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Bishops Criticize Tough Alabama Immigration Law

Date: August 13, 2011

Author: Campbell Robertson

QUOTE: Since June, when Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, signed an immigration enforcement law called the toughest in the country by critics and supporters alike, the opposition has been vocal and unceasing....An Episcopal bishop, a Methodist bishop and a Roman Catholic archbishop and bishop, all based in Alabama, sued on the basis that the new statute violated their right to free exercise of religion...

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Key People:

• Gov. Robert J. Bentley M.D.
• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Key Organizations:

• Alabama (State Government)
• New York Times Company
• Pew Hispanic Center

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Protests/Dissent
      • Civil Disobedience

• Philosophy & Religion
  • Religion: General
    • Christian
    • Religious Freedom / Separation Church and State

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Immigrants/Refugees

• North America
  • United States of America/USA
    • Alabama
    • Arizona

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