Mar 11, 2011
In Arizona, fervor against illegal immigration is so intense that politicians have pushed some of the nation's toughest laws and citizen activists have patrolled the border themselves. But census data released Thursday show another side of the population story: Arizonans are increasingly becoming Hispanic.
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Proving that truism, the slowly emerging class of Republican presidential candidates increasingly looks like a bunch of bystanders. More-dynamic party forces are shaping both the GOP's public image and its internal debate in ways certain to reverberate through next year's nomination battle and the general election.
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The U.S. runs the risk of falling behind in the global race for talent if its immigration policies aren't fixed, says a study in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas's annual report. What's needed most, the report says, is an approach that draws in high-skilled workers from abroad.
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Gov. Rick Scott's pledge to bring an Arizona-style immigration law to Florida probably won't happen, but a House committee voted Thursday to bring him the next best thing.
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Demands for the rule of law clashed with calls of compassion for strangers as the state House Judiciary Committee took the Legislature's first crack at an Arizona-style immigration proposal.
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News about one of the lucky 900 today: Pedro Gutierrez, a 22-year old Arizonan, has been granted a one-year stay of deportation, thanks to DREAM activists and DREAM Act supporters all over the nation.
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Highly-skilled foreign-born workers contribute more to the economy than they take away and unless the American government enacts immigration reform, the U.S. "risks falling behing in the global race for talent," according to a report released Wednesday.
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A vocal and visible Twin Cities advocate for immigrant rights and immigration reform is himself facing deportation -- to the surprise of those who have worked with him for years.
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Three Oklahoma lawmakers who advocate stricter immigration controls are among a dozen U.S. legislators targeted by a Southern Poverty Law Center report for their "radical" beliefs.
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The plan also creates a new state law enforcement unit within the state Department of Public Safety, whose job would be to roam the state enforcing federal immigration laws.
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