Alabama immigration law foes (La Raza) seek automakers' support
On Feb 28, 10:45*pm, "Ron Barwick" > wrote:
> (CNN) -- Groups seeking to repeal a controversial Alabama > immigration law are asking the state's highly influential auto > manufacturing industry to join their cause. > > The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights wrote > letters to all three of the state's foreign-owned automakers > highlighting that the bill has created "widespread racial > profiling and other discrimination ... particularly against > anyone suspected of being foreign in Alabama." > > The National Council of La Raza, the NAACP, the United Auto > Workers and the Southern Poverty Law Center have requested > meetings with auto executives hoping to discuss how the bill is > affecting the state's image and, potentially, its economy. > > "Your leadership in the area of social justice is required to > help undo the damage caused by H.B. 56," the groups say in an > open letter to Honda, Daimler AG and Hyundai executives. "Unless > we work together to rein in this growing intolerance, the acts > of intimidation against foreigners in Alabama and in other > states will continue." > > Lisa Navarrete, a spokeswoman for La Raza, said, "We are not > asking them to take to the streets... (we are) seeking to become > allies." > > She noted that executives from two of the automakers "have > experienced firsthand what the consequences of this law are," > and that their experience "played a part" in the campaign to > enlist their support. > > Last year, police in Tuscaloosa pulled over a Mercedes-Benz > executive because of a problem with the tag on the rental car he > was driving, and detained him when he didn't have proper > identification on hand. (Mercedes is a division of Daimler AG). > > A Honda official was detained in another incident. > > Mercedes representatives did not return repeated e-mails or a > phone call from CNN requesting comment about the groups' > outreach. Honda did not return e-mails. > > Chris Hosford, a spokesman for Hyundai, confirmed in an e-mail > that the company had received the groups' letter and said the > company does not take a position on the immigration law one way > or the other. > > H.B. 56, which became law in September 2011, is widely > considered to be one of the toughest illegal immigration laws in > the country. It allows police to ask for legal status in certain > situations and voids contracts if one party is not in the > country legally. > > Most of the law has thus far withstood court scrutiny, but an > appeals court has issued an injunction against enforcing a > requirement that public schools ask for the citizenship status > of new students. > > http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/29/us/ala...migration-law- > automakers/ Look at these rodents: >"The National Council of La Raza, the NAACP, the United Auto > Workers and the Southern Poverty Law Center have requested > meetings with auto executives hoping to discuss how the bill is > affecting the state's image and, potentially, its economy." |
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