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Blackburn ‘Was Mistaken’ In Alabama Immigration Law Ruling | That is what U.W. Clemon, Alabama’s first black federal judge, said about his successor Judge Sharon Blackburn’s Sept. 28 ruling that upheld most of Alabama’s extreme immigration law, HB 56. “I’m sure that she ruled in accordance with what [Blackburn] views to be the law,” said Clemon, who served on the bench for nearly 30 years, in an interview with Jose Vargas. “Unfortunately, in some very serious ways, she was mistaken.” After the HB 56 ruling, Clemon said “the Hispanic man is the new Negro.” “It’s a sad thing to say,” Clemon said, “and I think it reflects reality.” Watch video from his interview here: