immigrants

A new Alabama law known as SB63 goes into effect on June first. It’s a mandatory DNA and fingerprint collection law for undocumented non-citizens. The Alabama Immigrant Advocacy Coalition says it invites racial profiling.

Alabama lawmakers have passed legislation that would make it a felony to knowingly bring someone into the state who is in the U.S. illegally, echoing similar bills nationwide that could restrict domestic travel for some immigrants.

Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants, an Iranian doctoral student from The University of Alabama. More than half a dozen people are known to have been taken into custody or deported in recent weeks.

Alabama is deploying an additional 125 soldiers to the Southern Border. The troops are out of the 152nd Military Police Company headquartered in Hartselle. Governor Kay Ivey's office announced their mission duration is approximately 400 days.

A coalition of conservative-leaning states, including Alabama, is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule. It allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.

In this StoryCorps piece, nine-year-old Juan Mario talks to his mom and dad about their childhoods in Venezuela and Mexico and learns about the…

Juan Torres and his wife are immigrants from Mexico and Venezuela, respectively, who now live in Mobile, Alabama. They sat down at StoryCorps and gave…