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Alabama Immigrant Activists Block Entrance of Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, March 25, seven undocumented Alabama residents and supporters locked themselves together in front of the entrance of the Etowah County Detention Center as part of a national campaign demanding that President Obama use his executive authority to stop deportations. The group announced in a press release that … Continued
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March 25, 2014

Byrne Supports Sessions Hardline Stance on Immigration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday January 31, 2014, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose released a statement on proposed immigration reform legislation supportive of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ position on controversial immigration reform legislation rather than the more moderate position taken by the GOP’s House leadership. Congressman Byrne said: “Our immigration system … Continued
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February 4, 2014

Sessions Stridently Opposes Amnesty for Illegal Aliens

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 31, 2014 U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions reiterated his belief that Congress should not open the floodgates to millions of new immigrants and should instead stand with the American worker. Sen. Sessions said, “The arguments compiled by FWD.us pushing for a massive surge in new workers from … Continued
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February 3, 2014

Roby Closely Monitors Immigration Policy Developments

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, House Republicans have released principles for immigration reform that may indicate that the House Republican leadership may be close to an agreement with Democrats on long stalled immigration reform.  U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery said that she is closely monitoring the situation in Congress. Congresswoman … Continued
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January 31, 2014

Pro-Immigration Reform Group Says: “HB 56 is in Ruins.”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter America’s Voice (AV) and America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) are a public interest group organized to advocate for enacting policy change that guarantees full labor, civil and political rights for immigrants and their families.  According to their website, they work in partnership with progressive, faith-based, labor, civil rights, and … Continued
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December 19, 2013

Sessions: Obama’s Policies are Responsible for Income Disparity and Falling Wages

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on the deteriorating conditions facing working Americans. Sessions pointed out that the President has been meeting with a small group of CEOs to craft an immigration plan that would displace U.S. workers. Senator Sessions said, … Continued
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December 9, 2013

Sessions: Obama’s Policies Responsible for Income Disparity and Falling Wages

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on the deteriorating conditions facing working Americans. Sessions pointed out that the President has been meeting with a small group of CEOs to craft an immigration plan that would displace U.S. workers. 

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December 5, 2013

Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice Celebrates Victory Over HB56

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter HB 56 seemed to make sense. Even though the U.S. Constitution clearly defined setting immigration laws and standards as a federal power, state government could “help out” the federal government enforce federal immigration law by making it illegal for illegal aliens to go to Alabama colleges, enforce contracts, lease … Continued
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November 1, 2013