When Alabama legislators revised the state鈥檚 anti-immigrant law in 2012, they passed a law requiring the state to maintain an online list of immigrants who are detained by law enforcement, who appear in court for any violation of state law, and who unable to prove they are not 鈥渦nlawfully present aliens.鈥 It provided no means for people to be removed from this 鈥渂lack list鈥 if the listing is an error or if their immigration status changes. The Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies filed a federal lawsuit to stop this state-sanctioned 鈥渂lacklisting鈥 of immigrants, which could encourage harassment and violence.