Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling to uphold Arizona's law requiring state businesses use the E-Verify system strikes a crushing blow to the Arizona agriculture industry. If other states follow Arizona's lead, or if Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) gets his wish and rams through a mandatory E-Verify law this summer,...
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Members of the state Assembly will vote Friday on a bill that could fling open the doors to higher education for undocumented students by offering them public money for college. For students, the bill is the most critical component of the California Dream Act.
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The California Assembly approved a bill Thursday to allow counties to opt out of a federal program to combat illegal immigration that opponents say rips families apart, leads to racial profiling and erodes trust between law enforcement and immigrants.
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The Center for Immigration Studies, an anti-immigration "think tank" founded by FAIR, just published a new post titled "The Hispanic Vote in 2010: No Discernible Trend." Yes, that's right, the same group that used its vast expertise on issues like climate change and public health to conclude that...
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A group of liberal Democrats is urging President Obama to put his money where his mouth is regarding immigration reform. The lawmakers, led by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), say the president has prioritized the issue in sound but not in action.
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House Democrats today urged President Barack Obama to do more right now to help illegal immigrants — even while he's pushing Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Obama said he is making immigration reform a priority in a speech May 10 in El Paso. Rep. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.,...
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Adding their voices to a growing number of opponents, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard C. Parks and Councilwoman Jan Perry have called on the city to support limiting the scope of local participation in a controversial federal deportation program.
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The number of immigrants detained in Nashville's deportation program has been nearly halved. Federal dollars earned by the program have been cut by almost two-thirds. Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, whose 287(g) immigration program has been the subject of years of complaints, said its days are numbered if the...
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Indiana's new immigration law includes unlawful provisions that would allow local police to interfere with federal authorities and arrest immigrants -- documented or not -- for reasons that have little to do with criminal activity, one civil rights group says.
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New legislation introduced today by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Harry Reid (D-NV), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) would provide some stability to members of the U.S. Armed Forces whose loved ones are caught up in...
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