National Trust for Historic Preservation (Editor’s Note: A petition has been created on Change.org to help spearhead the creation of a Civil Rights National Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Below is the petition and a link to it.) In…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Helping 30 young Alabama immigrant leaders attend national conference
Aug 25, 2015, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Help Alabama Immigrants get to Southern Conference The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) has been on the front lines of immigrant rights organizing in Alabama since 2006. ACIJ successfully fought back against the harshest anti-immigrant…
Immigration, zNew Headline
HBO’s Vice takes in-depth look at Alabama after harsh 2011 anti-immigrant bill
Apr 24, 2015, 6:40 AM 0
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista “Them Hispanics work hard as hell,” Jesse Durr tells Vice correspondent Thomas Morton during a segment of Friday’s new episode titled “Sweet Home Alabama.” Durr was one of the few people in Alabama who took…
Local News, South
Civil Rights Coalition Files Lawsuit to Block Alabama from “Black Listing” Immigrants: Case Is Latest Example of State Attempting to Target and Drive Out Immigrants
Feb 12, 2013, 10:51 AM 1
La Costa Latina Montgomery, Ala. — A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on February 7 to block a portion of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law requiring state officials to publicly post an online list of immigrants who may…
By Lamont Lilly LatinaLista In its original format, Alabama’s Beason-Hammon Act granted school resource officers the right to badger 5th graders on the basis of their immigration status. The state of Alabama, which passed the Beason-Hammon Act (or HB…
Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics
Federal Appeals Court puts brakes on most provisions of Georgia and Alabama’s immigration laws
Aug 20, 2012, 5:20 PM 0
LatinaLista — With the ongoing excitement over the Deferred Action program for DREAMer students, it’s hard to remember (outside Arizona) that there are some states still trying to enforce their own versions of immigration law. A couple of the…
LatinaLista — By now, the vast majority of states in the nation have considered or have passed legislation targeting undocumented immigrants living and working within their city limits. (Source: Angus Reid Global Monitor) The driving force to get this…
