Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law, was quoted in several publications on a campaign aimed at discouraging tourism in Alabama and telling Hyundai customers that the company did not oppose implementation of recent changes to the state’s immigration law, known as HB 658.

"Our message is simple,” said Wade Henderson. "If we can’t appeal to your humanity, then we will appeal to your pocketbooks.”