Guess we will have to have a mark

Posted by waltm, on April 14th, 2011, at 12:11 pm

From SB256, a bill currently pending in the state Senate:

…require the Department of Public Safety to begin issuing nondriver identification cards to residents or nonresidents of this state marked with a designation to indicate a person’s legal presence;

Or was there never a time when a person could go about doing lawful things without needing a govenrment document in possession at all times?

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French Will Fight for Immigration Laws 'Just Like Arizona'

Posted by Danny, on May 31st, 2010, at 9:22 am

State Sen. Steve French pledges he will “fight to pass new immigration laws just like Arizona” in this TV spot. This is a 15 second version of an ad that has also been running this past week in a 30 second version.

http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/SteveFrench_ArizonaImmigration_May2010.flv

French in the ad calls the issue “a no-brainer” though the Arizona law has become a lightning rod of controversy. Thousands turned out in Phoenix Saturday to protest Arizona’s law, and several thousand supporters held a smaller counter-rally outside Phoenix later the same day according to Reuters. The Wall Street Journal in an editorial called the law “a blunt instrument that produces lawsuits, more political polarization (if that’s possible) and the risk of hostility between the local police and the public” and noted that the Arizona police chiefs association opposed the law. The editorial added, “When people in immigrant communities see the local police as deportation agents, they become less likely to report crimes and help in investigations. Conditions worsen. ”

French faces Slade Blackwell in the Senate District 15 Republican primary.

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SD 9 Candidate Spurlin Addresses Immigration Issue

Posted by Danny, on May 5th, 2010, at 1:47 pm

In this ad, Don Spurlin, Republican candidate for Senate District 9, says he is tackling the immigration issue head-on: “We’ll pass a law to arrest illegal immigrants on criminal trespass charges if they set foot in Alabama, and we’ll make it a crime to provide them transportation anywhere in the state.”

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Should this issue also be addressed on the employer side of the situation? If employers had sufficient incentive not to hire workers who are here illegally (and had the means to verify), would these immigrants stay or even continue to come if there were not jobs here for them?

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Legislative Dispatch

A Look from the Rearview Mirror

By Joe Hubbard on June 8, 2011

This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session.  For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end.  For others, it was one that ended much too quickly.  It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.

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Putting Students First

By John Merrill on May 24, 2011

As you know, a very important piece of legislation will be presented for our consideration in the House tomorrow in Montgomery – Senate Bill 310 – the “Students First” tenure and fair dismissal reform bill. Like me, many House members have been inundated with phone calls and emails from opponents of this bill, and some have been [...]

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Legislative Transparency

By Cam Ward on May 17, 2011

There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]

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