Alabama Hispanics: life under new immigration law – in pictures

Protesters demonstrate in front of the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

Two year-old Angela Cruz takes part in a demonstration in front of the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

Cab driver Cineo Gonzalez takes a break at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

Counsellor Jazmin Rivera, right, at the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama offices Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

Oscar Chacon, 10, from Oneonta. Many Hispanics took part in a protest against Alabama's new immigration laws Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

A member of the Hispanic community who chooses to remain anonymous, pauses at her apartment in Hoover, Alabama. Alabama's new immigration laws have kept some immigrants inside their homes, fearful of being detained by the police if they go out in public Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris for the Guardian

Jeremy Gonzalez picks tomatoes on a farm in Steele, Alabama. Much of the crop is rotting as many of the migrant workers who normally work these fields have moved to other states to find work Photograph: Dave Martin/AP

Mothers arrive to pick up their children from Flowers School in Montgomery, Alabama. Education officials say scores of immigrant families have withdrawn their children from classes or kept them home, afraid that sending the kids to school would draw attention from authorities Photograph: Dave Martin/AP

Potato farmer Casey Smith, right, on nearly empty potato field that needs cultivating on his father's farm in Cullman, Alabama. Normally Smith hires some 25 labourers to help bring in his crop. Only five workers showed up the day the new law took effect Photograph: Dave Martin/AP

Tomato farmer Leroy Smith, second from left, talks with senator Scott Beason, in Steele, Alabama Photograph: Dave Martin/AP