A federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday broadly vindicated the Obama administration's high-stakes move to challenge that state's tough immigration law and to assert the primary authority of the federal government over state lawmakers in immigration matters. Continue »
29/07/10 a 2:27am por Maribel Hastings Por Maribel Hastings – PHOENIX, Arizona – El bloqueo temporal de algunas de las secciones más controversiales de la ley antiinmigrante SB1070 de Arizona fue bienvenido, incluso fue más allá de lo que algunos anticipaban, pero no es el final del camino. De... Continue »
Today U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton granted a temporary injunction on major parts of the Arizona SB1070 anti-immigration law. Among the notable parts of her ruling, Judge Bolton enjoined the "reasonable suspicion" section of the law and the section requiring the carrying of federal immigration documents. Clearly, Governor... Continue »
Judge Susan Bolton of the U.S. District Court for Arizona has just issued a injunction preventing key sections of Arizona law SB 1070 from going into effect tomorrow -- including the sections criminalizing all undocumented immigrants under state law and requiring police to ask anyone for papers during traffic... Continue »
The national debate over Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law is about to get a lot hotter - on the streets and on the baseball field. Continue »
With SB 1070 scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, unless Judge Susan Bolton issues a decision today striking down the law, the Spanish-language press examines how Arizona is preparing for the next few days. Continue »
The sheriff of the most populous county in Arizona says he's "not going to put up with any civil disobedience" when the state's new immigration law takes effect. Continue »
Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. Continue »
27/07/10 a 10:30pm por Maribel Hastings Por Maribel Hastings –Se calcula que en Estados Unidos hay más de cinco millones de niños cuyos padres o madres son indocumentados, y más de dos terceras partes de esos niños son ciudadanos estadounidenses. Más de 500 de ellos, de diversas partes del... Continue »
With action on comprehensive immigration reform stalled due to partisan politics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has started talking about what can pass now, and he's looking at the DREAM Act. The bipartisan legislation, which would give legal residency to undocumented youth under the condition they go to college... Continue »