U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle defended a series of campaign advertisements that use images of sullen, dark-skinned men and a map of Mexico to blast rival Sen. Harry Reid's immigration record. Continue »
Miriam Torres is a 20-year-old honor student from Roswell, Georgia who wants to attend Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. As Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Maureen Downey reported, tuition costs were already posing a barrier to attending college, and now, thanks to a 14-2 vote by the state Board of... Continue »
What's most disturbing about the common practice of individuals using contractors and other third parties to obtain domestic labor is that it provides plausible deniability when the hiring of illegal immigrants comes to light. Continue »
Three immigrants in Georgia are suing to challenge a government program that allows local authorities to enforce federal immigration law, and they are seeking to have the case declared a class action to represent many other immigrants. Continue »
Judging by Florida's Republican primary, one could be forgiven for thinking that after the economy, the state's biggest issue was, well, Arizona and its new immigration law. Flash forward to the general election. Continue »
Rep. Luis Gutierrez took himself out of the running for Chicago mayor Thursday, saying his mission must be passing comprehensive immigration reform. Continue »
A federal jury found two young Pennsylvania men guilty of a hate crime on Thursday in the 2008 beating death of a Mexican immigrant. Continue »
There is no greater right than the ability to be safe and secure in our neighborhood and in our own lives. So it pains me when officials use words like "secure" to describe programs that do just the opposite. Continue »
Immigration Policy Center released a study today contending that "new Americans," defined as recent naturalized citizens and U.S.-born children of immigrants from Latin America and Asia since 1965, are becoming increasingly powerful in elections as their numbers grow. Continue »
"Every day is Election Day from now until Nov. 2," said Petra Falcon of Promise Arizona, a group that is mobilizing Latino voter turnout in Arizona. Continue »