Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a moment on Wednesday to question a congressional witness about how he moved to the United States from Mexico, after the former police chief mentioned in his testimony that he is an immigrant.
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The terrible Alabama immigration law remains a hot topic of conversation, and it probably will be until the law is repealed or thrown out by the federal courts. I'm betting on the federal courts over repeal.
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A Japanese man temporarily working at Honda's car factory in east Alabama became the second foreign auto worker charged under the state's law on illegal immigration, the company said Wednesday.
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An Illinois congressman is urging federal officials to drop deportation proceedings against a South Carolina worker. Democratic congressman Luis Gutierrez appeared Wednesday with Gabino Sanchez, a 27-year-old construction and landscaping worker, during an initial appearance at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Charleston.
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Nearly all the Republican presidential hopefuls are now on record as wanting to build a 2,000-mile-long fence on the U.S. border with Mexico — a wildly expensive, staggeringly wasteful project that would do little to deter illegal immigration.
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Republicans could be hurting their general election chances by calling for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and vowing not to reform the system until the border is secured, a pollster and a Republican strategist said on Tuesday.
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While the country's flailing economy is still shaping up to be the most important issue in next year's election, the hot-button topic of immigration continues to play a prominent role in the Republican primary. Never has that been more apparent than today.
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For President Obama, there's good and bad news when it comes to the fast-growing Latino vote and its role in the 2012 presidential race. Obama captured two-thirds of the Latino vote in 2008, but he faces a distinct enthusiasm gap heading into his reelection bid, an expert on Latino...
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Why is Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsing Rick Perry for president? For those not familiar with the Arizona lawman, Sheriff Arpaio has built up a reputation as perhaps the nation's the fiercest anti-illegal immigration crusader, rounding up thousands of undocumented workers in Maricopa County for deportation.
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Alabama's construction industry is losing jobs faster than almost every state in the nation, and industry experts say some of the losses are due to the state's strict new immigration law. Figures from the Associated General Contractors, an Arlington, Va.-based trade group, showed that construction-related employment in Alabama has...
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