{"id":875,"date":"2011-10-21T01:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T01:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=875"},"modified":"2011-10-21T01:48:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T01:48:55","slug":"civil-rights-violations-violence-emerging-from-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2011\/10\/21\/civil-rights-violations-violence-emerging-from-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights violations, violence, emerging from Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Alabama continues to enforce the harshest immigration law in the land, faith, civil rights, and Hispanic group leaders came to Capitol Hill today to ask lawmakers to put an end to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153man-made humanitarian crisis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d unfolding in the state.<\/p>\n

Telling stories of racial profiling, harassment, violent thefts, assault, threat of murder, and worse, the panel of leaders explained how Alabama has made it so clear that undocumented immigrants are unwelcome, that the state has become a sponsor of hate against all immigrants and Hispanics.<\/p>\n

…Mary Bauer, Legal Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center…and other panelists spoke of undocumented immigrants in Alabama who have been refused all state services, and so could not obtain birth certificates for their American-born children; the husband of a nine-month pregnant woman who saw no choice but to drive her to Florida to give birth; a court judge who told a domestic abuse victim that he would report her to ICE; another court judge who said that anyone who asked for an interpreter would be suspected of being undocumented and reported; an American citizen from Ohio who was barred from making a purchase simply because he did not have an Alabama state ID; an immigrant outside his workplace who was threatened by armed white men in a pickup truck who told him they would kill him if he was still there tomorrow…..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Story continues at Americas Voice Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Alabama continues to enforce the harshest immigration law in the land, faith, civil rights, and Hispanic group leaders came to Capitol Hill today to ask lawmakers to put an end to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153man-made humanitarian crisis\u00e2\u20ac\u009d unfolding in the state. Telling stories of racial profiling, harassment, violent thefts, assault, threat of murder, and worse, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general-news","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1344,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/10\/05\/california-update-losses-for-domestic-labor-undocumented-immigrants\/","url_meta":{"origin":875,"position":0},"title":"California update: losses for domestic labor, undocumented immigrants","author":"la Webjefa","date":"October 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Many in California are disappointed at Governor Jerry Brown for his veto of two labor rights bills, including the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights (AB889) and the Trust Act. 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