From ImmigrationProf Blog: Lots of troubling news from Alabama, which is the “new” Alabama when it comes to civil rights. AP reports that “Spanish-speaking parents say their children are facing more bullying and taunts at school since Alabama’s tough crackdown on illegal immigration took effect last month. Many blame the…
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From the Christian Science Monitor: Farmers fearing a labor shortage are protesting recent immigration laws they say are too harsh, forcing undocumented workers to flee to prevent deportation. They say US workers are unwilling to endure the rigorous conditions of farm work and that state legislators need to come up…
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From Immigration Prof Blog: In an interesting online article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Robert Castro [pdf] analyzes how imageries based on the historical typification of Indians have been projected onto Latina/o immigrant populations that are in the United States without proper documentation. [He] also explore[s] the…
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From the NYT: Alabama has passed a sweeping bill to crack down on illegal immigrants that both supporters and opponents call the toughest of its kind in the country, going well beyond a law Arizona passed last year that caused a furor there. […] “This bill invites discrimination into every…
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The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian Law Caucus and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit [pdf] yesterday challenging Georgia’s discriminatory anti-immigrant law passed last month and inspired by Arizona’s notorious SB 1070.…
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According to Tuscon Citizen: Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced at a press conference [on Monday] that they intend to appeal an injunction on SB 1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s an example of what a bad AG Horne is going to be. The SCOTUS rarely…
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According to CNN: [A] Utah federal judge blocked a strict state immigration enforcement law Tuesday afternoon. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups issued a temporary restraining order, granting the request by a long list of plaintiffs, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center, after a short…
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