LOS ANGELES State lawmakers considered a record number of immigration-related bills this year, highlighting their continued frustration with federal government inaction on immigration laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Adding insult to injury, the Homeland Security Department has turned its back on state and local governments by deciding to unilaterally implement the discredited Secure Communities deportation program. The decision to impose the Obama administration's signature enforcement program was announced last Friday.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is facing a Wednesday deadline to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider her appeal of a lower court's ruling that put parts of the state's aggressive anti-illegal immigration law on hold. Brewer, a Republican, vowed this spring to take the case to the high...
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Federal immigration officials say an internal investigation of 12 incidents of alleged abuse and illegal conduct - including one in which a Cincinnati family claims its Fourth Amendment rights were violated - clears its agents of any wrongdoing.
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The Obama administration publicly announced Monday that it has denied immigration rights to Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk -- a gay couple in San Francisco that has been married for seven years -- and ordered the deportation of Makk to his native Australia, according to SFGate.
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An American immigration agent bounded up the steps of a bus about to cross the United States-Mexico border recently and demanded to see the papers of all those aboard. "Papers!" he shouted, eyeing passengers warily as he walked up and down the aisle.
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For many undocumented immigrants, the worst possible fear is being separated from their families and loved ones. After having faced such a nightmare, one family--Tony, Janina and Brian Wasilewski--have finally been reunited. The journey of this family is truly a remarkable one.
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Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk are legally married. Wells is a US citizen. Makk isn't. And, despite the stated view of the President that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, the Department of Homeland Security is using that law to deport Makk. He must leave the...
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Immigration advocates and civil liberties groups are gearing up for a new battle after the feds said cops across America must send fingerprints of everyone they book.Washington's decree last week squashed Gov. Cuomo's decision to back out of the Secure Communities program.
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A Polish woman whose family was separated after the U.S. denied her a green card and deported her returned to the U.S. Monday with her American-born son, reuniting with the husband and father they'd been away from for four years.
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