Jun 22, 2011
As a guide for law or legislation, the Southern Baptists' new resolution on illegal immigrants is virtually useless. It's vague, confusing and perhaps inherently contradictory. It wouldn't help Congress pick its way through the political thickets associated with addressing the plight of the undocumented.
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Julio Muñoz, who arrived during the Mariel boatlift in 1980, spent more time in immigration detention than in prison over drug convictions. But he finally was freed when the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 ruled that Mariel convicts could not be held in detention indefinitely just because they...
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Newt Gingrich believes that Americans could solve the problem of illegal immigration in a practical and humane way "if we can get the politicians and the news media to just deal with it honestly." Bravo. When the former House speaker made those remarks during a recent GOP presidential...
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A bill that requires police in South Carolina to check suspects' immigration status and mandates that all businesses check their hires through a federal online system received final legislative approval Tuesday.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced reforms to a key immigration enforcement program Friday, responding to criticism from state governments and advocacy groups. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) had called for reforms to the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program earlier Friday.
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Once upon a time, Sen. John McCain was one of the few nationally known Republicans whose M.O. did not include bashing illegal immigrants for possible electoral gain. Those days are long gone. Spooked by the ugly xenophobia rampant in the GOP's base, McCain has joined his party's mainstream in...
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We know about immigrant founders at large technology companies, such as Intel, Google and eBay. Less well known is how many immigrants and children of immigrants have founded other successful American companies.
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U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta is in the unusual position of opposing a bill that would do nationally what he sought to do in Hazleton when he was mayor: require employers to check the immigration status of new workers.
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American farmers and ranchers are confident they produce the best, most affordable food in the world, but they also realize foreign workers are an integral part of production. AFBF Labor Specialist Paul Schlegel talks to AFBF's Johnna Miller about a new law that would have an enormous impact on...
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Civil liberties groups argued Monday that Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration should not take effect until a lawsuit challenging it as unconstitutional is resolved, and a judge said he likely would rule on that request before the law takes effect.
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