“I think I understand the real root of this, and maybe you guys need to do some soul searching,” one city leader said.
Jay Palmer speaks to a group at Albertville's Mt. Calvary Baptist Church on immigration issues Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024.photographs of people entering and exiting charter buses in Albertville
In Athens, City Councilman Chris Seibert was confronted at a council meeting about his renting properties to Haitian workers. Poultry processor Pilgrim’s Pride, the employer which originally chartered the buses that began the controversy, said the workers in question are eligible to work under U.S. law.“The current administration is looking for mass amnesty,” Palmer said. “The reason they’re doing these things is for votes.”reside in Alabama and be at least 18 years old. They cannot have been convicted of a disqualifying felony, or have had their voting rights restored.
“The City -- and state and federal law -- condemn any narrative that seeks to discriminate against people based on their race or nationality.”According to the city of Athens, “the number of new enrollments in the school system is minimal, and there has not been a noticeable increase in the municipal court docket.
Albertville City Schools in 2022-23, the last year for which state records were available, had 311 recorded migrant students, and 1,574 students with limited English proficiency, which could be any language. The system has a total enrollment of 5,750 students. Marshall County had 177 migrant students in a population of 5,649. Of those, 724 has limited English proficiency.Currently, Alabama has 2,569 Haitian residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes up .
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