Sep 12, 2011
When it comes to policies aimed at illegal immigrants, Governor Rick Perry of Texas is on one side of the fence, his GOP rivals on the other. Ten years ago, Perry signed legislation making Texas the first state to allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at...
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Nearly 200 immigrants have been detained in Iowa in the past year under a federal enforcement program that the Obama administration is currently reviewing. Called Secure Communities, the three-year-old program was designed to expand an existing information-sharing program between local and federal law enforcement.
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When quizzed on the problem of illegal immigration at their debate the other night, the Republican presidential hopefuls were by turns vague, evasive, confused, contradictory and — in the notable case of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who opposes a border fence because it might prevent law-abiding Americans from...
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Churches and religious groups opposing the governor's renewed push to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses say their actions are part of a larger and growing advocacy effort aimed at promoting immigration reform on moral grounds.
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Frank Sharry: "It's a Good Thing She Wasn't Governor During Her Grandfather's Day." Already facing protests against her attempted crackdown on undocumented workers, Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) faces new scrutiny with the revelation that her grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
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A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year, responding to an outcry this summer from American farmers who said shortages of legally authorized labor were imperiling their crops.
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Republican presidential candidates spent 10 minutes talking about immigration during the Wednesday debate, finally speaking out on an issue they have been doing their best to avoid for the past several months.
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The recent Republican presidential candidate debate left a troubling void in terms of the lack of an expansive vision on the immigration issue, something that goes beyond reinforcing border controls and punishing undocumented immigrants.
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Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California, produced some strange happenings. First of all, in keeping with one of the great culinary traditions of the state, someone obviously slipped some hot sauce into the dinner entrees.
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Ann Coulter, the conservative pundit, has called Gov. Rick Perry "a little bit too much like George Bush" on immigration — and she does not mean it as a compliment. Tea Party loyalists have decried Mr. Perry's opposition to a border fence and Arizona-style enforcement laws.
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