Sep 15, 2010
What a shame the country's growing anti-immigrant neurosis will punish children who want to educate themselves and are just as qualified to pay state-resident tuition rates as is the most legal and distasteful xenophobe in Colorado or anywhere else.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he wants to attach an amendment to an upcoming defense policy bill that would help young people in the country illegally become legal U.S. residents.
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Sep 14, 2010
As Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano led a naturalization ceremony for more than 5,000 new Americans at Fenway Park, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Tuesday pitched a bill requiring federal authorities to take a more "humane" approach when enforcing immigration laws.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced plans to push for the so-called Dream Act as part of the defense authorization legislation (along with a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell). The comprehensive immigration reform effort is all but dead this year.
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For years, Arizona lawmakers have targeted illegal immigrants. In their next session, legislators will focus on the children of illegal immigrants.
Two prominent lawmakers want to change the way those children are granted citizenship.
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Reporting from Las Vegas — In recent months, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has tried to extend his political reach outside his home state of Arizona, where he has gained national notoriety for lightning-rod tactics to root out illegal immigrants.
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The economy, the deficit and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will all be before Congress when it returns to work this week.
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A U.S. appeals court overturns a Pennsylvania city law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants and employers for hiring them. But the matter of who rules on immigration is far from settled.
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Both Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger, Carly Fiorina, have reputations for toughness and for not backing down: Boxer voted against the Iraq war and Fiorina rose to the top of American business at Hewlett Packard and Lucent at a time when it was rare to...
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A law approved four years ago by Hazleton, Pa., clamping down on illegal immigrants and prompting similar moves in towns across the country, has been declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.
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