MONTGOMERY, AL (AP) - Alabama’s strict new immigration law was touted by state legislators as a job creation bill.

The idea was to force illegal workers out of jobs and open them up for legal residents. Early indications are the plan is backfiring.

Few people are filling any of the vacancies that have been created by the construction workers, landscapers and farmers who are leaving. The absence will surely deal a blow to the state’s economy and could slow the rebuilding of Tuscaloosa and other tornado-damaged cities.

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It’s not clear how many of an estimated 185,000 Hispanic people in the state have fled. One estimate figured as much one-fourth of the commercial building work force had left since much of the law was upheld last week.

Meanwhile, the Southern Poverty Law Center has won some encouraging victories in the months since they launched their effort to defeat Alabama’s harsh anti-immigrant law.

Currently, the following provisions of HB 56 are in effect:

•   Police are allowed to check the immigration status of people they stop and reasonably suspect are in the country unlawfully.

•   All new contracts between an undocumented immigrant and another person are unenforceable in state court, with the exception of contracts for one night?s lodging, food purchases and medical services.

•   It is a felony for undocumented immigrants to enter into a “business transaction? with the state of Alabama. The scope of this felony remains unclear, but includes applying for a driver?s license or a business license. The provision also include transactions with subdivisions of the state, such as cities and counties.

•   Beginning April 1, 2012, employers will be required to use e-verify to determine the immigration status of prospective employees.

Other provisions of the law have been temporarily blocked by the courts. These include provisions that:

•   Require K-12 school officials to question students about their immigration status and that of their parents.

•   Prohibit residents from transporting or harboring undocumented immigrants.

•   Make it a traffic violation for motorists who stop in the roadway to hire a day laborer.

•   Prohibit universities from enrolling certain immigrants ? including asylees, refugees or those granted temporary protected status.

•   Make it a misdemeanor for failing to complete or carry an alien registration card.

•   Prohibit employers from taking state tax deductions for wages paid to undocumented workers.

•   Allow employers to be sued for discrimination by people with U.S. citizen or legal immigration status when they are fired or not hired by an employer with undocumented employees.

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‘Apartheid’ States in The U.S.

American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia

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In Other Republican/Fox HATE THY IMMIGRANT News:
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1. REPORT: IN IMMIGRATION COVERAGE, FOX SHUNS PRO-IMMIGRANT VOICES — A year ago, News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch claimed that Fox News is not “anti-immigrant,” a statement seemingly contradicted by near-daily segments on the network portraying immigrants in a negative light. Now, a Media Matters analysis of Fox News guests from April 2010 to June 2011 has found that of the guests Fox chose to discuss immigration, an overwhelming majority took anti-immigrant positions or held anti-immigrant views. In fact, our data show that anti-immigrant guests outnumbered those with a pro-immigrant point of view by a 3-to-1 margin. [ READ MORE ]

2. Fox News’ Anti-Immigrant Agenda Has Spilled Over Into Mainstream

3. STUDY: On Fox News, Immigrants Are Synonymous With Criminality

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Conservatives jumped and screamed with Joy yesterday when a right-wing federal judge Sharon Blackburn — upheld most of the provisions of the racist, racial profiling immigration law in Alabama. The law, which, among other things, makes it illegal to knowingly give an undocumented immigrant a ride, also requires schools to check students’ immigration status.

Alabama’s H.B. 56, is draconian, worse than those already passed by Apartheid Arizona, Georgia and Indiana. There are also provisions making it a crime for an undocumented immigrant to apply for or perform work, making it a crime to conceal or harbor an undocumented immigrant, and barring employers from failing to hire a U.S. citizen while employing an undocumented worker.

As explained in the video below, the law “drips with racism.”

Apartheid: Alabama Joins The League of Immigrant ‘Racial Profiling’ Republican States

PLAYLIST: Apartheid Republican States in The U.S.

Fox Nation Screamed: “Holder Loses: Court Upholds Alabama Immigration Law,” while the hoodlums at WorldNet Daily exulted — STUPIDLY comparing opponents of the law to Civil War-era slave owners who opposed emancipation. [ READ MORE ] | WND’s Vox Day likened “Mass Invasion” Of U.S. By “Mexicans And Others” To Nazi Invasion Of Europe.

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Fox’s Megyn Kelly: Judge’s Ruling On Alabama Immigration Law “Is A Victory” For AL

No, Eric Bolling: “Apprehensions Dropping Dramatically” Doesn’t Mean Immigrants Are “Getting Here” And “Staying Here“

GOP Debate Puts National Spotlight On Fox’s Use Of “Illegals” Slur [ READ MORE ]

Reference: HB 56 & Anti-Immigrant Hate: ‘Apartheid’ Republicans Slide Alabama Back into ‘Jim Crow’ Terrorism

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WASHINGTON: Alabama Law Bans Transporting, Housing Undocumented Immigrants — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) signed an immigration bill into law last Thursday that will prohibit transporting or housing undocumented immigrants and require immigrants to carry papers, an even tougher spin-off of Arizona’s SB 1070.

