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SWEET HOME ALABAMA!!!!!

"Alabama law amounted to requiring "local police, and even school teachers, to become de facto immigration agents."

Actually in my opinion we are all to be responsible caretakers of our communities, and republic. And able to demand accountability of those on public payroll to follow the law, punish those that don't. Not pick and choose because race, religion, or personal agenda.
Illegal is one thing and only one thing. ILLEGAL!

Alabama is an aw-some beautiful state and like the rest. Don't need NO stinkin ILLEGAL ALIENS screwing it up!
So proud of Alabama. So proud!

Author of Alabama immigration law calls ruling "great victory" for state

Published: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 4:17 PM Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 6:35 PM



Office of Governor Robert Bentley/Jamie MartinGov. Robert Bentley signs the Immigration Bill into law, Thursday, June 09, 2011, in the Old House Chamber at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. Looking on, left to right, are: State Senator Scott Beason, Representative Kerry Rich and Representative Micky Hammon.

House Majority Leader Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, this afternoon released a statement that welcomed the ruling of U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, who declined to block most sections of the state's 72-page immigration law.

"Today's ruling is nothing short of a great victory for the State of Alabama and for those who support the rule of law," said Hammon, co-author of the bill. "Many of the law's most vocal critics, including the Obama Justice Department, the ACLU and other liberal extremists, were simply proven wrong today.

"We are quickly learning that once you cut through the rhetoric of those who seek to protect illegal immigrants, there are no facts to support their outlandish claims against this statute."

Hammon said the ruling today shows that the "nation's strongest statute on the books" was well crafted to survive constitutional challenges.

That law had been challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice, religious leaders and a group of civil rights organizations and advocates. Blackburn today declined to block most sections of the law, allowing portions regarding the determination of citzenship status of school children and the authorization of local police to determine the citizenship status upon "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is in the United States unlawfully.

Blackburn, however, did block several subsections of the state act, including the portions that would criminalize renting to, harboring or tranporting an illegal immigrant. She also blocked portions that would stop illegal immigrants from enrolling in state universities.

"We're very pleased to see that 85 percent of our law will go into effect and we can finally begin dealing with the problem of illegal immigration in Alabama," said House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn.

"Our goal has always been to make sure Alabama jobs and taxpayer-funded resources are going to legal Alabama residents and Judge Blackburn's ruling is a significant win for this cause," said Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston.

Alabama Democrats were not as celebratory.

"Though we appreciate the serious and thoughtful deliberation with which Judge Blackburn made her decision today, we are disappointed that the Alabama legislature would see fit to pass a bill that could lead to racial profiling and injustice," said former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy, now chair of the Alabama Democratic Party. "The legal battle has just begun and we are hopeful that if the ruling is appealed, the appellate courts will take a different path."

Federal judges have blocked similar measures in other states, including Arizona and Georgia. But Hammon said he was confident the law would survive an appeal.

"It is my hope that this ruling, and others like it, will spur Congress to do what we have simply asked all along - fix the problem once and for all at the federal level," said Hammon, "so we are not forced to take action on the state level."

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/09/aut ... ation.html

This is from the 26th. The reference to the construction workers in Tuscaloosa working on the tornado clean up caught my eye.

Alabama farmers losing immigrant labor, see produce rotting in the fieldsPublished: Monday, September 26, 2011, 4:05 PM

Regardless of how a federal judge rules this week, Alabama's new immigration law has already delivered "unintended consequences" across the state, said Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan.

The picking of blueberries, tomatoes and squash largely requires hand labor, McMillan said Monday, and the work is no longer getting done.

McMillan said he recently visited a farmer who has 75 acres of squash in north Jackson County.

"It was just rotting in the fields because he had half the labor," McMillan told The Huntsville Times editorial board. "That's a fact. What I'm telling you is what I've seen."

In June, the new Republican majority in Montgomery passed a sweeping 72-page act that is widely considered the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in the country. The act not only allows local police to detain people suspected of being in the country illegally, the law also makes it a crime for illegal immigrants to look for work in Alabama.

