Línea Abierta : ALABAMA BLACKLIST. ALSO, REUNIFICATION.




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Summary: ALABAMA BLACKLIST. A coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit to block the state of Alabama from posting an online list of those suspected to be undocumented immigrants. The suit was filed after four Latino immigrants were arrested for a misdemeanor: fishing without a license. Also, a community organizer comments on efforts to pressure Alabama members of Congress to support immigration reform. This edition is a simulcast with the three-station network of La Jefa, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Guests: Gerardo Guzmán, Guest Commentator and Radio Host, La Jefa Radio, Birmingham, AL, www.aquimandalajefa.com; Tomás López, Attorney, Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, www.splcenter.org; Evelyn Servin, Community Organizer, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Montgomery, AL, www.acij.net. ALSO, REUNIFICATION. A deported father just won the definitive and permanent custody of his three children. The family had been separated when the father was deported from North Carolina and the children later placed in foster care. Guest: Felipe Montes, Deported Father who fought for custody of his children, Sparta, NC.