Two Tasks Needed in the Next 9 - 10 hours

Immigration: Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia

Sociology Hendrixson

The first four references are provided as background to the Supreme Court decision.

1. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyID=150973925

(“Arizona Immigration Law Limbo Sees Mixed Results”: heard on “All Things

Considered”, NPR.org, April 19, 2012)

2. http://www.onpoint.wbur.org/2012/04/23/immigration

(“Immigration at the High Court”: heard on “On Point”, NPR.org, April 23,

2012)

3. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/25/politics/scotus-immigrtion-states/index.html

(“Supreme Court Mostly Rejects Arizona Immigration Law”)

4. http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2012/06/25/

5. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/setback-for-rogue-immigration-

laws-in-georgia-and-alabama.html

(“Setback for Rogue Immigration Laws in Georgia and Alabama”)

6. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/us/appeals-court-limits-alabama-

immigration-law.html

(“Appeals Court Limits Alabama Immigration Law”)

7. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/us/key-element-of-arizona-immigration-

law-survives-ruling.html

(“Key Element of Arizona Immigration Law Survives Ruling”)

8. http://www.aclu.org or http://[email protected]

“Civil Rights Coalition Victorious in Suit against Alabama’s Anti-

Immigration Law”, October 29, 2013

The first two references are manuscripts of programs that aired on National Public Radio. One reference is from a report on CNN. One article is from a newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama, and three articles are from the New York Times.

The last and latest article is found at the American Civil Liberties website, October

29, 2013.

The articles from NPR provide a discussion of background of the immigration laws in

Arizona, Alabama and Georgia leading to the Supreme Court. The articles in the New

York Times discuss the rulings of the Appeals and Supreme Courts. The Supreme

Court ruling is presented in The New York Times, June 25 or 26, 2012.

Project on Immigration

Due for MWF class on Monday, November 11, 2013

Due for T/Th class on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

1. On all the eight articles on the states and one on the Supreme Court’s

decision.

2. Summarize the articles.

Alabama’s state laws were perhaps the most egregious. You might want to read and

summarize those laws plus one article on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn

state laws on immigration. The more recent article appearing on the ACLU website

is focused on Alabama. It too is quite informative.

3. Type the summaries. There should be 8 summaries summaries. 150 words for each summary.

NPR provides transcripts and/or summaries of their discussions and analyses.