The Supreme Court yesterday decided to review the federal government's challenge to Arizona's restrictive immigration law, SB 1070. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America's Voice Education Fund: "We fully expect the Supreme Court to uphold the U.S. Constitution and long-standing court rulings which have held that immigration...
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The Supreme Court yesterday decided to review the federal government's challenge to Arizona's restrictive immigration law, SB 1070.
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By consistently strong majorities, Americans support comprehensive immigration reform. In 2009 as in previous years, voters want the President and Congress to advance a solution that legalizes the undocumented workforce, requires them to pay taxes, levels the playing field for workers and employers, and restores the rule of...
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Late-night show host and satirist Stephen Colbert took on the anti-immigrant crowd again last night, when he devoted a segment to the recent American Heritage Dictionary / "anchor baby" controversy.
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In the space of a month, the Supreme Court has thrust itself into the center of American political life, agreeing to hear three major cases that could help determine which party controls the House of Representatives and whether President Obama wins a second term.
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Justice Elena Kagan said Monday that she would recuse herself from the challenge to Arizona's controversial immigration law, presumably because she served as President Obama's solicitor general when the federal government filed the original lawsuit against the state.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked a part of Alabama's tough new immigration law on Monday that requires residents to show proof of citizenship when registering mobile homes with the state.
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A Latino Decisions/impreMedia poll released Monday reveals significant roadblocks to Republicans picking up a greater share of the Latino vote in 2012. A trio of factors are working against the GOP as it seeks to boost its standing with Latino voters, two thirds of whom supported President Obama in...
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Immigration issues should be resolved by the federal government using smart enforcement techniques that keep families together, according to a bi-partisan group of state leaders who will announce a new "Iowa compact" tomorrow.
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A report released Monday by two Chicago-based human rights groups calls for the Obama administration to close three immigrant detention facilities they accuse of having the most egregious violations, two of which are in Illinois.
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