Alabama’s Tough Immigration Law, 36 Days Later
Alabama’s Tough Immigration Law, 36 Days Later
Thirty-six days after the implementation of Alabama’s HB 56, immigrants have fled jobs in record numbers, Latino children are still absent from school and crops of Alabama’s $5.5 billion-agricultural industry […]
A Word On “Illegal” Students: Infants Don’t Commit Crimes
By Cindy Casares I can’t believe I’m about to defend Rick Perry, but here goes. This month the Texas governor has taken heat during his Presidential race for his policy […]
State Immigration Laws Could Begin To Fall Like Dominoes
South Carolina is up next, they’re calling it Alabama-lite. Think of it as the next falling domino in the contrived line of state-level immigration laws. The Alabama law has become the high standard […]
House Democrats Headed To Alabama This Month To Protest Law
Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez, a staunch pro-immigrant advocate, organized other House Democrats this week to make a trek to Alabama in protest of that state’s harsh anti-immigrant law. According to […]
Immigration, Communism Pull From Real Issues In America
By Dustin Mendus This just in: Dead things are still scary. With Halloween still fresh in mind there is still an air of fear lingering in the air at home. […]
Non-Latino Immigrants In Alabama Not Worried
Turns out that Alabama’s law seems to be pretty targeted to Latinos after all, at least non-Latino immigrants do not appear to be afraid. Some of Alabama’s Vietnamese, Korean and […]
Feds Let Alabama Wallow In Its Mess
The federal government’s official position on Alabama’s immigration law seems to be to let the state wallow in it’s own mess. I don’t think the feds even have plans for an after-mess […]
Mexicans Flee Organized Crime But Find Little Sanctuary
By Melissa Del Bosque “Somebody’s taken Carlos.” Ana couldn’t quite believe what her cousin had just told her over the phone. How could it be true? Ana had been preparing […]
Florida Congressman Objects To “Hispanic Speaking” District
How many Latino-phobic incidents can you pile on one political statement? Let’s give it a try. According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel, Florida state senator Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, […]
Senator Marco Rubio Blames Family Immigrant Story On “Lore”
By Latino Rebels And the spin is spinning hard today from the office of Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio. This afternoon around 12:55 pom EST, MSNBC broadcast on its ticker […]