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“No Juan Crow!”: Documenting the Immigration Debate in Alabama Today

“No Juan Crow!”: Documenting the Immigration Debate in Alabama Today Photo essay .................... "No Juan Crow!" Documenting the Immigration Debate in Alabama Today by Jennifer E. Brooks On June 1, 2011, the Alabama state legislature passed the "Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayers and Citizens Protection Act," or HB 56. Newly elected Republican governor Robert J. Bentley signed the bill on June 9. HB 56 is the keystone piece in the "Handshake with Alabama," the agenda promoted by the new Republican majority in the Alabama statehouse.1 The bill gained quick notoriety for outdoing Arizona, Georgia, and all other states in the restrictions and penalties levied on unauthorized immigrants, as well as on the citizens, community members, employers, and health and law enforcement agencies that assist, employ, or regulate them. HB 56 required public schools to verify the citizenship status of enrolling students, mandated police officers to check the immigration status of someone stopped for even a minor offense, if "reasonable suspicion" existed about such status, and prohibited citizens from knowingly assisting someone who was in the state and country without proper documentation. Moreover, the bill imposed severe financial penalties on employers who failed to verify the immigration status of workers.2 The Department of Justice, community, civil, and religious groups, as well http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

“No Juan Crow!”: Documenting the Immigration Debate in Alabama Today

Southern Cultures , Volume 18 (3) – Aug 13, 2012

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Photo essay .................... "No Juan Crow!" Documenting the Immigration Debate in Alabama Today by Jennifer E. Brooks On June 1, 2011, the Alabama state legislature passed the "Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayers and Citizens Protection Act," or HB 56. Newly elected Republican governor Robert J. Bentley signed the bill on June 9. HB 56 is the keystone piece in the "Handshake with Alabama," the agenda promoted by the new Republican majority in the Alabama statehouse.1 The bill gained quick notoriety for outdoing Arizona, Georgia, and all other states in the restrictions and penalties levied on unauthorized immigrants, as well as on the citizens, community members, employers, and health and law enforcement agencies that assist, employ, or regulate them. HB 56 required public schools to verify the citizenship status of enrolling students, mandated police officers to check the immigration status of someone stopped for even a minor offense, if "reasonable suspicion" existed about such status, and prohibited citizens from knowingly assisting someone who was in the state and country without proper documentation. Moreover, the bill imposed severe financial penalties on employers who failed to verify the immigration status of workers.2 The Department of Justice, community, civil, and religious groups, as well

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Southern CulturesUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Aug 13, 2012

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