Illegal immigrants to protest at Ala. capitol
Illegal immigrants to protest at Ala. capitol
wsfa.com
The Associated Press
Nov 15, 2011 1:42 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -
Activists are stepping up their protests against Alabama's new law clamping down on illegal immigration.
A dozen illegal immigrants are planning an act of civil disobedience on Tuesday afternoon at the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery.
Parents and young people will deliver a letter to state legislators asking them to tone down their rhetoric over the law. Organizers say the participants will then risk arrest by waiting for a response to their request.
Participants from as far away as California plan to join in.
Federal courts have blocked parts of the Republican-backed law from taking effect, but both supporters and critics still call it the nation's toughest state law against illegal immigration.
The Obama administration opposes the law, which is calls an overreach by the state.
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Self-professed illegal immigrants protest at Ala. State Hous
Self-professed illegal immigrants protest at Ala. State House
wsfa.com
The Associated Press
Nov 15, 2011 1:42 PM EST
Updated: Nov 15, 2011 4:53 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -
Chanting "no courage, no change", "undocumented, unafraid" and "stop the hate" a small group of activists have stepped up their protests against Alabama's new law clamping down on illegal immigration.
They're currently sitting in the middle of the street near the Alabama State House complex where they're holding a planned act of of civil disobedience.
Parents and young people said they would deliver a letter to state legislators asking them to tone down their rhetoric over the law. Organizers say the participants will then risk arrest by waiting for a response to their request.
Participants from as far away as California are said to be joining in.
Authorities, though on hand, have not intervened in the protests and no arrests have been made at this time.
Federal courts have blocked parts of the Republican-backed law from taking effect, but both supporters and critics still call it the nation's toughest state law against illegal immigration.
The Obama administration opposes the law, which is calls an overreach by the state.
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Two unidentified men protest Alabama's illegal immigration at the Ala State House.
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Hispanic protesters carrying signs like "Juan Crow"
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Police arrest 11 protesting Ala. immigration law
Police arrest 11 protesting Ala. immigration law
santacruzsentinel.com
By BOB JOHNSON Associated Press
Posted: 11/15/2011 02:39:02 PM PST
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Police arrested 11 protesters outside Alabama's Statehouse Tuesday as they demonstrated against the state's strict new law clamping down on illegal immigrants.
About 100 people, most of them Hispanic and college-aged, chanted slogans as they marched in light rain around the state Capitol and to the adjacent Statehouse where the legislature works.
Some sat down on Union Street between the Statehouse and the Capitol when police approached and warned them in English and Spanish that they would be arrested if they didn't move.
None did and police arrested them, tying their hand with yellow straps and loading them into a city bus. It was unclear what charges the protesters would face.
Federal courts have blocked parts of the Republican-backed law from taking effect, but both supporters and critics still call it the nation's toughest state law against illegal immigration. The Obama administration opposes the law, which is calls an overreach by the state.
After walking all the way around the Capitol one time, about 20 of the protesters entered the Statehouse and went up to the seventh-floor office of state Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, a key proponent of the law.
Beason was not there and the group left a letter outlining its complaints about the law and asking state legislators to tone down their rhetoric over the law.
Once downstairs, two of the demonstrators—college students from Los Angeles and Philadelphia—linked arms and sat down on the floor of the main lobby, vowing not to leave until Beason responded to their concerns.
The senator's staff later told the protesters that their letter had been delivered to Beason's administrative assistant but he would not address the group because he is out of town.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/usnews/ci_19341487
DREAMers Bring the Fight, And Their Parents, to Alabama
DREAMers Bring the Fight, And Their Parents, to Alabama
colorlines.com
by Julianne Hing
Tuesday, November 15 2011, 10:23 AM EST
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For most undocumented immigrants today, Alabama is a place to flee from, not to flock to. Not so for a dozen immigrant youth and a small contingent of parents, all of them undocumented, who’ve arrived in Alabama to tell their stories at an action planned this afternoon in front of the capitol’s statehouse in Montgomery.
“I want other immigrants to know we shouldn’t be afraid. We shouldn’t feel powerless.â€