Monday, December 05, 2011

Hispanic Caucus shifts gears toward restricting Alabama immigration law

The federal government is not helping individual states enforce their tough immigration laws. - - Donna Poisl

By Mary Orndorff -- The Birmingham News

WASHINGTON -- The members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will meet next week with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to discuss enforcement of Alabama's immigration law, according to Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.

Gutierrez, a leading critic on Capitol Hill of states that try to police immigration themselves, said he wants the federal government's top immigration officials to emphasize that they will not deport illegal immigrants snagged in Alabama's dragnet unless they have a record of other crimes.
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