• "It's Just Not Right": The Failures of Alabama's Self-Deportation ExperimentWhat happens when outside agitators work with state politicians to pass the nation's most draconian anti-immigrant law yet? The Cotton State learned the hard way.
  

  By Paul Reyes
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  164 Anti-Immigration Laws Passed Since 2010? A MoJo Analysis.We crunched the data behind the self-deportation crowd's spate of state laws, the private-prison industry's campaign spending, and more.
  

  By Ian Gordon and Tasneem Raja
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  Kris Kobach, Nativist SonThe legal mastermind behind the wave of anti-immigration laws sweeping the country.
  

  By Suzy Khimm
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  How Did Harsh Immigration Laws Spread to Your Statehouse?Hint: The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and legal experts like Kris Kobach had a lot to do with it.
  

  By Ian Gordon
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  The Immigration Hardliner Family TreeA guide to the funders, think tanks, lawyers, and politicians behind harsh Arizona-style legislation.
  

  By Ian Gordon
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  The Effects of Self-Deportation in AlabamaPhotos from Birmingham, Alabama, where residents are experiencing the downside of anti-immigration bill HB 56
  

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