Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel endorsed the DREAM Act on Monday, on the eve of the first-ever Senate hearing on the legislation. "The DREAM Act . . . totally reinforces the values of citizenship," said Emanuel in a phone conference alongside Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
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South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley on Monday signed into law a bill that requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest for another reason and suspect may be in the country illegally.
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A federal judge has blocked the most controversial parts of a tough new Georgia immigration law that was to have taken effect Friday, but left most of the law's provisions intact. The judge, Thomas W. Thrash Jr. of Federal District Court, issued a temporary injunction against two sections, saying...
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that America's children have the right to buy as many violent video games as they want. So, with that, let's dive into our first story of the morning: 1) The Michigan "innovation incubator" is almost ready.
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This morning's Senate DREAM Act hearing featured Ola Kaso, a DREAM Act student with a 4.4 GPA from Detroit, Michigan. Though she was brought to the United States when she was just four years old, just last month she found herself fighting deportation to a country she barely knows....
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Earlier this month, The Associated Press reported that the U.S. agricultural industry was gravely concern about the prospects of E-Verify legislation, which is sponsored by one-third of our "Three Amigos" on immigration: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX):
The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit...
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As we reported last week, the DREAM Act is getting its first-ever Senate hearing tomorrow, despite having been first introduced in 2001 and being reintroduced multiple times since then.
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In the wee hours of Jan. 2, a college student named Angy who lives in Queens posted a long list of resolutions for 2011 on Facebook. Donate blood. Try bungee jumping. See a drag queen perform. Be a better me.…For a 20-year-old young woman, none of it was particularly...
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As Congress debates border funding and governors demand more aid to curb illegal immigration and other problems, government records show that taxpayers have spent $90 billion over 10 years to secure the US-Mexican border.
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Did you know that as early as next year you might not be able to start a new job unless you are first cleared by a federal database? Some background: E-Verify is an electronic employment verification system that employers can use to determine if a new hire (or...
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