By Alabama Public Radio
Alabama – Vandalism earlier this week at La Casa Del Pueblo ... a church north Alabama ... is under investigation, and church members are worried the incident may be a hate crime. On Wednesday evening, as students arrived for a church sponsored English-language class ... they discovered someone had spray painted over the church's windows and blacked out its welcome sign. The Reverend Gene Lankford says there are concerns the vandalism is a response to the public debate over immigration issues.