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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Alabama's new immigration law, recently upheld by a federal judge, is now starting to have an economic impact in the state. Representatives of the agricultural and construction industries say they are losing a significant portion of their work force.
And it is against that backdrop that the state's Hispanic community is voicing opposition.
The Miami-Pueblo supermarket in Birmingham closed its doors yesterday, joining Hispanic-owned businesses across Alabama to take a stand against the state's tough new immigration law.
WOMAN: We, all the Hispanics, we should all be together to represent you know our -- how we feel to the state about it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The work stoppage also hit the poultry industry. The parking lot was almost empty at a Tyson Foods chicken plant in tiny Albertville in northeastern Alabama. Operations slowed or even stopped, as many Hispanic employees staged a one-day sick-out.
It was the latest and perhaps largest protest against the law known as HB-56 passed earlier this year. One key provision authorizes police to detain anyone who's suspected of being in the country illegally. Supporters say it's intended to help legal residents by pushing illegal immigrants out of the work force.
COMMENT: This highlights the fact that the faulty-reasoning that immigration takes away American jobs. The reality is that Americans would not take the jobs immigrants take for the same wages. At least if Americans want low-cost goods.
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