Other States are learning Alabama’s lesson,

Florida Republicans Admit They Made a Big Mistake With Anti-Immigrant Law

“Republicans are trying to convince immigrants that the law was just to “scare” people, nothing more.”

Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage

• “Republicans in some states are proposing exceptions to child labor regulations. 
• That’s because the labor shortage has impacted industries like meatpacking and construction. 
• Research shows that those industries could attract adult workers if they increased pay and benefits.”

Prosecutors pick their battles. I chose not to pursue an ICE raid in Alabama.

Alabama?

Alabama passed immigration reform

September 13, 2011:

US bishops back reversal of Alabama immigration law

September 29, 2011:

October 13, 2011:

October 28, 2011:

November 23, 2011

Living with Alabama’s immigration law

December 28, 2011

Alabama has second thoughts on immigration law

Local governments realized that immigrants pay local taxes (sales and property)

How Much Tax Do America’s Undocumented Immigrants Actually Pay? [Infographic]

Those taxes fund schools. Police. Fire. Oh! guess what happened!

October 29, 2013:

Alabama Agrees To Permanently Gut Immigration Law

December 16, 2013:

How America’s harshest immigration law failed

July 31, 2015:

January 25, 2016:

March 24, 2017:

Alabama’s 2011 anti-immigrant law H.B. 56 still on books, gets new life under Trump

April 24, 2017:

June 8, 2018:

‘The Worst Place Ever’ Is ICE’s Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama

April 30, 2019:

Alabama Is More Pro-Immigrant Than You Think