McMillan, a Republican elected to the state office last fall, said workers began leaving the state immediately. He said most produce has been picked by now, and that corn and soybean harvesting is largely mechanized.

But cotton gins need labor, he said, and Mobile and Baldwin County are facing shortages of hundreds of laborers in the nursery industry this winter.

Meanwhile, he said farmers have asked him whether they should plant labor-intensive crops, like strawberries, next year. But regardless of the results of ongoing legal battles, there are no easy answers for farmers.

"I wouldn't plant 75 acres of squash next year," said McMillan.

The new law touches on all aspects of employment and everyday life, from contracts to schooling to renting an apartment. And the law penalizes employers or anyone else who knowingly hires or transports or harbors or otherwise encourages illegal immigrants to remain in Alabama.

Most aspects of the law had been scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1. But the U.S. Department of Justice, religious leaders, immigrant advocates, civil rights groups and others sued to block the law.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn heard arguments on Aug. 24 and temporarily delayed enforcement. She has said she intends to rule on the constitutionality of the law by Wednesday.

Regardless of the ruling, McMillan said the law seemed to scare off not only illegal immigrants but anyone with a family member who was in the country without documentation.

And the effects are not limited to agriculture, he said, pointing to construction. He said he traveled the state after the April tornadoes.

"I saw how much of the labor was immigrant labor. All of it was. All you saw was Hispanic workers," said McMillan.

Farmers tell him they sometimes find someone local interested in a job, McMillan said, but the vast majority walk off by lunch. "Very seldom make a day."

To help with the shortage of farm hands, McMillan said he'd like to see the state offer the jobs to people with matching qualifications who are now receiving unemployment benefits. If they don't accept the job, he said, the state may be able to end benefits.

"They had no idea of the unintended consequences," said McMillan of the state legislators, adding the shortage in the construction industry: "I don't how we're going to get Tuscaloosa and Birmingham rebuilt."http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/09/alabama_farmers_losing_immigra.html#incart_mce

I love this

I SWEAR TO GOD WE WILL TURN ALABAMA INTO A NEW CALIFORNIA BECAUSE HISPANICS WILL RULE THIS BITCH STATE

You mean a broken state. A state where the govenor can't decide what to do. Simply complains about all the bills the Dem's are trying to get him to sign. A state where the Dem's are complaining about all their money being stolen or frozen. A sinking ship with everyone playing the blame game and pointing fingers.

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Originally Posted by Jean

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http://www.alipac.us/article-6634--0-0.html

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This is GREAT NEWS

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Blackburn upheld a provision of the state law related to police stops and detentions of people suspected of being in the country illegally.

She also upheld sections requiring schools to check the citizenship status of children and sections that would nullify contracts knowingly entered into with unauthorized aliens.

Blackburn also upheld a section making it a felony for "an alien not lawfully present in the United States" to apply for a license plate, driver's license, business license or other business license.

This is great news!!!!



On other provisions, Blackburn ruled the state:

» Can't stop an "unauthorized alien" from seeking work as an employee or independent contractor.

» Can't prosecute those who assist unauthorized aliens. She blocked a large section that would make it against the law to conceal, harbor, transport or encourage an illegal alien to stay in Alabama. This includes portions of the law referring to landlords.

» Can't stop businesses from deducting the wages they pay to unauthorized aliens from their state taxes.

» Can't create a new protected class of workers. The new law would have allowed workers who were fired or not hired in favor of unauthorized aliens to sue employers for discrimination.


I do not like the ruling that you can't prosecute those who assist illegal aliens. She blocked a large section that would make it against the law to conceal, harbor, transport or encourage an illegal alien to stay in Alabama.

I thought is was already against the law to harbor a criminal and illegal invaders are criminals.

Overall, this is terrific news!! I see a mass exodus and those states that don't have strict laws against the invaders will see a big change in their states soon. Third world status comes to mind.

I believe there already IS a federal law against harboring illegal aliens.

The White House is desperate seeking the Hispanic vote and for that purpose, appears to be preparing a last ditch attempt to derail the new Anti-illegals Law in Alabama. The move will be very risky because it will portray Obama as a defender of foreign illegals and traitor to Americans..