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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Court Order a Violation of Federal Law
"The court decision upholding the Alabama law requiring school officials to determine by birth certificates or sworn affidavits the legal status of incoming students not only defies notions of decency but clearly violates federal law." Prof...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Department of Justice official urges people to report problems from Alabama's new immigration law
"The assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice was in Birmingham tonight to urge people to report possible civil rights violations stemming from Alabama's new immigration law." Birmingham...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Confusion Reigns Over Alabama Immigration Law
"Confusion is running rampant in Alabama over how and when to apply the new immigration law – considered the toughest such measure in the nation. Now that federal judges have blocked parts of the act while letting others take effect, officials...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama law snags citizens, too
"Proponents of Alabama's tough new immigration law applaud the statute for targeting [unauthorized] immigrants living in the state. But the law's first month of enforcement has, in Calhoun County, sent a number of U.S. citizens to jail, too...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Highlights Civil Rights Concerns in State Immigration Laws
"Kevin Johnson of the University of California Davis School of Law says that Alabama's immigration law highlights the civil rights implications of the recent state immigration laws and, in the case of Alabama, show parallels with previous efforts...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Why Republicans are doing an about-face on tough Alabama immigration law
"Acknowledging a growing list of unintended consequences stemming from the implementation of the nation's toughest anti-illegal immigration law, key Alabama Republicans are gathering ideas for how to tweak the legislation to make it less onerous...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Southern Hospitality, but Not for Newcomers
"I’m waxing nostalgic because I miss the time when the sweet Southern air was, at least for this immigrant, not poisoned by fear, the malevolent phobia that haunts Dixie today." - Yunte Huang, professor of English, University of California...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigration law raises worries over foreign investment in Alabama
"Alabama has built a name for itself in global economic development circles over the past 20 years for putting out a welcome mat for foreign companies, attracting billions of dollars in investment and tens of thousands of jobs, primarily in its booming...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama to stop immigration checks for government transactions
"In a plainly worded letter last week, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange advised government officials across the state to stop requiring people to demonstrate U.S. citizenship or lawful immigration status during transactions for things like...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama AG Calls for Changes to State Immigration Law
"Alabama's attorney general Luther Strange, is suggesting that state lawmakers need to repeal some portions of the statute that have been put on hold by federal courts and to clarify others. In a letter to legislative leaders, Strange argued...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama immigration law unleashes ugliness against nonwhite citizens
"Hispanic citizens were harassed. Alabama native Carmen Gonzales, a 27-year-old from Foley, said she found a flier about the law on her windshield after work, with the words “Get out of town” written on the top. The Vietnamese refugees...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama immigration law deterring investors
"Some local officials in Alabama are worried that the state's tough new immigration law has turned off foreign investors from bringing business -- and jobs -- to cities that desperately need them." - CBS News, Dec. 28, 2011 .
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Cities Enforce New State Immigration Law
"The city of Albertville sent out a letter last week informing contractors on the city’s active vendor list of new rules regarding the law. According to the letter, all contractors must provide the city with a notarized Affidavit of Immigration...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Civil Rights Groups Target Alabama's Immigration Law
"Opponents of Alabama's stringent immigration law said their next phase of attack will include a new legal challenge and a "public education" campaign targeting the state's tourism and auto industries. Wade Henderson, CEO of the...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 12 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Immigration Law's Surprise Result
"Republican state Senator Scott Beason, a sponsor, said at a news conference last year that the restrictions on undocumented workers would “put thousands of native Alabamians back in the work force.” Instead, it caused a labor shortage...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 8 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
FLSA Lawsuit Recovers Guestworker Wages: Fuentes Cordova v. R&A Oysters
SPLC, Mar. 17, 2016 - "A federal judge this week ordered a Gulf Coast seafood company to pay $30,000 to 18 guest workers whose wages were pushed below the minimum wage by their employer, resolving one of the claims in an SPLC lawsuit. In a separate...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Settles Lawsuit, Won't Publish 'Scarlet Letter' Immigrant List
"Alabama has agreed not publish a list of immigrants in the country illegally who are arrested and appear in court, meaning it won't enforce a law passed by the Legislature in 2012. The state had yet to implement the law and to publish what...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Immigration Lessons from Alabama
"“Illegal is illegal.” With that rallying cry, Alabama passed HB 56 in 2011, the harshest state immigration law in the country. The lead sponsor of the bill boasted to state representatives that the law “attacks every aspect of an illegal alien...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Much of Alabama's Immigration Statute Permanently Enjoined
"The Justice Department's lawsuit against Alabama over the state's far-reaching immigration law has been settled, with seven provisions of the law permanently blocked, a DOJ spokeswoman said this afternoon. The settlement was signed today...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Tornado Brings Together Alabama Town Fractured by Immigration Debate
"For years before a tornado hit, few besides the immigrants who work at nearby poultry plants ventured down the pothole-rutted dirt roads of "Little Mexico." The community, whose official name is Kilpatrick, comprises a large population...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Immigration Law Asks Doctors For Their Papers
"Some Alabama physicians and physician assistants were surprised this week to receive a letter with a new demand from the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners: Show us your papers. Under the state's 2011 immigration law, these medical professionals...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Supreme Court Leaves Block of Alabama Immigration Law in Place
"The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama on Monday by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants. By refusing to hear Alabama's appeal of the Obama...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama to Issue Driver Licenses to DACA Grantees
"Alabama officials have announced that young immigrants who came to the country as children—also known as DREAMers—will be allowed to apply for state driver's licenses. The decision affects an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 DREAMers who stand...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Civil Rights Coalition Files Lawsuit to Stop Alabama from Blacklisting Immigrants
"A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit today to stop a portion of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law requiring state officials to post an online list of immigrants who may be undocumented, without providing them with any way to contest...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Alabama Deputy Sheriff Facing Deportation
"A Canadian man who served as a reserve deputy for 25 years in southeast Alabama is facing charges of being in the United States illegally, and the sheriff he worked for isn't happy about it. Kevin Dwight Venhuis, 46, of Abbeville is charged...
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