South Carolina’s new immigration law, SB 20, which faces a lawsuit from pro-immigrant organizations, will not only affect undocumented foreigners but also U.S. citizens and legal residents. Puerto Rico-born Carolina Belen de Paguada is concerned about the possible entry into force of the controversial law, which was inspired by Arizona’s SB 1070 legislation. Married to [...]

Alabama’s new immigration law will subject all immigrants to harassment, says a lawsuit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of five plaintiffs, who include two undocumented immigrants, two Mexican immigrants who are U.S. citizens and the spouse of an undocumented worker. The lawsuit maintains that the law violates provisions [...]

A coalition of civic organizations on Thursday presented a legal motion for a court injunction to delay the implementation of Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law, set to take effect Sept. 1. “Not only is Alabama’s law blatantly unconstitutional, it flies in the face of American values by authorizing racial profiling, deterring children from going to school, [...]

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said he won’t fight to lift a temporary injunction against the state’s tough new immigration law. Senate Enrolled Act 590 was to have gone in to affect July 1, but U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker granted the injunction on June 24. Zoeller said his decision is based on “strategic [...]

Alabama’s new immigration law has been called the most far-reaching of the state-level efforts at cracking down on undocumented immigrants. But of all the Alabama interest groups that the law affects, none has greater influence on the Republican Party-controlled Legislature than business groups, who are some of the biggest contributors to GOP state lawmakers’ election [...]

HUNTSVILLE, AL— Opponents of Alabama’s new immigration law have lost another round in the state’s heated political battle, this time to rain. A planned protest in downtown Huntsville came to a sudden end Sunday night, after a thunderstorm shut down the event less than a minute in. Protesters scattered as organizers apologized over loudspeakers set [...]

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Groups that filed a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new immigration law are asking a judge to allow a dozen plaintiffs in the case to remain anonymous during the case for fear of reprisals and possible deportation for some families. Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and other [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — A number of local residents have joined in the federal lawsuit filed here Friday seeking to block what Gov. Robert Bentley has called the “strongest immigration bill in the country.” The Huntsville-area plaintiffs include an AIDS education group, area ministries, a property manager concerned about criminal penalties for landlords and an illegal [...]

As the Georgia legislative session wound down earlier this year, state Rep. Matt Ramsey, the author of a controversial immigration bill that is considered one of the nation’s strictest, held consultations with a man who is a fixture in the Capitol hallways. His name is D.A. King. King, 59, long has been lobbying lawmakers and [...]

Arizona authorities have confirmed a third attack against police officers in the state by computer hackers who say they are striking out in part in retaliation against an immigration law that has sparked a national controversy. The latest hacking was revealed Thursday night after a group calling itself AntiSec issued a news release saying it [...]