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Hispanic Students Absent From Alabama Schools Following Controversial Immigration Law

October 01, 2011 (1 min read)

"Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration.  Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home this week, afraid that sending the kids to school would draw attention from authorities."  AP, Sept. 30, 2011.