Detroit ICE agents are known as some of the most aggressive immigration agents in the country. They have engaged in abusive—and often illegal—enforcement tactics before. But last week the Michigan Field Office run by Rebecca Adducci reached a new low.

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Peck finally apologized via CNN:
“I’m Virgil Peck, I made an inappropriate comment.  For that, I’m sorry, and I apologize to anyone that I offended with my inappropriate comment. I’ll be more careful with my words in the future.”

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Even though one in every seven Illinois residents is now an immigrant, Governor Quinn wants to slash immigrant services by almost 75% in his new budget.

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Could an Arizona-like immigration law be coming to your state? Stand up to anti-immigrant policies before they become law. Tell your state representatives to vote down any legislation that breaks up families and scapegoats immigrants in your community.

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Despite Arizona Forest Service officials saying that Senator John McCain didn't know what he was talking about when he said that undocumented immigrants start fires, a few other extreme personalities have decided to ignore that fact and are deciding to drive the right-wing narrative by blaming immigrants for everything. Continue »
With a series of hearings and now legislation, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Immigration Subcommittee Chair Elton Gallegly (R-CA), and Immigration Subcommittee Vice Chair Steve King (R-IA) are advancing their wish list of immigration "reforms" to tighten the screws on immigrants of all statuses. Continue »
Once upon a time, Sen. John McCain was one of the few nationally known Republicans whose M.O. did not include bashing illegal immigrants for possible electoral gain. Those days are long gone. Spooked by the ugly xenophobia rampant in the GOP's base, McCain has joined his party's mainstream in... Continue »
Yesterday, Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) released a statement expressing his strong opposition to Lamar Smith's E-Verify legislation, which would require all employers in the U.S. to use the flawed government program known as E-Verify to evaluate whether an employee is legal to work. Continue »
News Taco reports that Tea Party leader and founder of the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas, Rebecca Forest, stated that Hispanic legislators are the reason enough anti-immigration legislation hasn't passed this legislative season. Her solution to the "problem?" Get rid of them. Continue »
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed into law a new "papers, please" immigration bill that is a new low point for state-based immigration policy, an unfortunate reminder of Alabama and the South's tortured racial history, and another wake-up call to Washington to fix the broken immigration system. Continue »