Apr
06
Yesterday evening, lawmakers in Alabama introduced a bill proposing extensive changes to HB 56, the state’s notorious immigration enforcement law. The proposed bill follows extensive criticism from civil and immigrants’ rights leaders about HB 56, as well as numerous lawsuits that prevented more than a dozen of the law’s provisions from taking effect. While passage …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/06/alabama-lawmakers-propose-extensive-changes-to-states-immigration-law-hb-56/
Apr
03
Today, Mississippi’s extreme immigration bill, HB 488, died after a state senate committee chairman decided not to bring the bill up for a vote. The Mississippi Senate had until today to consider HB 488, a bill that would have, among other things, allowed police officers to determine the immigration status of individuals they “reasonably suspect” …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/04/03/mississippi-lawmakers-kill-states-extreme-immigration-bill-although-immigration-provisions-may-loom/
Mar
29
Proponents of Arizona SB 1070 often insist that the infamous immigration law enjoys considerable public support. Yet even if such claims are correct, one would hardly know it from the flood of briefs filed at the Supreme Court this week opposing the measure. Unlike the monolithic set of briefs filed last month in support of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/29/supreme-court-flooded-with-briefs-opposing-arizona-sb-1070/
Mar
28
Economists aren’t the only ones who think a patchwork of costly state immigration laws is a terrible idea. This week, Mississippi farming and law enforcement groups each sent separate letters urging state lawmakers to reconsider moving forward with Mississippi’s extreme immigration law, HB 488. The groups call the law an “unfunded mandate” and cite the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/28/mississippi-farming-law-enforcement-groups-urge-lawmakers-to-oppose-state-immigration-law/
Mar
22
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling this week enjoining a law enacted in Farmers Branch, Texas, that bars undocumented immigrants from renting housing in the city and revokes the licenses of landlords who knowingly rent to them. The restrictive law, which passed in 2008, was struck down …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/22/court-upholds-ban-on-restrictive-immigration-law-in-farmers-branch-texas/
Mar
20
When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wagged her finger in President Obama’s face at a Phoenix airport earlier this year, she may have been seeking to score political points with the White House’s ideological opponents. What the governor may not have realized, however, is that she was giving the Obama administration the photographic equivalent of its …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/20/supreme-court-brief-on-sb-1070-arizona-seeking-confrontation-not-cooperation/
Mar
19
While some state lawmakers continue to push extreme “get tough” immigration enforcement measures through their state houses, others are contemplating the benefits of having more highly educated students in their state. In Indiana, for example, one Republican lawmaker recently amended an education bill to grant in-state tuition to undocumented students already enrolled in state schools, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/19/states-continue-to-propose-tuition-equity-for-undocumented-immigrants/
Mar
16
Either Mississippi lawmakers aren’t aware of the hefty fiscal and legal burdens brought on by harsh immigration legislation in other states, or they just don’t care. This week, the Mississippi House passed HB 488, an immigration enforcement bill that allows local law enforcement to determine the immigration status of individuals during an arrest whom they …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/16/is-mississippi-about-to-make-a-costly-mistake-on-immigration/
Mar
15
While anti-immigrant sentiment may win candidates a few headlines, it certainly doesn’t resonate with every day voters. Following Alabama’s GOP primary this week, a CNN exit poll found that “illegal immigration” was not a top-of-mind issue for many Alabamians. According to the survey, only 3% of the respondents cited “illegal immigration” as the most important …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/15/being-anti-immigrant-doesnt-work-in-politics-even-in-the-south/
Mar
12
Late last week, thousands gathered on the steps of Alabama’s capitol building to hear civil rights leaders—Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, among others—speak out against the state’s extreme immigration law, HB 56. Although key provisions of Alabama’s law …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/03/12/civil-rights-leaders-speak-out-against-alabamas-vile-immigration-law/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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