Hundreds of people rally in Montgomery to protest Alabama immigration law, days before it takes effect
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By The Associated Press
Monday, August 29, 2011, 12:20 PM

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Just days before Alabama's new immigration law takes effect, hundreds of people rallied in front of the state Capitol on Sunday to protest.

The law makes it a crime to be an illegal immigrant in Alabama and for those in the U.S. illegally to work in the state.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports that the organizer of the event, Edward Menefee, invoked the name of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Two state senators, Hank Sanders, D-Selma, and Quinton Ross, D-Montgomery, both said at the rally that they were there to stand with the crowd.

Menefee, Sunday's organizer, is the co-founder of a group called VamosTogether, a grassroots effort that its website says is working for civil rights and social justice.

Information from: Montgomery Advertiser

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