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U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But the judge declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to recipients. Alabama is among the States suing over the issue.
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President Joe Biden signed a proclamation earlier this year designating June as Immigrant Heritage Month. Data from the Migrant Policy Institute says the number of foreign-born people living in Alabama has doubled over the last twenty years. These people have stories of what they left and what they’re experiencing here in the U.S.
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GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — The detention of an immigrant rights activist and his son sparked protests Friday in Alabama.More than 20 protesters circled the…
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee has been charged in connection to a fire inside the Etowah County Detention Center. Etowah County Lt.…
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The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is inviting those in Mobile to join a nationwide Day Without Immigrants.The group is holding a vigil this…
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A federal judge has authorized the force-feeding of one detainee on hunger strike at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Etowah…
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In many respects, Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama is just like any other county jail. But for 300 or so of the facility's occupants,…
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Immigrant detainees at the Etowah County Detention Center are at the center of a civil rights complaint over abuse and visitation rights.U.S. Immigration…