Monday, November 7, 2011

Some African-Americans in Alabama see HB 56 as "a giant step backwards"

By Maribel Hastings, Huffington Post
October 27, 2011

Illinois Congressman Luis GutiƩrrez (D) has always said that the fight for immigration reform is a civil-rights issue for the immigrant community in the United States.

That community finds itself in dire straits in Alabama under its new law HB 56, which, even after a court ruling temporarily blocking some provisions from being enforced, continues to wreak havoc among families made up of immigrants, legal residents and citizens, and continues to affect the economy and the image Alabama is projecting to the country and the world. [...]

Read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maribel-hastings/some-africanamericans-in-_b_1033406.html

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