by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, is being sent to all sheriff’s offices…
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From ThinkProgress: Joaquin Luna, an 18-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas, committed suicide Friday night because of his immigration status, family members said. Letters Luna wrote before his death showed that he was worried his immigration status would keep him from achieving his dreams of being an engineer, and he had…
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From Immigration Prof Blog: CNN reports that the U.S. government filed its brief in the Eleventh Circuit in its challenge to the Alabama immigration law. “The brief asks the appeals court to block six parts of the Alabama law, including a provision requiring police to check immigration status during traffic…
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From Colorlines: For most undocumented immigrants today, Alabama is a place to flee from, not to flock to. Not so for a dozen immigrant youth and a small contingent of parents, all of them undocumented, who’ve arrived in Alabama to tell their stories at an action planned this afternoon in…
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From ImmigrationProf Blog: News outlets have reported that small skirmishes broke out during dueling demonstrations between neo-Nazi members of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) and about six times as many counter-protesters in front of Pomona City Hall in Pomona, California yesterday. No arrests or injuries were reported. About 60 members…
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From ImmigrationProf Blog: Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, Thomas Perez, issued a letter to Alabama school districts reminding them of their obligation under federal law that a state may not deny a child equal access to public education based on his…
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