Hundreds Of Immigration Law Foes Rally In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Hundreds of advocates for immigrants who gathered outside Alabama's state Capitol are calling for the repeal of a controversial law that they say harkens back to the state's segregationist past.

Protesters on Saturday waved signs saying "One Family One Alabama" on the statehouse grounds before marching to the governor's mansion.

The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the immigration law and GOP Gov. Robert Bentley signed it this year with the goal of scaring off illegal immigrants. Supporters said it would open up jobs for legal residents in a state suffering from nearly 10 percent unemployment at the time.

Parts of the law took effect in late September amid court challenges, but other parts were blocked by federal courts after lawsuits by the Obama administration, immigrant rights groups, religious organizations and others.

Comments

[Ray Ables]

12:47 AM on 02/23/2012

This law will not protect Alabama’s workforce, improve our economy, or make our communities safer. It impinges on our civil rights, creates unfunded mandates, and threatens people seeking to do their jobs or live out their faith through ministry. We need real solutions for our immigration system that embrace fairness, equal treatment, and due process. This law does not provide the fix Alabamians need or desire.

[bldr1bob]

05:10 PM on 12/21/2011

SEIU organized gathering.....paid out of the strike fund.

[ravatar252]

01:09 AM on 12/21/2011

Can't imagine many if any of those people actually live there, lots of out of State rabble.

[randyjet]

09:17 PM on 12/20/2011

If you go to wikipedia and look up the Ludlow miners strike, you will notice that the mine owners brought in Mexicans to replace the strikers. That has been the tactic for years, and is only continuing with capital promoting illegal immigration which is why both parties have not done anything to cut down on illegals. You will also notice that when ICE raided the Swift plant in Denver and took out over 200+ illegals, Swift raised wages by $3/hr to get more legal workers. They had people lined up to get those jobs. The union protested against replacing those workers. I guess you would be on the side of the company and union in urging the workers to refuse the raise and let the illegals have their jobs back? You are a fool. and a useful one for capital.

[randyjet]

08:08 PM on 12/20/2011

Lie # 2-- You seem to think that the SWP or Sp was somehow pro American Imperialis­m. A statement so absurd I don't even need to rebut it.

Once again your ignorance is incredible. The SWP was NOT the same as the SP! They were two VERY different parties Thus ALL can see your problem in your lack of ability since you do not even read the documents YOU send or cannot understand them. In the SWP document they refer to Social Democracy, which IS the Socialist Party. The SWP at that time was a revolutionary communist party which was based on Lenin and Trotsky's political positions. The SP was a reformist party which supported the Democratic Party and worked within it.

As for the anti-war movement in 1965 it was tiny if you wuold READ your own posted links. The biggest had all of 25,000 which is tiny and in one city, compared with one MILLION in 1969 for the Moratorium in Nov. in DC. At that time SDS was more a reform oriented group and was not what it later became.

If you would READ your own document from the SWP, you would LEARN that their policy was for ALL those who disagreed with the Vietnam war to go if drafted!

Once again, you have not defended your support for the illegals who are scabbing on US workers. Nor can you, since you are supporitng their ability to serve the ruling class in driving down OUR WAGES!

[Garspies]

08:34 PM on 12/20/2011

25 thousand is a whole hel1 of a lot more than none as you stated (oh yah you mentioned a few pacifists). Sucks to be wrong all the time don't it.
You need to have a union before you can have scabs and you and your 1% killed the unions off a long time ago. Reap the whirlwind.

[randyjet]

08:39 PM on 12/20/2011

Thanks mainly to your illegals.That is why all the building trades are gone as are the meatpacking unions. See how those folks are SCABS?

[randyjet]

06:40 PM on 12/20/2011

Most of us understood the writing on the wall long before you and refused service and worked to stop the war

I see that Garspies did NOT read the document in the link that Garspies provided! THAT is ignorance beyond and above the usual! The SWP document urged all anti-war activists to JOIN the military if drafted, and did NOT ask them to refuse service. No wonder you are so stupid and have such dumb positions.
You also have no conception of how things work. The illegals were recruited by capital to come here to drive down wages of AMERICANS. THAT is doing the work of the 1%, thus they are scabs. Just as surely as any who cross a pcket line. You are in league with the Chamber of Commerce, NAM and all the conservatives. The meatpacking companies moved their plants to rural areas away from major cities where there were unions and other jobs available. Then they recruited illegals to work in those plants because to hire Americans would have required higher wages and illegals could not find other work as readily as US ones. Thus less chance for strikes and organized labor. Remember the P-9 strike? The UNION demanded that those union workers accept lower wages to compete with those of other plants that had a majority of illegals in them. Thus illegals are scabs. YOU are the one supporting those scabs and the 1%.

[Garspies]

08:03 PM on 12/20/2011

Once again when you lose the debate, you make stuff up. Did you even read the link I provided you?
"The antiwar movement has been an important training ground for the new cadres of the Socialist Workers Party, giving them valuable experience in applying the transitional program in the mass movement, and enabling them to learn in practice how to be tactically flexible’ while politically firm." http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/swp-us/education/anti-war/part6.htm Does that sound like "bite the bullet and be drafted" to you?

