In response to HB 56, Alabama’s anti-immigrant law, a hotline has been set up for people who want to report problems related to the law, get information or legal assistance. The line is mostly being staffed by staff and volunteers from the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center and a lawyer affiliated with the ACLU of Alabama will also provide some assistance. Volunteers are still needed, so if you can volunteer, please send your name, organization, phone number, where the call should be forwarded and language capacity. If possible, people should be available for 2-3 hour periods. The overwhelming majority of the callers are Spanish speakers so that is the main need language need. If the volunteer is not an attorney, s/he should try to secure attorney supervision & back-up from their law school immigrants’ rights clinical staff or immigration professors.
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Share the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hotline for people to call with questions and report police abuse, harassment, and discrimination: 1-800-982-1620.