Alabama recently passed a law which prevents anyone from knowingly employing illegal immigrants and requiring schools/police to verify immigrants legal statuses.
This new state law is considered one of the strictest immigration laws yet, and has been able to withstand federal action, unlike so many others.
As one can imagine, this state law is forcing many illegal immigrants (estimated around 150,000) who have already established lives in Alabama to flee to other states, in some cases, taking their children who are already U.S. citizens out of school and forcing them to relocate.
Personally, though I think the U.S. gov't should have a little but more control over immigration, targeting immigrants who have already established themselves and contributing to the economy is just ridiculous. This is almost persecution in a sense, and is having a negative chain effect as many businesses are losing their minority employees as they flee from Alabama.
In addition, isn't this law just pushing Alabama's illegal immigrants over to other states? Most of the illegal immigrants will flee to other states, rather than return to their home country. As such, it just creates trouble for everyone: the illegal immigrants who are forced to move, Alabama's economy, and other states as they suddenly have an influx of fleeing immigrants.
This isn't smart, nor will it solve the problem of illegal immigration in Alabama. I find it to be persecution of people who for the most part, pay their taxes and are generally causing no harm.
to read the full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-tough-new-alabama-law-targets-illegal-immigrants-and-sends-families-fleeing/2011/10/07/gIQAtZuPWL_story.html
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