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Last Wednesday, Federal District Court Judge Sharon Blackburn upheld most provisions of Alabama's historic immigration law, H.B. 56, "passed by the Alabama legislature earlier this year." The U.S. Department of Justice sued Alabama in August to prevent the state from enforcing the new law, which was scheduled to go into effect in early September. At that time, Judge Blackburn issued a one-month injunction against the law in order to give her more time to study the parties' arguments and the applicable law. Judge Blackburn's ruling last week came the day that temporary injunction was set to expire.
At a meeting Monday evening, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education unanimously voted to make illegal aliens eligible for in-state tuition at the State's public colleges and universities. (Reuters, Sept. 27, 2011) According to a Rhode Island higher-education spokesman, the laws authorizing the Board of Governors to run the public-college system gives the panel the authority to determine the criteria for in-state tuition eligibility.
President Obama entertained questions from what was called a "U.S. Hispanic audience" Wednesday during an online roundtable moderated by Jose Siade of Yahoo Espanol, Karine Medina of MSN Latino, Gabriel Lerner of AOL Latino and Huff-Post Latino Voices. (CNN, Sept. 28, 2011) The questions covered a broad spectrum of issues from the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform, to whether Obama felt it is time for a Hispanic to lead the executive branch.
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