America's favorite distraction Sarah Palin continued her will-she-or-won't-she-run-for-President bus tour yesterday with a visit to New York's Ellis Island and the "Statute" of Liberty and took time to ruminate about immigration.
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Rep. Lamar Smith, the Republican Chair of the House Judiciary Committee -- and one of the notoriously anti-immigrant "Three Amigos," just can't help himself when it comes to attacking and demonizing immigrants. Today, This time, Smith -- the GOP's top political strategist for Latino outreach -- is taking on...
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Elier Lara is concentrating on final exams this week and not worrying about his immigration status. The University of Cincinnati honor student has learned that his attorney and the chief deputy counsel for the Department of Homeland Security filed a joint motion requesting dismissal of Lara's deportation case.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he was suspending New York's participation in a federal immigration enforcement plan that has drawn fire from immigrant advocates, civil liberties lawyers and elected officials in the state and around the country.
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In his state of the state speech in February, Gov. Rick Perry declared, "We must establish criminal penalties for employers who knowingly hire workers who are here in violation of immigration law." Tough words, but said with a wink and a nod.
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State lawmakers Wednesday advanced measures that would allow undocumented university students to apply for financial aid, would help police monitor use of social networking websites by sex offenders and would end the fingerprinting of food stamp recipients.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia and other rights groups are preparing to file a lawsuit challenging Georgia's immigration law, which seeks to go after undocumented immigrants. The state chapter of the ACLU said in a statement Wednesday that the groups plan to hold a news conference Thursday...
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Proposed changes to South Carolina's immigration laws would require all businesses to check their workers' legal status by using a federal database, a move that is receiving little resistance from the business community.
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Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that New York will "suspend" its participation in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) controversial Secure Communities program
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It might be his key role in the passage of a law that cost Arizona at least $750 million, or the ongoing news of the Fiesta Bowl football game scandal, or the questionable ties to prison lobbyists—but something is souring Arizonans on state Senate President Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), who...
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