Activists are outraged over a Friday announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that it will move ahead with its controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, even if states do not agree to participate.
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The Federal government's rogue agency is at it again. In a late Friday afternoon surprise announcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it would rescind all 39 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with states to implement "Secure Communities" (S-Comm.)
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A Polish woman will step off an airplane in Chicago on Monday afternoon with a legal visa in her hand, coming back to live in the United States four years after her deportation sundered her family, in a rare case of the return of an immigrant who was expelled.
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The fight in Congress over comprehensive immigration reform sometimes feels intractable. Democrats are nominally for big changes. Yet in 2009-10, when Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, sweeping changes didn't advance for reasons that still aren't fully clear.
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A federal appeals court has vacated its ruling that declared a northeastern Pennsylvania city's illegal immigration law to be unconstitutional, setting the stage for a new round of arguments. The move by the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday was expected after the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Aug 5, 2011
"Don't confuse me with the facts" should be carved on the walls of office buildings where congressmen and senators work. Politicians are fond of symbols, because they communicate with voters instantly. Gray areas and nuances that more correctly describe America don't pack the same wallop.
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Ever since portions of Georgia's controversial anti-immigration law took effect, the volume of the protests seems to have subsided. But that may be about to change. Georgia's new law has caught the attention of activists from across the country.
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Lawsuits by churches, the U.S. government and civil-rights groups seeking to stop Alabama from enforcing new restrictions on illegal immigrants will be heard as one. U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn in Birmingham, Alabama, ordered the cases' consolidation yesterday. Episcopal, Roman Catholic and Methodist bishops.
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In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the state's controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The Obama administration is quietly halting some deportations of undocumented young people, after a memo in June that directed immigration officials to consider reprieve for students and would-be military members. Meanwhile, young people facing deportation are still forced to jump through hoops to stay in the United States....
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