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Bentley Reassures Foreign Industries in Wake of Immigration Law

MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s governor on Monday he is worried the state’s tough crackdown on illegal immigration law could hurt the recruitment of foreign industries, so he’s reaching out to foreign executives to let them know that the state welcomes them.

“We are not anti-foreign companies. We are very pro-foreign companies,” Bentley told reporters at the Capitol.

The Republican governor and other supporters of the law have described it as the nation’s toughest. Some parts of it were put on hold by the federal courts, but major provisions took effect in late September, including allowing police to detain motorists who can’t produce a valid driver’s license. Since then, two foreign workers with the Mercedes-Benz and Honda auto assembly plants in Alabama have run into problems.

 On Nov. 16, a German manager with Mercedes-Benz was arrested under the law in Tuscaloosa for not having a driver’s license with him while driving a rental car. The charge was dismissed after the man provided documents in municipal court. Bentley said he learned about the arrest in a call from someone with Mercedes, but he did not say whom.


Last week, a Honda employee from Japan was detained under the law in Leeds. Police at a roadblock found him carrying an international driver’s license and passport, but not an Alabama license or Japanese license as required by the law. Leeds police said they released the man under the immigration law at a magistrate’s recommendation, and a city judge dismissed a charge of driving without a license. 

Topics: illegal immigration, Alabama, US Immigration 

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