01/27/2012

This American Life: Reap What You Sow looks at Alabama's anti-immigrant law

This weekend on This American Life: Reap What You Sow, an episode examining Alabama's anti-immigrant law.

 

Alabama's new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for [undocumented] immigrants that they will "self-deport." And in a way it's working. Immigrants are fleeing Alabama...but not just the [undocumented] ones. And now some lawmakers are scrambling to reform the law they voted for. This and other stories of people living with the unintended consequences of their decisions.        

 

Jan 27, 2012 10:03:48 AM | Alabama HB56, Immigration law

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