Aug 26, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry may believe that evolution is an unproven theory, doubt the scientific consensus on global warming and regard Social Security as what he called an "illegal Ponzi scheme." But on one major issue his views are grounded in reality: the need to help promising young immigrants...
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Two Maryland women facing deportation pleaded with a Homeland Security official Wednesday to end a program that gives federal immigration authorities access to fingerprints of people arrested. Speaking in Spanish, Maria Bolanos told Marc Rapp that she was arrested after calling police in Maryland during a fight with her...
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As a federal task force evaluating a key policy on immigration enforcement held its final public hearing in Arlington County on Wednesday night, critics of the controversial mandate were ramping up the pressure to end it.
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Activists say nine illegal immigrant students and their supporters were arrested in demonstrations at immigration offices in Los Angeles over a fingerprint sharing program. Youth activist Mohammad Abdollahi says five illegal immigrant students and graduates held a sit-in Wednesday at the building where federal officers ready immigrants for deportation.
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As he enters the Republican presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is striking some red-meat notes on the subject of immigration. Border security, he says, is a federal responsibility -- and immigration reform will have to wait until the border is secured.
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A federal judge said Alabama's immigration law requiring police officers to check immigrants' legal status might lead to lawsuits for unlawful detention. "There are a lot of problems with this statute," U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn in Birmingham, Alabama, said yesterday in a hearing on three lawsuits. "My job...
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Marking his first major speech outside of D.C. or Florida, Marco Rubio will speak tonight in California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Of course, some spectators can't help but make comparisons between Reagan and Rubio (high office aspirations and all).
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On a Sunday in June 2001, the first-year governor of Texas signed legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to attend Texas colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates instead of paying international fees. Supporters of the legislation called it the Texas Dream Act.
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I have been the most vocal and visible critic of President Obama in either party over his handling of the immigration issue. Since he took office, deportations have skyrocketed to more than 1,100 per day and over 1 million people have been deported.
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An Alabama law to tackle illegal immigration is coming under fire from some business leaders in the state, who say the measure is undermining Alabama's economy even before it takes effect.
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