Alabama nears final approval of immigration crackdown

[The Northerner]

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters)- Following in the footsteps of the Alabama House of Representatives, the state Senate on Thursday passed a measure to crackdown on illegal immigration, bringing the measure close to becoming law.

If minor differences between versions of the bill are ironed out and Republican Governor Robert Bentley signs it, Alabama would join a handful of states enacting major immigration legislation this year.

The Alabama law is similar to an Arizona measure that stirred national controversy and was blocked in the courts. Like Arizona, Alabama state and local police would have broad powers to check the immigration status of people detained on other charges.

Under the Alabama legislation harboring, concealing, transporting or employing illegal immigrants would be against the law and any employer doing business with the state will be required to check the legal status of workers.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-immigration-alabama-idUSTRE73L02X20110422?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true

[Turbineguy]

1. Will that include

those from north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

[LuckyStrykes]

2. Don't give the police more power to harass people --

Penalize and lock up the employers. In Alabama immigrant labor is akin to slave labor. Strengthen and enforce labor laws!! Don't criminalize the workers.