They might get a better outcome for the defendants in Maryland, as Maryland seems to be more "tolerant". JMO

Lawsuit accusing Perdue managers of illegal hiring moves to Md.

Judge grants defendants' request to move case from Alabama

March 22, 2011|By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun

A federal class action lawsuit accusing managers at Perdue Inc. of conspiring to depress wages by hiring hundreds of illegal immigrants will move forward in Maryland instead of in Alabama, where it was filed a year ago.

The lawsuit against former and current human resource employees and supervisors of the Eastern Shore poultry processor was filed last March on behalf of hundreds or even thousands of hourly workers at 16 Perdue plants in Maryland and nine other states.

A U.S. District Court judge in Alabama granted the defendants' request to move the case to Maryland, where the company has its headquarters in Salisbury.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-0 ... -move-case

Riley was the previous Governor of Alabama. See lawsuits at bottom.

Riley Stacks Immigration Commission October 4, 2007
MONTGOMERY – Four out of seven appointments made by Governor Bob Riley to the Joint Patriotic Immigration Commission, including the group’s chairman, gave at least $390,000 in campaign contributions (personally or through PACs and lobbyists) to Riley since 2005. Moreover, five of Riley’s appointments were part of a pro-industry lobbying group designed to stifle meaningful immigration reform in America and maintain the status quo in the hiring of undocumented workers.

State Democratic Party Chairman Joe Turnham says that “the issue of immigration reform is too volatile and complex to leave campaign contributors and those profiting from non-citizen labor in charge of the process.â€