In Alabama, pivotal in the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s, a new civil rights movement is growing. The partners include Latino immigrant advocacy groups as well as the NAACP and Spanish-language radio.

Youth activists who support the DREAM Act traveled from various states to Alabama last week to protest the state law.

Of the protesters, 13 were arrested, including Martin Unzueta of Chicago. He is the father of DREAM Act activists and sisters Tania, 27, and Ireri, 24.

Unzueta is the first Chicago parent to be arrested in this movement.

"I am proud of my father for this action in solidarity with undocumented people in Alabama. Today not only are young undocumented people organizing acts of civil disobedience and getting arrested, but our parents are as well, because as a community we all need to show the government and ICE that we won’t just sit quietly and be deported from our homes," Ireri said.

Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials did not “lodge detainers or otherwise take custody of any people arrested as a result of the Alabama demonstration,” said ICE spokesman Temple H. Black.

In Alabama, there is an effort to build more awareness about the immigration law.

A delegation of Democratic members of Congress visited the state last week, including Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez.

“We are raising awareness that this law is unconstitutional,” said Orlando Rosa, a producer with La Jefa Radio, which organized a walk across the state stopping in cities key to the civil rights movement.

Part of the law has been blocked by the courts, including one provision that required schools to check the immigration status of students.

Civil rights organizations, including the ACLU and Latino Justice PRLDEF ...