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Civil rights groups condemn changes to Ala. immigration law

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A coalition of civil rights groups joined together to call on Alabama lawmakers to repeal the state's immigration law. The coalition condemned tweaks the legislature is considering in a bill that rewrites Alabama's toughest in the nation immigration law. "We know that HB658 is going to do nothing but target certain people," said Isabel Rubio of the Hispanic Interest Coalition. "We have got to push back and not consider a tweak but a total repeal." The Hispanic Interest Coalition was joined by the NAACP Alabama State Conference, the ACLU Immigrants Rights Project, Greater Birmingham Ministries and the One Family, One Alabama campaign of the Alabama Coalition for Immigration Justice during a conference call with the media Tuesday morning, just a day before an Alabama House Committee is scheduled to review proposed revisions to the HB56 which passed last year. The bill was introduced to try and ease some concerns that have been raised by religious groups in Alabama. "The law has been made more harsh. The concerns of the religious community have not been addressed, they have actually been intensified," said Pastor Angie Wright. "As long as we have a law on the books that causes families to live in fear, the concerns of the faith community have not been met." The NAACP fears the proposed changes to the law won't do anything to stop racial profiling. "The only way to fix HB56 is to repeal it and all its brothers and sisters and cousins," said NAACP Alabama State Conference President Bernard Simelton. Civil rights activists claim Alabama is losing millions of dollars and that conventions are choosing not to locate here because of the law that's currently on the books.

"We cannot get rid of the damage that HB56 has already caused," said Rubio. "The only way to get rid of the stain is to repeal it completely." A large crowd is expected in Montgomery Monday morning as the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee starts work on revisions to law.

The committee meeting has been scheduled in the House chamber rather than in the committee's usual meeting room because a large crowd is anticipated. Civil rights groups will be there to show their opposition to the law. "We, the NAACP, will not be satisfied until the state of Alabama treats all people with fairness and equality," said Simelton.

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