Mar 15, 2011
Score one for business in the latest round of debate over proposed immigration reform in the Florida Senate. A committee Monday relaxed a requirement that the state and all private employers check the immigration status of any prospective employee by using the federal government's e-Verify system.
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An effort to require many private businesses to verify the immigration status of their workers won a crucial vote in the Georgia Senate on Monday, setting up a a showdown with the House over citizenship checks.
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Kansas lawmakers dealt a setback Monday to a plan that would clamp down on illegal immigration in a way that's similar to a controversial Arizona law.
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Another day, another fight in the absence of a coherent federal immigration policy. This weekend, America's Voice learned the story of Mariano Cardoso Jr. of New Britain, Connecticut, a 22-year-old DREAMer who is stepping away from a life in the shadows to very publicly fight against his imminent deportation.
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Los vaivenes del destino -si es que existe el destino, como dice un amigo-, me llevaron del San Juan que yo amé pedacito de patria, a California a buscar ángeles que siempre me esquivaron, y finalmente a la llamada “capital del mundo, libre”, Washington, DC, donde los ángeles no...
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Last spring, we saw lots of stories about support for an Arizona-type law. Pollsters would ask if voters supported the Arizona law and the results became the story, without highlighting the other side of the equation: that there is strong support for immigration reform. However, with Rasmussen, it's...
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President Obama talks a good game when it comes to immigration reform. But by now, it is obvious that's all he does, and few take his promises seriously.
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Not so long ago, Mariano Cardoso Jr. felt alone and beyond help as he faced being forced to leave the country where he grew up, deported to Mexico as an undocumented immigrant. The 22-year-old Capital Community College student saw his dream of becoming a math professor or civil...
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Under newly fortified Republican control, many state governments started the year pledging forceful action to crack down on illegal immigration, saying they would fill a void left by the stalemate in Washington over the issue.
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Get out the checkbook: here comes another round of legal fighting over another needless, senseless immigration law. The House has passed - 85-7 - a sweeping anti-illegal immigrant bill that, of all things, echoes Arizona's controversial law that is being challenged in court.
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