Sen. Scott Beason offers bill to revise Alabama immigration law; commenters aren't impressed

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Apr 24 2012 8:30 AM

MONTGOMERY -- Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, has introduced his own version of an immigration bill that makes fewer changes in Alabama's original stringent 2011 law than another bill well-advanced before the Legislature, Birmingham News writer Kim Chandler reports.

The Gardendale Republican said he believes the state should not change certain segments of its statute before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on identical provisions in Arizona's immigration law. The court will hear arguments Wednesday. Beason, along with Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Gardendale, sponsored the state's original 2011 law. Hammon is sponsoring the revisions bill for the current law.

Although many in the online community indicate they're supporters of some form of Alabama's immigration law, some also seem to be tired of Beason who was badly defeated in the Republican Primary while challenging Sixth District U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus. Read some of what people are saying:

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