Not a good day for Hoover

The Birmingham suburb of Hoover is being sued by a Mexican woman who asserts that the city's new Department of Homeland Security and Immigration exists "solely to police the Hispanic population" and that it has engaged in "a scheme that would force the migration of Hispanics out of Hoover" by means of "racial profiling, illegal searches, and unlawful incarceration."

The plaintiff wants to pursue the suit as a class action. Hoover's mayor, meanwhile, had no comment on the filing.