"One of Alabama's Worst Times Since Jim Crow."

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Scott Douglas III, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries describes Alabama's new anti-immigration law as a cynical effort to "put families on the run and divide them." Douglas compares the law to the fugitive slave acts, saying it has created "one of Alabama's worst times since Jim Crow." Learn More, Go To: http://aclu.org/crisisinAL

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