A thoughtful editorial. - - Donna Poisl
Inquirer Editorial
A tide of anti-immigrant sentiment has produced the nation's harshest crackdown on undocumented residents.
While the courts have blocked some of Alabama's draconian law, it still stands as a distressing example of the growing national anger at vulnerable people whose main offense is wanting to pursue better lives in this country.
Among other things, Alabama's law makes criminals of anyone who would "harbor" or "transport" an illegal immigrant. Parents will have to start asking a child's Hispanic playmate to show them his papers before allowing him sleep over. Likewise for any landlord renting to someone with a foreign accent.
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