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Immigration policy affects all aspects of society. Regardless of status, immigrants have always played a central role in the life and growth of our nation. Immigrants contribute $10 billion a year to this country's economic growth. Unfortunately, in the wake of September 11 terrorist attacks, immigrants in the United States have increasingly been targets of discrimination and suspicion. Our country must be defended, but one must not forget this nation's commitment to the ideals of equality and freedom for all peoples.

A coalition of national civil and human rights and worker rights organizations is calling on Alabama businesses – particularly foreign investors – to join in pushing for repeal of the state's extreme anti-immigration law, H.B. 56.

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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona SB 1070 Case in April

February 10, 2012 - Posted by Victoria Samuels

The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear oral arguments in a case involving Arizona’s state anti-immigration law, Senate Bill 1070.

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Department of Justice Files Lawsuit against South Carolina’s Anti-Immigrant Law

November 2, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against South Carolina’s new immigration law on Monday, arguing that “the law’s operation will cause irreparable harm.”

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ACLU and Civil Rights Coalition File Lawsuit against South Carolina’s Anti-Immigrant Law

October 12, 2011 - Posted by Avril Lighty

A recently enacted anti-immigration law in South Carolina is unconstitutional, illegal, and opens the door to racial profiling, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a coalition of civil rights groups.

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Children Suffer in Alabama Immigration Fight

October 7, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

Civil rights leaders in Alabama and across the nation are expressing concern that the severe lack of stability created in Latino families by the state’s new anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56, has led to a humanitarian crisis in Alabama.

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Federal Court Upholds Most of Alabama’s Draconian Anti-Immigrant Law

September 29, 2011 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn ruled yesterday that the state of Alabama can implement most of its anti-immigrant H.B. 56 law, which is considered by many civil and human rights and immigration advocates to be the most draconian law of its kind in the nation.

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Illinois Governor Signs DREAM Act into Law

August 5, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed S.B. 2185, the state’s version of the DREAM Act, into law this week, providing college scholarships to students whose parents are either documented or undocumented immigrants.

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Department of Justice Files Lawsuit against Alabama’s Anti-Immigrant Law

August 2, 2011 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed a lawsuit in district court challenging the constitutionality of Alabama's new anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56, considered by many civil and human rights and immigration advocates to be the most draconian law of its kind in the nation.

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Civil and Human Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Alabama Anti-Immigration Law

July 8, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler

A recently enacted anti-immigration law in Alabama is unconstitutional and opens the door to racial profiling, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a coalition of civil and human rights groups.

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Witnesses Testify in Support of the DREAM Act at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

June 30, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

Activists for immigration reform showed their persistence and strength in numbers, as hundreds of supporters flooded the first-ever Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act held this week by Sen. Dick Durbin, D. Ill.

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Civil Rights Groups Challenge Copycat Anti-Immigration Law in South Carolina

June 28, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed controversial anti-immigration bill, S.B. 20, into law yesterday. S.B. 20 states that if a law enforcement officer stops, detains, arrests, or investigates someone for a criminal offense and develops a "reasonable suspicion" that the person is not in the United States legally, the officer must ask for proof of citizenship in the form of identification or documentation.

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