Welcoming America. The New Sancturary Movement. DREAMActivist.org | Home. Centro Presente • Union! Power! Justice! Interfaith Immigration » DREAM Sabbath 2011. September 23, 2011 ~ Alabama Immigration Law | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. LUCKY SEVERSON, correspondent: Like many church leaders in Alabama, Father Tom Ackerman of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham was caught off guard by the toughness of the state’s new immigration bill. FATHER TOM ACKERMAN: I think there was some surprise about how extreme it was and how really sort of vicious it was, particularly some of the vicious rhetoric: “We want to affect every aspect of their lives. I’ll do everything short of shooting them.” These are senators and representatives saying these things.
SEVERSON: Here’s what Mayor Lindsey Lyons of Albertville, Alabama had to say about the bill’s critics. MAYOR LINDSEY LYONS: When they say that we’re cruel or heartless or however they want to word it, you know, the fact of the matter is, we have rights. SEVERSON: The solution the legislature came up with has caused quite a commotion. FATHER ACKERMAN: The reason why we’ve filed this suit is because we want to keep the government out of our business. REP.
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