In Alabama and across the country, mean-spirited and racist anti-immigrant laws are threatening the livelihood of many working families and small businesses. At a moment when Americans of all walks are uniting around the sentiment of the 99 percent movement, politicians continue a never-ending charade to distract and divide us, ignoring the economic and social consequences in the process.
From the day the Alabama law was passed, farmers, construction managers and other small business owners expressed their concern that pushing thousands of hard working immigrants out of the state would have serious ramifications on their ability to pick tomatoes, build homes and stay open for business. Their concerns have proven true. Adding insult to injury, two foreign automakers managers -- immigrants doing business in Alabama -- have been detained under the drastic law. Instead Instead of importing jobs, the Alabama law threatens to deport workers and employers alike.
This law is an affront to our values as a country and damages our economy and workers. Fear is not a jobs policy. This law should not be happening, not in our America.
we support you Arizon, Alabama, and any other states in the future who will stand up for this cause.
neodeville 1 month ago
Blah , blah , balh. Translation: I've been in this country for 20 years and I'm not going to learn English. It's time for a race war America.
neodeville 1 month ago
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The key word "born here".
wtf0804 1 month ago
AND AS A BLACK PERSON . YOU SAY THIS IS LIKE WHAT WE WENT THREW . LOL. THATS A DAM JOKE . YOU COON NICCAS NEED YOUR AS STUMPED OUT . THERE WAS MORE WHITE PEOPLE MARCHING WITH US THEN MEXICANS RETARDS . THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE . HOW CAN YOU COMPARE THIS TO THE BLACK MOVEMENT . I HAVE TO BE DREAMING . MEXICANS WORRY ABOUT MEXICANS . THEY CAN CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR BLACK AS . BUT THEY WILL TAKE YOUR JOB . THEY WILL DO THAT . USA LATINOS I LOVE YOU . ILLEGALS GO HOME AND WORK IT OUT THERE ?
nizzobeats 2 months ago
HIRE AMERICANS THAT IS HOW YOU KEEP YOUR STORE OPEN . THERE IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS . THESE CLOWNS JUST LIKE THE CHEAP LABOR . THATS ALL IT IS . WHY SHOULD I PAY YOU 8 DOLLARS AND OUR . WHEN THE GUY FROM MEXICO WILL DO THE SAME JOB FOR 4 DOLLARS AND HOUR . AND NOW SOME AMERICANS ARE HOMELESS WITH NO JOB . YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED . NO ONE IS RACES . BUT YOU ARE . YOUR RACES TO PEOPLE THAT WAS REALY BORN HERE ?
nizzobeats 2 months ago
@kakodemos24 try respecting the LAW ... my family did! For that matter - my wife did too! She came here legally!
FactShouter 2 months ago
@FactShouter WE ARE NOT BETTER THAN YOUR FAMILY , JUST NEED RESPECT
kakodemos24 2 months ago
NOT IN MY AMERICA
kakodemos24 2 months ago
With this new law Alabama will go from one of the poorest states in our country to one of the wealthiest. We are not raciest, in fact we love the Mexican people, we just are unwilling to continue to compete with your countries corruption. We are not the ones who make you see $4 an hour so attractive. Instead of fighting the good people of Alabama, you might want to take the fight to your corrupt leaders in your own country for keeping your peoples so........willing to leave!!
GREENEROOK1 2 months ago
... what about IT IS ILLEGAL??
Supporting Illegals in this country mean you disrespect me and mine.
HOW ABOUT THE FACT: most people in this country came here within the parameters of the LAW?
Ship Em OUT NOW!
on my fathers side the ITALIAN was told NO ENTRY into the USA in the 50's
so my family had to become Brazilians so they could LEGALLY come into this country
THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN MY FAMILY!
FactShouter 2 months ago