Turning Off the Water: How the Contracting and Transaction Provisions of Alabama's Immigration Law Makes Life Harder For Everyone

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Immigration Policy Center releases Turning off the Water: How the Contracting and Transaction Provisions of Alabama's Immigration Law Makes Life Harder for Everyone by Joan Friedland.

Since passage of HB 56, Alabama's extreme new immigration law, many are aware of the most immediate consequences of the law—rotting tomatoes, racial profiling, and frightened school children. However, two provisions of the law that have the potential to be extremely damaging to the state's economy, rule of law, and municipal functioning have received comparatively little attention. These two provisions outlined in sections 27 and 30 have been in effect since September 30, 2011, and deal with business transactions and contracts. This unprecedented reach of state bureaucracy into the lives of Alabamians in the name of immigration policy will undoubtedly have an impact on everyone in the state.

To view this special report in its entirety, see:

Turning off the Water: How the Contracting and Transaction Provisions of Alabama's Immigration Law Makes Life Harder for Everyone by Joan Friedland. (IPC Special Report, November 1, 2011)

SOURCE Immigration Policy Center