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Immigration freedom is a civil rights issue. “[Melissa] Murrell joined five other members at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to introduce the project to the public. She says the organization already has collected some twenty stories from immigrants and their families, both documented and undocumented. ‘To kind of put a face on the issue to help people understand that every time we talk about immigration reform we’re talking about real people,’ she said. Over the next several months the coalition will compile more stories. Those stories will then be archived at the BCRI. . . .”