Alabama Immigration bill sponsor: Legislature won't repeal portions of law

[MEChA]

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/print-
edition/2012/02/10/immigration-bill-sponsor-legislature.html

Anticipated “tweaks” for Alabama’s controversial immigration law
will be slight, seeking only to clear up ambiguous language in
the law, one of the bill’s sponsors says.

In an interview last week, Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, who
sponsored the bill in the House in 2011, said the Legislature’s
Republican majority will not repeal any portion of the tough new
law that took effect in late August.

Instead, they will focus on making the law easier to enforce and
understand, he said.

“We know this bill is working,” Hammon said, noting the state’s
unemployment rate had dropped from 9.9 percent to 8.1 ...

[Steve from Colorado]

On Feb 11, 12:40 pm, "MEChA" <br...@scum.com> wrote:
> http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/print-
> edition/2012/02/10/immigration-bill-sponsor-legislature.html
>

> Anticipated “tweaks” for Alabama’s controversial (sic) immigration law

> will be slight, seeking only to clear up ambiguous language in
> the law, one of the bill’s sponsors says.
>
> In an interview last week, Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, who
> sponsored the bill in the House in 2011, said the Legislature’s
> Republican majority will not repeal any portion of the tough new
> law that took effect in late August.
>
> Instead, they will focus on making the law easier to enforce and
> understand, he said.
>
> “We know this bill is working,” Hammon said, noting the state’s
> unemployment rate had dropped from 9.9 percent to 8.1 ...

Thanks for the update. Go Alabama!