Albertville Divide

Albertville, Alabama is a prime example of the divide of the US class on the issue of immigration. Albertville was once a small and neat town according to many of the residents who have lived there, but it was gradually increasing in its Hispanic population. Albertville national is known as the "fire hydrant city" because Meuller's manufacturing plant is there, but throughout the sate it is also known for its poultry processing. Many workers who were once working at Maulers has found that the immigrant population has affected the number of jobs available. Residents of Albertville said that they have moved out of their neighborhood once immigrants started moving in. These streets soon went down hill and are no longer nice neighborhoods. In 2011 the Alabama passed a law that scared off a lot of immigrants who had jobs to flee to neighboring states. A CNN/ Kaiser Family Foundation poll

found that over 55% of white working class residents believed that immigrants in Albertville has affected their family while 27% of whit college grads and students said that they have not been affected. Recently Haitian immigrants have been coming into Albertville to work in the same chicken processing plant and Albertville residents are worried about the number of jobs available.