Despite increasing opposition from within his own party, as well as concerns from labor unions, agriculture, and Latino groups, Lamar Smith is pushing onward with his destructive, anti-immigrant "jobs agenda."
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Sep 14, 2011
A judge is allowing Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration to move ahead with a limited investigation to determine whether some immigrants with a New Mexico driver's license still live in the state.
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The workers have been in fine spirits this summer in the small plant where Dexter Guillory cuts up alligator meat to feed the growing demand from Southern restaurants for the swamp creatures' steaks.
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Churches and religious groups opposing the governor's renewed push to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses say their actions are part of a larger and growing advocacy effort aimed at promoting immigration reform on moral grounds.
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Tonight, the President announces to the nation his much-awaited jobs plan. Many Republicans are already protesting; they think they have it all figured out. They're moving ahead with their very own jobs plan, crafted by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), in the form of a...
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Sep 6, 2011
California is on the brink of making a wise investment in its future and delivering a powerful rebuke to poisoned immigration politics at the national level. This week, the Legislature is expected to pass the California Dream Act, a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to receive state-financed college scholarships...
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It's illegal and immoral to take resources from state taxpayers and give them to people without proper documentation, a national Tea Party leader says. H. John Stahl is pushing for legislation in Pennsylvania and other states to ensure that illegal aliens don't get taxpayer-paid benefits such as welfare, take...
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A major part of the state's new immigration enforcement law is triggering some tricky questions -- and confusion -- among Georgia employers. A provision in the law requires many businesses to use the federal E-Verify program to ensure their newly hired employees are eligible to work in the United...
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A federal judge has severed three cases against Alabama's new immigration law, a month after consolidating them. In an order issued Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn said "for case management purposes and ease of appellate review" she was separating suits brought against the law by the U.S...
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