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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Frightening Children in Alabama

I do not understand deliberate cruelty. I understand it exists. I understand that those who practice it can often justify it as excusable and even noble. But I do not understand it.

But cruelty to a child? This is beyond all understanding. It is cruel to deliberately frighten children. In Alabama they have passed an anti-immigrant law infinitely worsethan the shameful one passed in Arizona that got so much attention.

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AP

One thing that makes Alabama’s HB 56 worse is the provision designed to frighten school children and confuse families.

Immigrant families, which are overwhelming Latino families, are bound to be confused about what their rights are, and their rights are precious few, but