There's a fight brewing between Alabama and the DOJ, as the state defies the federal government's request for education records to see just how chilling of an effect HB 56 has had on immigrant ...

The Alabama state legislature passed a draconian anti-immigrant law in June, 2011, the toughest of several state laws modeled after Arizona’s SB 1070. Like the Arizona law, SB 56 authorized police to ...

Victor Palafox is a 19-year-old student organizer who's living through the awful reality of the nation's strictest anti-immigrant law. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, ...

HB 56 — the anti-immigrant bill passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2011 — is a perfect example of the laws our legislators make. That’s not a compliment. HB 56 was a mean, miserable statute. It was ...