August 31, 2016
Alabama is appealing to the Eleventh Circuit a district judge's ruling blocking its challenge of the U.S. government's potential placement of Syrian refugees in the state, saying the suit's dismissal was based on a "technicality."
August 01, 2016
A federal court on Friday dismissed Alabama's challenge to the U.S. government's placing of Syrian refugees in the state, ruling that states don't have a basis to enforce a consultation requirement of the Refugee Act.
January 07, 2016
Alabama sued the U.S. government in federal court on Thursday over the placement of refugees in the state, arguing it hadn't been given enough information about the refugees and bringing its case roughly one month after a Texas agency launched a similar suit.