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Immigrants on the State House steps Wednesday broke out into chants of \u201cAqui estamos; nosotros no vamos!\u201d Translation: \u201cWe\u2019re here; and we\u2019re not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dozens of immigrants marched from Cramton Bowl to the Alabama Statehouse to make their voices heard to Republican lawmakers who have focused intently on immigration bills as Donald Trump pushes his mass deportation agenda nationwide.<\/p>\n

Immigrants and supporters brandished signs with sayings such as \u201cNo human being is illegal\u201d and \u201cMi papa trabaja mas que tu Presidente,\u201d translation: \u201cMy dad works harder than your President.\u201d<\/p>\n

One woman\u2019s sign tapped into the main message of the march: \u201cWe build your homes, cut your grass, cook your food, clean your buildings\u2014all while being treated as second class citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several speakers looked to the past to showcase the potential damage that could be done by anti-immigration bills, recalling House Bill 56 passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cHB56 was the most racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-worker bill in the country,\u201d said Luis Robledo of Jobs to Move America. \u201cDuring HB56, there was an exodus from the country, a literal exodus. People ran away in fear. They lost homes, they lost jobs, they lost money, they lost their entire livelihoods and many people had to rebuild. And what did the people do? They came back, they fought and they won.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlos Javier Torres of the Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama highlighted the \u201chuman smuggling bill\u201d as one of the pieces of legislation immigrants are currently concerned about in the Statehouse.<\/p>\n

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\u201cImagine this: You drive from Opelika across the river to Columbus, Georgia, just to pick up your abuela so that she can visit with the grandkids for the weekend,\u201d Torres said. \u201cOn the way back, you get pulled over, arrested and accused of smuggling an immigrant. That\u2019s not justice, that\u2019s not safety. That\u2019s a law designed to intimidate and criminalize our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres also singled out legislation that he said is under the guise of a \u201cworkforce bill\u201d but is truly an anti-immigrant bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt forces employers to report when they hire hardworking immigrants, people who already have legal protections, people with (temporary protected status), refugees, folks with humanitarian visas,\u201d Torres said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about protecting jobs, it\u2019s about pushing immigrants out, and we won\u2019t stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam Keller of Alabama Arise highlighted the economic impact that immigrants have in Alabama.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmigrant workers fill 5 percent of all jobs in Alabama, even more in industries like construction and manufacturing,\u201d Keller said. \u201cImmigrant household income in our state is $7 billion, nearly all of which goes back into the Alabama economy through consumer spending. Pushing the mass deportation agenda will not only separate families and cause deep harm to those directly impacted, it will tank economic growth. It will lead to massive job losses, it will disrupt key industries, it will spike inflation and it will create even more a culture of fear in our workplaces and our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigration legislation is likely to remain a major focus of this legislative session, now halfway through its course.<\/p>\n

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