Sweet home Alabama no more | Maribel Hastings (The Guardian)
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/07/sweet-home-alabama-no-more?intcmp=239
“What’s important is not to be afraid,” said the deacon of a Catholic church, which has, like others throughout the state, turned into an orientation center for an immigrant community terrified by Alabama’s new immigration law, HB56. Here, immigrants can learn their rights and find out what options they have if detained by police. But as the deacon spoke to the hundreds of immigrants who had crowded into a room in the church building, their fear and distrust were palpable – and showed in the questions they asked. The most common questions: what happens if I get detained by police? (...) Source: The Guardian