Feb 15, 2012
Kansas lawmakers are debating several bills that address what to do about the state's undocumented immigrants, an issue that is dividing Republicans in the state. Kansas business groups want a program that would allow undocumented immigrants to work in hard-to-fill jobs in agriculture and other industries.
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The Justice Department is reviewing Georgia's tough new immigration law and is discussing it with businessmen and law enforcement officials here, but it has not decided to sue to block the statute like it has in four other states, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West said Tuesday.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear arguments on April 25 on the power of states to adopt tough immigration laws, concluding the term's scheduled oral arguments with a major case pitting Arizona against the Obama administration.
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The pragmatism so characteristic of the Midwest is again in evidence as communities adjust to how immigration is changing the nation, in striking contrast with some other parts of the country. But the Midwest has just as big a stake in fixing the nation's broken immigration system as those...
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Mitt Romney may be eager to have Kris Kobach around as an adviser and endorser, but not everyone is as enthusiastic about the prospect of such ties.
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IN AN article I wrote last week on Alabama's immigration law, I referred to Samuel Addy, an economist at the University of Alabama who was trying to determine the overall costs of the law. Mr Addy has just released his cost-benefit analysis, and it makes for compelling—and, at nine...
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Duck if you're headed into the state of Kansas. Mixed signals are flying fast. On the subject of undocumented immigrants, officials are all over the place. The secretary of agriculture wants to put them to work. The secretary of state wants to deport them. The governor vows to eradicate...
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That April 10 nearly six years ago was one of Jaime Contreras's defining moments. People arrived on the Mall by the tens of thousands, waving American flags and chanting in Spanish, "Yes, we can!"
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While Kris Kobach his wreaking havoc on the immigrant families and the economies of other states, the Agriculture Secretary in Kansas wants to create a program to allow undocumented immigrants to work.
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More on Alabama and the HB 56 anti-immigrant law today: This American Life at NPR radio has a great broadcast entitled "Reap What You Sow" – a comprehensive story about life in Alabama under HB 56.
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