One down. Now, activists who oppose Arizona's hard line against undocumented immigrants say, it's time for another to go. The group that led the recall effort against former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, who shaped Arizona's law cracking down on illegal immigration, plans to ask county officials to seek...
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Ana, 37, keeps a daily vigil by the phone in Guadalajara, Mexico. With the exception of two brief court-supervised visits, Ana hasn't spent time with her three daughters or son since 2008, when she left her children in the care of her ex-boyfriend in Phoenix.
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U.S. citizens have been illegally detained throughout Los Angeles County as a result of the controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, a coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups said Wednesday.
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If you can read the Human Rights Watch report on Alabama's immigration law and not be moved, you're probably one of our harsher posters on these blogs. Through in-person interviews, observation, media reports and other evidence, Human Rights Watch's 57-page report, released today, tells the stories of people who...
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In the latest showdown with the federal government — albeit a more symbolic one — the Board of Supervisors today approved a nonbinding resolution that asks the Sheriff's Department and Juvenile Probation Department to not spend any local money when detaining suspected undocumented immigrants at the request of U.S....
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Dec 14, 2011
A growing number of United States citizens have been detained under Obama administration programs intended to detect illegal immigrants who are arrested by local police. In a spate of recent cases across the country, American citizens have been confined in local jails after federal immigration agents instructed the police...
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When Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said in a November debate that undocumented immigrants who have deep roots in the United States should have a chance to legally work in the United States, some jaws dropped.
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Iowa business, community, faith and law enforcement leaders today warned that "enforcement-only" approaches to immigration could hurt the state and national economies, especially agriculture. "Welcoming immigrants is crucial for our economy in Iowa," said Tom Hughes, president of the Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association.
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Just three weeks before Iowa Republicans hold their presidential caucus, opponents of tough, state-led enforcement-only immigration laws launched The Iowa Compact on Tuesday in an attempt to dial down harsh rhetoric and focus on compassionate and comprehensive reform.
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Alabama's immigration law has led to illegal immigrants around the state having their basic rights denied and should be repealed, a human rights group contends in a report being issued today. "The initial human impact has been devastating, though the full consequences remain unknown," stated the report, "No Way...
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