Sep 23, 2011
The number of immigration bills introduced in state capitals reached a record 1,592 this year, but the number actually signed into law fell by one-fourth, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Some people in southwest Detroit say the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol continues to practice racial profiling in their community. Detroit is home to the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada. Residents say Customs and Border Protection agents regularly question and detain people who look Hispanic.
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Sep 22, 2011
Tras superar voto del Comité Judicial de la Cámara Baja, ¿llevará el presidente cameral Boehner al pleno un proyecto que devasta la agricultura, supone cargas a las pequeñas empresas, divide a la derecha y empeora nuestro maltrecho sistema migratorio? Washington, DC – La aprobación ayer del proyecto E-Verify en...
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Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee passed Rep. Lamar Smith's mandatory E-Verify bill on a party-line vote, and you can bet that the GOP leadership is sweating about this. If Smith's E-Verify plan is successful, it would devastate the agriculture industry, where undocumented immigrants make up 75% of the...
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Yesterday's party-line passage of Rep. Lamar Smith's mandatory E-Verify bill in the House Judiciary Committee does nothing to relieve Republican leadership's heartburn over mandatory E-Verify, which we wrote about yesterday.
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Yesterday's party-line passage of Rep. Lamar Smith's mandatory E-Verify bill in the House Judiciary Committee does nothing to relieve Republican leadership's heartburn over mandatory E-Verify, which we wrote about yesterday.
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Proposed legislation that would require employers across the country to use the electronic employment-verification program known as E-Verify passed out of a congressional House committee today. The bill, HR 2885, would require that almost every business in the country adopt the program within two years of the bill's final...
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Before Marco Rubio has even hinted he'd run for president or vice president, a rumbling has begun. People question if the Republican U.S. senator from West Miami is even eligible for either office. The issue: Does he pass the litmus test of "natural born citizen?"
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Grab the popcorn - it's Fight Night, round three. The Republican presidential candidates will once again take the stage for a debate tonight, this time in the crucial battleground of Florida, a state rife with voters for whom issues likes Social Security, immigration and Israel are dominant.
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A task force created to help overhaul a controversial deportation program instead witnessed five of its 19 members resign last week, another sign the Obama administration's immigration policy remains politically problematic for him at a time when courting Latinos is crucial to his re-election.
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