Alabama pode alterar polêmica lei de imigração

Partidários de legislação defendem mudanças para que texto seja mais fácil de aplicar e menos suscetível a processos legais
Quase um ano após a promulgação da lei de imigração descrita por seus partidários como a mais dura do país, o Estado do Alabama está considerando revisões importantes nas suas políticas imigratórias.
Na quinta-feira, um patrocinador [...]

Cidade dos EUA aprova plano para ser amiga dos imigrantes

Enquanto o Alabama e outros Estados dos EUA aprovaram leis rígidas contra imigrantes ilegais, uma cidade de Ohio adotou uma abordagem diferente. Dayton, cuja população tem diminuído nos últimos anos, está lançando o tapete de boas vindas para os imigrantes legais para aumentar a comunidade.

A cidade aprovou um plano na semana [...]

Boycotts over Alabama immigration law

Along Main Street in this small Alabama town, the Mexican restaurant was closed, lights were out at a Hispanic-owned grocery store and even a bank catering to Spanish speakers was dark. Nearby, the usual hum of a chicken processing plant was silent.

Businesses dependent on immigrant labor were shuttered Wednesday as workers [...]

Florida schools asked to monitor enrollment of students displaced by Alabama immigration law

The impact of Alabama’s new immigration law, which requires K-12 schools to check the immigration status of their students, could be felt in several states, including Florida.

Sunshine State News reports today that “a number of school districts across Florida have been advised to monitor enrollment numbers for Hispanic migrant families relocating from [...]

Alabama illegal immigrants make emergency plans for kids

Alabama’s strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many construction workers, roofers and field hands here legally who do backbreaking jobs that Americans generally won’t.
The vacancies have created a void that will surely deal a blow to the [...]

Obama administration asks court to block parts of tough Alabama immigration law

The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a tough new immigration law in Alabama from going into effect, saying it "invites discrimination against many foreign-born citizens and lawfully present aliens."
The emergency motion from the Justice Department was filed Friday, and asks the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit U.S. Court [...]

Judge puts hold on Alabama immigration law

Multiple lawsuits were consolidated for the motions seeking an injunction against the measure.

Alabama’s tough new immigration law was temporarily put on hold by a federal judge on Monday.
Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation crackdown had originally been set to take effect Sept. 1 but had come under fire from several groups that filed lawsuits against the measure. [...]