Immigration Law Community

Title	Views
1	Julie Myers Wood Discusses Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law	3341
2	LexisNexis® Emerging Issues Law Community Podcast featuring Dan Kowalski of the Fowler Law Firm on the Arizona immigration law	2929
3	Ann Allott on Grassley Amendment Allowing E-Verify for Existing Employees	2805

Alabama's bad road on immigration: Editorial

"Apparently, Alabama lawmakers felt they hadn't gone far enough last year when they enacted the most draconian immigration law in the nation, which, among other things, required schools to determine the immigration status of their students. Now...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 11:14 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, Alabama, civil rights

Citing Immigrant Labor Shortage, Alabama Farmers Reduce Planting

"Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the state's crackdown on illegal immigration. Keith Dickie...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 8:09 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: immigration, Alabama, crops, farmers

DOJ Letter: Dear Alabama Schools...

"The Justice Department released a letter late Thursday afternoon, hours after six individuals protesting Alabama's immigration law conducted a sit-down demonstration near the Alabama Senate chamber, saying Alabama's controversial immigration...

Published Sun, May 6 2012 1:36 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, schools, letter, perez

Politicized Neglect: A Report from Etowah County Detention Center

"This report details findings from an assessment of the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama, which houses both criminal inmates and immigrant detainees. The Women's Refugee Commission found that, disturbingly, the conditions of confinement...

Published Fri, Apr 6 2012 7:18 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, detention, report, etowah

Alabama Employers Miss E-Verify Registration Deadline

"Tens of thousands of Alabama businesses have missed a deadline set by the state's strict immigration law to register with a federal database used to verify the citizenship status of job applicants, according to registration numbers. Some companies...

Published Thu, Apr 5 2012 11:16 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, e-verify, deadline

Alabama Faith Leaders Launch TV Ad Against HB56

"Ahead of Easter and Passover, faith leaders across Alabama have asked state lawmakers to hear "the cries of their people", reflect and revise what they deem the toughest-in-the-nation immigration law. A coalition called Faith Leaders for...

Published Wed, Apr 4 2012 9:07 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, hb56, faith, television

Alabama Immigration Law Fight Moves To South Korea

"South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai, which has large plants in Alabama, hasn't responded publicly to the state's extreme immigration law -- yet. Civil rights and labor organizations hope that will change, particularly after they traveled...

Published Sat, Mar 17 2012 6:54 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, law, south korea, hyundai

CA11 Blocks Two More Provisions of Alabama's HB56

"A federal appeals court Thursday blocked two sections of Alabama's immigration law, which is known as HB 56, including one that had been par tially enjoined by a U.S. District Judge in Montgomery. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Published Fri, Mar 9 2012 10:53 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, eleventh circuit, hb 56, court

'Is This Alabama?' Documentary Pushes For HB 56 Immigration Law Repeal

"Not all Alabamians support the state's HB 56 immigration law, explicitly designed to drive undocumented immigrants out of the state. In a new series of videos, Director Chris Weitz, the man behind the film "A Better Life," documents...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 6:40 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, weitz, videos

Alabama's Job-Killing Immigration Law

"Alabama’s harsh immigration law has stirred controversy since it went into effect in September. The statute, which among other things requires police to question people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally, has prompted thousands of...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 10:10 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, jobs, study, economist, addy

Backlash Against 'Self-Deportation,' Kobach Growing

"Kobach’s supporters are barking back now. The legislators and taxpayers who bought into his schemes to make the lives of illegal immigrants so hellish that they “self-deport.” The editorial board of the Press-Register in Mobile...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 8:08 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, kobach, self-deportation

Reap What You Sow

39 minutes of must-listen radio : "Last Summer, Alabama passed HB56, the most sweeping immigration bill in the country. It's an example of a strategy called "attrition through enforcement" or, more colloquially, "self-deportation"...

Published Wed, Feb 1 2012 7:41 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, this american life

'Self Deportation?' - Inconvenience For Us All Won’t Be Enough

"Last month, I noticed this piece on the Bloomberg web site highlighting the practical effect of Alabama’s “strictest in the Nation” state-level immigration law on Alabama’s citizens. The article vividly illustrates what it...

Published Wed, Feb 1 2012 7:35 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, racism, insanity

Alabama immigration crackdown costing state billions: study

"Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants, widely seen as the toughest in the United States, could cost the state's economy up to $10.8 billion, according to a new study . The Alabama law, passed in June, requires police to detain people...

Published Wed, Feb 1 2012 7:26 PM by Daniel M. Kowalski

Filed under: Alabama, jobs, study, economist, addy

Alabama law threatens livelihood of tomato farmer

"When the law was passed, about 20 of Boatwright's farmhands — all of them from Mexico — left and his business was devastated. Boatwright tried to hire legal workers, but of the 11 Americans he hired that came and sought work, only...

Published Mon, Dec 26 2011 8:13 AM by Daniel M. Kowalski