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Alabama Settles Lawsuit, Won't Publish 'Scarlet Letter' Immigrant List

October 11, 2014 (1 min read)

"Alabama has agreed not publish a list of immigrants in the country illegally who are arrested and appear in court, meaning it won't enforce a law passed by the Legislature in 2012.  The state had yet to implement the law and to publish what critics called a "scarlet letter list."  The Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Alabama and other groups filed a lawsuit last year to block the law, arguing it was an effort to humiliate and intimidate.  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two men and two women who were arrested for fishing without a license and could have been placed on the list.  Today, those groups announced the settlement with the state and a joint motion with the state to ask the federal court to dismiss the lawsuit." - AL.com, Oct. 10, 2014.