Apr 19, 2011
The state's agricultural commissioner said Monday that he will soon begin a thorough study of whether Georgia can legally create its own guest-worker program. Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black said his department will consult officials in Utah, where the state Legislature passed a bill this year that would allow...
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Last week, 22 U.S. Senators urged President Obama to grant administrative relief to qualified DREAM Act students. The response from the Obama administration's Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Munoz told Univision that Obama will not grant this relief "for a group of people on a large scale."...
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The New York Times profiled John Tanton, documenting his role in founding the leading anti-immigrant groups FAIR, CIS and NumbersUSA . The article also exposed Tanton's extremist views and ties white nationalist organizations.
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Georgia has been arresting student activists, ignoring the state's civil rights history, and snubbing protests from business, immigration, and faith groups in order to pass its own state immigration bill, an SB 1070 copycat. The problem? Georgia will soon gain a new seat in Congress, largely due...
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After stops in Boston, Providence, and Chicago, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is taking his 20-city "Change Takes Courage" tour to Detroit, home to our recent coverage of outrageous ICE abuses involving agents stalking elementary schools and strip-searching mothers.
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U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez told a group of Immigration reform supporters on Saturday he's not sure he could back President Barack Obama in 2012 if he doesn't step up efforts to change deportation policy and education opportunities for illegal students.
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Four young undocumented immigrants spoke on a telephone press conference today to urge President Obama to grant relief from deportation to young people who would have been eligible for the DREAM Act, which was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in December, but failed to pass in the...
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said on Friday he would sign into law an Arizona-style immigration bill, a move that would thrust his state into the center of the national debate over securing the country's borders.
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A top official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement met Friday with local immigration reform activists and community leaders about complaints agents are "racially profiling" residents. Community activist Angela Reyes said ICE Director John Morton promised to do a case-by-case and systemic review of the agency's enforcement policies.
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The state of Arizona has moved onto contentious political territory once again with the legislative passage of a bill requiring President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names can appear on the state's ballot.
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