The New Immigration Law in Alabama

Introduction

This paper will be discussing the new Alabama immigration law and will be stating to the thesis statement that is, “this new law will be more damaging than beneficial for the society and people living”. The new immigration law seeks to terrorize undocumented immigrants and make potential criminals to anyone who works and lives with them (McGuire, 18). The immigration law passed in the state of Alabama, which will take effect at earliest, it is the cruelest of regulations to regulate the stay of foreigners in the U.S. the measure is so inhuman that four leaders of the churches of the entity-including the Episcopalian, Catholic, Methodist and Christian filed a lawsuit to block it. The argument provided by them is that this law criminalizes acts of Christian compassion.

Alabama recently passed a stringent anti-immigration law that will have a significant impact on the lives of illegal immigrants and potentially others as well. In response, several denominational leaders filed suit saying that the law would impede their ability to fulfill their Christian purpose (McGuire, 19). The group insists that the law could be construed to prohibit the giving of communion to illegal immigrants and that the law does not only restrict living and working in Alabama but also makes it a crime to transport, conceal, harbor, or shield an illegal immigrant. These Christian leaders feel that their spiritual mandate to be Good Samaritans will be hampered by such a law. They also have the implicit support of the U.S. Justice Department, which has also filed a lawsuit based on the possibility that citizens and tourists might be unnecessarily harassed under this law (Guarino, 2011). A federal judge has agreed, temporarily blocking enforcement of the law in Alabama. The new immigration law seeks to terrorize undocumented immigrants in all aspects of their lives.

Thesis Statement

Thesis statement: the new Alabama immigration law will be more damaging than beneficial. This paper will be analyzing the immigration law of Alabama and will provide supporting evidences to prove the thesis statement.

Discussion Analysis

Arizona's enactment last year of what was then the harshest anti-immigration law in the land ignited a race among other pandering, Republican-controlled Legislatures to match or beat Arizona on the xenophobia scale. Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and Indiana, among others, rushed to pass similar crackdowns, but Alabama's stab at the issue has been the harshest (Guarino, 2011). To make matters worse, a federal judge in Birmingham has now ruled that most of the law's provisions may go into effect pending a trial on their merits. The Justice Department cannot appeal the ruling by Judge Sharon Blackburn too soon. On its face, the new law flouts fair treatment and constitutional protections for individuals, and is brutally punitive and discriminatory. Its provisions amount to an attack on children and families, and on workers' and individuals' rights to contracts and just treatment. Its broad-brush empowerment of state and local law enforcement agencies to demand to see personal documents of individuals whom police may ...