The Coalition of Utah Progressives decried immigration bills under consideration by the Utah Legislature at a Sunday press conference, calling four of the bills irresponsible and a grandstand for political posturing. Continue »
Bipartisan couple Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer are getting back together in the name of immigration reform. Continue »
The vast majority of illegal immigrants who had children in the United States in 2010 had entered the country several years earlier, according to a new report. Continue »
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have rekindled their alliance on immigration reform, taking some early steps to test the political will for addressing the contentious issue this year. Continue »
About 100 religious leaders and members of the Latin and Hispanic communities of Manatee and Sarasota counties met Saturday morning at the Palmetto Youth Center for the Faith against Racism breakfast to discuss Florida's proposed immigration law. Continue »
After Arizona rancher Robert Krentz was killed on his land last year by a man police believe was an illegal immigrant, television networks and more than 300 newspapers wrote about his death as an example of the dangers on the border. Continue »
National immigration legislation, held hostage by contentious partisan politics for the past decade, seems farther than ever from enactment. Yet new Census figures and studies by several nonprofit groups indicate it is the necessary alternative to piecemeal local and state initiatives. Continue »
Yet El Paso, directly across on the U.S. side of the border, is one of the safest communities in the United States – second behind Honolulu. Continue »
Proponents of an amendment to curb birthright citizenship know the measure would never pass. But they're more interested in fomenting anxiety than solving the illegal immigration problem. Continue »
House Speaker John Boehner's recent selection of Rep. Elton Gallegly of California over Rep. Steve King of Iowa to head the Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee is one step closer to the kind of reform for which past administrations, including those of former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and... Continue »