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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Julian Teixeira
jteixeira@nclr.org
(202) 776-1812
Telephonic press briefing examines the law’s damaging impact on the state’s education system
Washington, D.C.—Last week, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) was outraged to learn that U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Blackburn upheld some of the most egregious provisions of Alabama’s HB 56, the strictest anti-immigrant law in the nation. Bucking the trend set by courts across the country, Blackburn let stand provisions that would bring racial profiling into Alabama’s classrooms and undermine education.
Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR, swiftly criticized this ruling in a statement released last week, calling Blackburn’s failure to stop the law’s “clearly unconstitutional directive to force teachers and schools to ascertain their students’ immigration status” a decision that endangers the education of every child in the state and jeopardizes teachers’ abilities to do their jobs.
Join NCLR, as well as representatives from the National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for a telephonic press briefing about the destruction that HB 56 will wreak on Alabama’s education system. Participants will discuss the dilemmas that this law creates for educators, the barriers that will prevent students from attending schools, the immediate effects this law is having on Alabama’s schools, and the potential implications of this ruling for the nation.
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: - Janet Murguía, President and CEO, NCLR
- Dennis Van Roekel, President, NEA
- Randi Weingarten, President, AFT
- Roseann Rodriguez, ¡HICA!
- Sam Brooke, Attorney, SPLC
WHAT: “Reaction to Alabama’s HB 56” Telephonic Briefing
WHEN: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. EDT
HOW: Call: (800) 894-5910
Conference Title: “Reaction to Alabama”
Conference ID: ALABAMA
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