Three Virginia congressmen, including U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D), are urging Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to grant Gov. Robert McDonnell's request to allow state troopers to act as immigration and customs agents.
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Aug 17, 2010
Implementing proposed immigration legislation modeled after Arizona's controversial law could cost Utah millions of dollars, according to a state senator, who is working on an alternate plan.
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Nope. That was not a typo. A new poll from Fox News finds that 68 percent of voters, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, say efforts to secure the border should be combined with reform of federal immigration laws by Congress. What do voters mean by...
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A new poll from Fox News finds that 68 percent of voters, including majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, say efforts to secure the border should be combined with reform of federal immigration laws by Congress. What do voters mean by reform of federal immigration laws? ...
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Daily life for Marlen Lopez sounds anything but easy: The undocumented worker cleans offices to pay her bills and hasn't seen her 8-year-old son since she left El Salvador three years ago.
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The fierce debate over a new Arizona immigration law spread to America's pastime Sunday as a group of protesters rushed on to the field during the 5th inning of the Washington Nationals-Arizona Diamondbacks game in Washington, D.C.
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The serious and necessary debate on illegal immigration has been hijacked in recent days by a sometimes hysterical fight over birthright citizenship. It is a nasty and wasteful diversion.
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Aug 15, 2010
Solid majorities of the public and overwhelming majorities of DC elites want some kind of comprehensive immigration legislation passed now.
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Aug 14, 2010
Virginia has long had localized tensions over immigration: places like Prince William County and towns like Herndon where influxes of day laborers and other immigrant Latinos have been followed by police crackdowns, anti-solicitation ordinances and laws empowering the police to check people's immigration status.
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Round them up. Make them show their papers. Strip away their rights to citizenship. Anti-immigration hysteria is sweeping a country that was built on the dreams of generations of immigrants.
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