The Alabama immigration law, which is set to go into effect on Sept. 1, follows Arizona’s lead in requiring police to ask for legal documents if they reasonably suspect someone is in the country illegally.

But the Alabama law goes one step further than SB 1070, which was passed last year and then challenged by the federal government. The Alabama law requires schools to check the citizenship of their students — even though undocumented children are allowed, under law, to attend K-12 schools — and penalizes businesses if they do not check immigration status. It also forbids drivers from transporting undocumented immigrants, even though Alabama does not allow people without proper papers to get driver’s licenses and transport themselves. [ READ MORE ]

Alabama joins Indiana, Georgia and WingNUT paradise Arizona as the “Apartheid” States of America.

‘Apartheid’ States in The U.S.

American Anti-Immigrant Xenophobia

REFERENCES:

1. Alabama’s immigration proposal a new kind of Jim Crow (Frances Coleman)
2. Alabama Legislator: “Empty the Clip” on Illegal Immigration
3. Alabama enacts anti-illegal-immigration law described as nation’s strictest
4. Center For Immigration Studies Gives “Journalism Award” To Writer Who Denigrates Immigrants — The Center for Immigration Studies gave Tucson Weekly writer Leo W. Banks an award for “excellence in the coverage of immigration.” However, in his writing, Banks has used dehumanizing and anti-immigrant language and has promoted the myth of extensive violence in United States along the border. [ READ MORE ]
5. When Did C-SPAN Become A Hub For Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric? — For some unknown reason, on Friday, C-SPAN decided to host Roy Beck, executive director of anti-immigration group NumbersUSA, to talk about immigration policy. And Beck, whose strategy centers on advocating for an immigration system that will leave immigrants with no choice but to depart the United States en masse, appeared on the network’s Washington Journal program unchallenged. Not once during the more than half-hour interview did he go head-to-head against an immigrants’ rights activist or face off against a caller with an opposing viewpoint. This is odd considering the network and the show’s stated aims. [ READ MORE ]

Fox’s DING-BAT Gretchen Carlson Falsely Claims 35% Of CA Students Paying In-State Tuition “Were Illegals” [ READ MORE ] [ American XENOPHOBIA: Anti-Immigrant FEAR, HATE and LOATHING ]

Fox News Propagates Evidence-Free Attack Scapegoating Undocumented Immigrants For Higher Crime Rates [ READ MORE ]

BONUS DING-BATTERY

Dead Wrong: Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Says Texas’ Secession Gov. Perry Refused Stimulus Funds [ READ MORE ]

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Phil Hammonds, the superintendent of schools in Jefferson county, Alabama — most likely a Republican, had a delayed response in reprimanding a math teacher who taught about angles using SHOOTING PRESIDENT OBAMA as an example!!

The Corner High School math teacher, Gregory Harrison, is now on paid administrative leave while Hammonds and the Jefferson County Board of Education figure out what to do with him.

Apparently, some of Harrison’s students were joking about Obama, and then Harrison took those comments to carry on his math lesson, using an example of where to stand and aim if shooting the president.

Harrison should be fired!

Assassination Geometry Teacher Reprimanded

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Fox Sports host mocks Katrina victims: Chris Myers praised the people of Tennessee for their ability to pull together in tough times then compared them to Katrina victims, accusing them of blaming the government for their losses. [ READ MORE ]

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Matt Osborne of osborneink.com writes: Parker Griffith, my representative, is switching from the Democratic Party to the Republicans. This is not shocking news, as rumors have been swirling for months and Griffith has been reciting right-wing memes for a very long time.

For example: at an August town hall in Florence, Alabama, Griffith pandered to the worst elements of the crowd. From death panels to immigration hysteria, he didn’t miss a single teabagger talking point.

Hefting H.R. 3200 in the air, he emphasized its dimensions. He openly advocated removing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Minimizing climate change, he drew applause by denouncing Waxman-Markey. He openly ridiculed union leaders and implied that massive deficits magically appeared with the inauguration of Barack Obama.

In short, Griffith was always a Republican. [ READ MORE ]

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi To Griffith: You are Fired!!

I have mentioned this before — some of these ReTHUGliLOONS were just in for the Obama ride. Hyenas in sheep’s clothing!!

I guess he is tired of eating grass.

But wait, the TEA-BAGGING goons are sharpening their fangs.

Parker Griffith you are in trouble. A hungry Hyena will eat its own tail! Sweet home Alabama! LOL!

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Incredibly Dick Morris thinks otherwise. When all is settled, the majority of America will applaud Obama’s landmark healthcare bill — just like they did with Medicare and the civil rights legislations of the 1960′s, which also faced the same paranoid-racist opposition by Republicans.

Once again — the Republican party is wrong!

Playing to the racial fears of whites and frightening unprincipled turncoat-morons like congressman Griffith to help shoot down legislation may still work in Alabama, but that too will fade away — eventually, leaving the Republican party exposed like a chicken without feathers.

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