Aug 7, 2009
Senate Democrats have found a Republican in Sen. Lindsey Graham to help them push for passage of a comprehensive immigration overhaul this year.
But the lag in getting prominent support from a Republican -- more than two months after Democrats first announced their push -- shows how complicated prospects for...
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The nation's detention system for illegal immigrants will be overhauled in an effort to improve medical care, increase accountability and reduce costs, federal officials announced Thursday.
The current system, a patchwork of about 350 privately run detention centers and county jails that lease space to the government, has come under...
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Aug 6, 2009
No other nation on earth assimilates immigrants as successfully as the United States. There are those who argue that we can no longer afford to open our doors so wide, but in fact precisely the opposite is true.
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In recent months, the number of families I know whose father or mother are in jail or facing jail time for deportation proceedings has increased. In almost all cases, the story has gone something like this: Minor traffic violation, no driver's license (because they cannot legally obtain one), discovery...
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It is hard not to be encouraged by the changes that Mr. Morton outlined this week. They could be the first steps in a long journey away from insanity. We will never finally get there, of course, without a wholly reformed immigration system — one that has enough visas...
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The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a "truly civil detention system."
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It was another sweep, with more arrests and complaints of racial profiling.
Valley residents are getting used to the fanfare and bitter debate that accompany Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "crime suppression operations," like the one in Chandler nearly two weeks ago.
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With the Senate beginning its debate on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination today, it's worth pointing out how stable Obama's support among Latinos has been since he became president -- even with his poll numbers falling back to earth.
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Regardless of their legal status, immigrants deserve a fair shot at justice once they are in this country. That's especially true for the most vulnerable, those in detention and facing deportation. All too often, however, they are denied justice and basic due process.
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Aug 4, 2009
President Barack Obama sought to avoid an all-out partisan cultural war over his first Supreme Court choice, selecting a pragmatic, former New York prosecutor and veteran judge over other more liberal candidates.
He largely succeeded. Having secured the recommendation of the influential Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor now is all...
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