Source: The Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama USA - The Tuscaloosa  police chief Steven Anderson  told The Associated Press that a police officer  on Wednesday night stopped a rental car for not having a decal required and asked for his driver license. The  man had German  identification only, so he was arrested and taken to the police station.

A German manager of Mercedes-Benz was released after being arrested for not carryinga driver’s license under Alabama’s new law aimed at immigrants without legal permission to be in the country, officials said on Friday.
The 46 years  executive was charged with violating immigration law for not carrying proper identification, but was released after a colleague brought him his   passport, visa and German license .
Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG, builds sport-utility vehicles (SUV) at a factory in Vance, about 20 miles from Tuscaloosa.
The automaker’s decision to open a factory in Alabama in 1993 was considered a significant achievement because the state’s efforts to boost the economy and was followed by other car manufacturers and foreign suppliers that opened factories in the state, including Honda, Toyota and Hyundai.