Civil Rights News: Obama Jobs Bill Cosponsors; Economic Struggle for Children of Immigrants; Extreme Alabama Immigration Law Unprecedented

Obama Jobs Bill Picks more than 90 House Cosponsors
Mike Lillis, TheHill.com

In a new strategy, Democratic leaders opened President Obama’s jobs bill to co-sponsors over the last week, and have already received over 90 endorsements from low-chamber Democrats. The strategy was implemented to combat GOP criticism of the jobs bill.

Children of Immigrants Hit an Economic Ceiling
Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times

Children of immigrants struggle to find middle-class jobs, despite being better educated than their parents. Economists worry that this will in turn hurt economic productivity, since about a third of Americans ages 18-34 are foreign-born or children of immigrants.

Alabama Immigration Law is Strictest in the World
Nicolas Mendoza, Colorado Independent

As sections of Alabama’s immigration law go into effect, immigration and human rights experts say no other developed country has passed a law as strict as Alabama’s immigration policy. Such enforcements include prohibition of courts to enforce any contract with an undocumented immigrant, a provision unseen in any other state or developed country.

Compiled by Colleen, Cowgill, a Fall 2011 intern