Mar
09
The U.S Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily enjoined two more controversial provisions of Alabama’s extreme immigration law (HB 56), adding to the list of enjoined provisions. Yesterday, the 11th Circuit blocked Section 27, which bars Alabama courts from enforcing a contract with an unlawfully present person, and Section 30, which makes it …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/09/appeals-court-blocks-two-more-provisions-of-alabamas-extreme-immigration-law/
Mar
02
So much for Southern hospitality. Despite damning reports, bad press and mea culpas from politicians out of Alabama following passage of their extreme immigration law, HB 56, Mississippi lawmakers continued down the same destructive path this week. Mississippi’s “papers please” immigration bill, HB 488—which contains nearly all the same provisions as Alabama’s extreme immigration law, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/02/despite-alabamas-cautionary-tale-mississippi-moves-forward-with-extreme-papers-please-immigration-legislation/
Feb
06
Federal immigration enforcement resources have increased significantly in recent years, as have the number of deportations. Meanwhile, states have passed harsh immigration laws intended to crack down on unauthorized immigrants. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that he supports a policy of “self-deportation.” What do these things have in common? The belief that making daily …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/06/new-report-examines-dire-consequences-of-attrition-through-enforcement-immigration-strategy/
Feb
02
Implementing Alabama’s extreme immigration law (HB 56) would be incredibly expensive. That is the bottom line of a new report by University of Alabama economist Samuel Addy entitled A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the New Alabama Immigration Law. According to the report, the law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/02/02/alabamas-extreme-immigration-law-could-cost-state-billions-report-finds/
Dec
20
Despite recent court decisions and interpretations from the state’s Attorney General that limit implementation of Alabama’s draconian immigration law, HB 56, much of damage has already been done. Two recent reports by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the AFL-CIO further illustrate the ways in which HB 56 is complicating many aspects of daily life. Both …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/20/new-reports-track-devastating-impact-of-alabama%e2%80%99s-extreme-immigration-law-on-residents/
Dec
16
While the devastating impacts of Alabama’s over-the-top immigration law, HB 56, continues to be felt by Alabamans, there have been a recent string of victories. In addition to a federal judge’s ruling this week temporarily blocking state agencies from denying mobile home registrations to immigrants who cannot prove legal status, the state’s Attorney General also …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/16/federal-verification-system-won%e2%80%99t-help-alabama-determine-legal-status-under-new-law/
Dec
14
As if people needed more proof that Alabama’s extreme anti-immigrant law, HB 56, is bad for the state, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of yet another provision of the law this week. U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson temporarily enjoined enforcement of Section 30 that, as applied, requires mobile home owners to provide proof …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/14/federal-judge-blocks-yet-another-provision-of-alabama%e2%80%99s-extreme-anti-immigrant-law/
Dec
01
Although some Alabama lawmakers credit the state’s overall drop in unemployment to their new immigration law (HB 56), the reality is that many industries and sectors in the state are losing workers and jobs. This week, the Birmingham News reported that Alabama’s construction industry is losing jobs faster than nearly any other state—a loss experts …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/12/01/alabama%e2%80%99s-immigration-law-digs-deeper-hole-for-state-economy/
Nov
22
Thousands gathered outside the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday to demand the repeal of the state’s harsh anti-immigration law, HB 56. Religious, community and civil rights leaders, as well as a special Congressional delegation, urged state legislators to bring an end to Alabama’s immigration law—a law which continues to slow state …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/22/thousands-rally-for-repeal-of-alabama%e2%80%99s-extreme-anti-immigrant-law/
Nov
15
Alabama lawmakers want undocumented immigrants to be so afraid of the consequences of the state’s new anti-immigrant law (HB 56) that they leave the state. However, that’s not the only fear factor built into the law. Under section 6(f), state and local government employees must report violations of HB 56—which includes unlawfully present immigrants even …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/11/15/policing-the-enforcers-criminalizing-alabama-employees-encourages-discrimination/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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