The Chicago Tribune reports that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent a letter to Alabama education officials warning of the harmful effect of Alabama’s immigration law, known as HB 56.
Continue reading...The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (AL, FL, GA) announced that it would delay ruling on the constitutionality of either Alabama’s or Georgia’s anti-illegal immigration laws until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Arizona’s law. The panel then proceeded to hear oral argument in the two cases.
Continue reading...The Huntsville Times reports that Alabama Attorney General (AG) Luther Strange has sent a letter to Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Del Marsh suggesting several major changes to Alabama’s immigration law.
Continue reading...CNN reports that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has responded by letter to questions asked by the Alabama Attorney General (ALAG). ALAG Luther Strange had questioned DOJ’s authority to demand extensive records on school enrollment and attendance in the current school year as part of DOJ’s investigation into whether Alabama’s new immigration law is discriminatory.
Continue reading...According to CNN, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a letter to Alabama school districts to make sure they are abiding by federal law, which declares that a child may not be denied equal access to schools based on his or her immigration status. In the letter, DOJ’s Civil Rights Division requests each school district to describe its enrollment practices regarding immigrant students and to provide data on student withdrawals and absences.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press (AP) report in the Washington Post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion for a preliminary injunction barring Alabama from enforcing a provision in its immigration law that requires school officials to verify the citizenship status of students enrolled after Sept. 1, 2011.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press (AP) report carried by ABC News, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit seeking to overturn that portion of a lower federal court’s ruling allowing enforcement of some provisions of Alabama’s immigration law. DOJ’s appeal contends that the law, considered by many to be the most stringent immigration measure in the country, could cause considerable fallout as immigrants flee to other states or their native countries.
Continue reading...A federal judge has refused to block certain provisions of a closely watched Alabama law that is considered the strictest state effort to clamp down on illegal immigration, including a measure that requires immigration checks of public school students, says an Associated Press report in the Huffington Post.
Continue reading...In response to complaints from the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) that a number of local school districts have been asking for information that might reveal an enrolling student’s immigration status, the New York Times reports that the New York State Department of Education (NYDE) is recommending that school districts do not ask for such information. NYDE issued a memo in which it explained that a 1982 Supreme Court decision had recognized the right of all children, regardless of immigration status, to attend public school as long as they met the age and residency requirements established by state law.
Continue reading...According to the New York Times, 20% of school districts in the state of New York are requiring students to produce documents establishing their valid immigration status or asking the parents for information only legally documented immigrants can provide. These districts are doing so even though U.S. Supreme Court precedent in Plyler v. Doe prohibits districts from denying the children of undocumented parents access to public education. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has drawn up a list of 139 school districts, but has not found any children turned away for lack of immigration paperwork.
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