The rest of your blame the victim rant is as pitiful as your debating skills. I support workers regardless of their status. You support the 1%, racist profiling laws, and the myth of Capitalism.

Go away!!

[randyjet]

08:42 PM on 12/20/2011

Once again, you need to read the whole document to the END dummy! It is incredible that you are so limited. By the way, I KNOW WHAT the policy was since I was a member of the SWP for many years until they went off the rails and denounced their own heritage of Trotsky.

[randyjet]

09:10 PM on 12/20/2011

I see that you will support scabs too then. That is the logic of your position.

When I joined the YSA which was the youth group of the SWP, you might be interested to know that we BANNED gays from joining. That was changed with myself and a number of others voting against the change at that time and the lack of discussion on the topic. I suggest you learn to think rationally and READ ALL of what you post!

[Bubba Link]

05:48 PM on 12/20/2011

OK folks...Just a little help for you all...If they were here legally then they could of voted against the law. They are not so....Let's see ICE do there job... round them up and GET THEM OUT !!!! And By the way take YOUR KIDS with you...

[averagezoe]

03:18 PM on 12/20/2011

I truyly hope that this law is repealed and that all immigrants are given the opportunity to integrate into society. On the other hand, I'd like to ask them: "Why in the world did you risk life and limb to come here only to live in a backwoods hick state like Alabama?"

[Bubba Link]

05:52 PM on 12/20/2011

I can answer that...They are a virus and latch on to America and suck it dry till we look like Mexico....And by the way you keep hoping for the law to be repealed. Right about the time it does..Jeasus will be back and the pope will be Jewish

[ANuttyReader]

03:11 PM on 12/20/2011

WOW so this is where the trolls live and thrive, where they can project their inner racist... WOW

[BiggpussJr]

01:29 PM on 12/20/2011

YOU SAID:
All you have are fox news talking points and when you repeat them it makes you look uninformed and ignorant of real facts.
You source nothing to back up your statements and even if you did, I could source CREDIBLE sources that show them to be false or misleading­.
Nice try.

I see it everyday!!­!! Thats another probelm with you people. We the American people see what you are doing. I dont need any news or radio to tell me. I drive past the boarded up houses that 3 families lived in. I see the spanish children outnumberi­ng the American children, but have not be counted in census. I have been to the hospital where I have to pay but the latino gets it free. I have been in grocery stores where the woman are paying with foodstamps­. So my source is ME. And I am very credible

[Garspies]

02:34 PM on 12/20/2011

Still with the OPINION instead of facts.
Your credibility just sank another notch. Rock bottom coming up, see below.

[BiggpussJr]

02:58 PM on 12/20/2011

Lol...and where are your facts? BTW I can care less what you think.

[BiggpussJr]

01:28 PM on 12/20/2011

Please tell me: When you look at a Hispanic child, how you tell if that child is a US citizen or not. See your 14 th amendment. There goes your "credibili­ty".

He is the one with the spanish woman that doesnt speak english. He is the one that has to go with the lady too her appointments so he can translate. Thats how you know, Americans speak English. Just like if I were in Mexico I would stand out as the one that speaks English.

[Garspies]

02:21 PM on 12/20/2011

You are either extremely prescient or your ignorance is astounding. I think the latter.
Children born on US soil are US citizens. All your racist hopes and dreams will not change that.
Your "liberal heart" is flawed.

[Garspies]

02:34 PM on 12/20/2011

Rock bottom.

[mcneas1005]

01:21 PM on 12/20/2011

The majority of protesters are not from Alabama. These semi-human coackroaches should go back to the sewers they call home and let the people of Alabama deal with this. If they had a life and a job, they wouldn't have time to come down to Alabama and create unrest .

[Consequence]

11:53 AM on 12/20/2011

There are currently roughly 120,000 ILLEGAL immigrants in Alabama.
That doesn't include the legal immigrants or the actual citizens that support them.

Yet they were only able to manage "hundreds" for this protest.

Telling. Very telling....

[hrpmap]

11:38 PM on 12/19/2011

Where's ICE when you need them??

[BiggpussJr]

04:13 PM on 12/19/2011

Sounds like a good spot for an ICE unit to set up. If carlos wont come to you, go to carlos.

[Garspies]

08:30 PM on 12/19/2011

Would it be considered in bad taste to label all you neo-nazis "Bubba" ?

[chevyliddle]

09:54 PM on 12/19/2011

When did you start worrying about bad taste?

[randyjet]

12:54 AM on 12/20/2011

For your info I was a civil rights, anti-Vietnam war activist and a veteran as well. You should not be a moderator with your lack of respect and prejudice for others who disagree with your views. I voted for Obama, gave money, and will vote for him again. I am also working in the Democratic party to change the direction and slant of illegal immigration policies.

I suggest you learn who Barbara Jordan was an READ what she said as head of the Jordan Commission on Immigration. I fully agree with all of her recommendations. Since you are so stupid, I have to tell you that she was our black Congresswoman who was revered by even the GOP for her integrity and intellect. She was so respected that the Texas State legislature made her acting governor while the other was out of state. That was a unanimous resolution with even the bubbas voting for it. So much for your lack of intellect and knowledge.