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Alabama immigration law is working, Rep. Mo Brooks says


By ALEXANDER TROWBRIDGE & MACKENZIE WEINGER | 10/6/11 2:36 PM EDT

Many Hispanic students and workers have stayed home in response to Alabama’s tough new immigration law — and that’s the whole point of the measure, Rep. Mo Brooks said on Thursday.

The Alabama Republican told POLITICO in an interview that he does not consider the above-average number of absences “unintended consequencesâ€