House Democrats temporarily derailed a key GOP-backed plan Friday night that aimed to crack down on illegal immigration in Texas by requiring local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
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Huge news this week on the DREAM Act front: both Illinois and California in the last few days have taken the lead among states—and the federal government—in advancing common-sense positions on immigration reform.
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A day before the Texas House is set to vote on a bill that would ban so-called "sanctuary cities," law enforcement officials from across the state lined up Thursday to oppose the legislation.
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A program that is central to President Obama's strategy to toughen enforcement of immigration laws is facing growing resistance from state governments. Late Wednesday, Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois said he was pulling his state out of the program, known as Secure Communities, the first time a state has...
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An attempt to crack down on illegal immigration through new state laws creating mandatory checks by businesses, police and government agencies appears to be running out of steam, largely over concerns about the costs of the programs.
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State House Republicans turned their backs on owners of small businesses in Colorado this week when they decided to support a bill that would make already struggling entrepreneurs de facto immigration police.
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Teens in Alabama -- does the dance floor at prom seem a little emptier than usual this year? No, it's not just that awful DJ the principal booked. New immigration legislation would prohibit a whole category of classmates from attending.
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For two days this week, Sen. JD Alexander sat behind his desk on the floor of the Florida Senate with a rosary draped across his laptop screen. It was a gift from one of the hundreds of immigrant children and their parents who for weeks visited the state Capitol...
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Two national civil rights law organizations sued the State of Utah on Tuesday, seeking to block a law that gives the police new powers to question people they stop about immigration status. The law, signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert in March, was an effort by legislators to crack...
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May 3, 2011
When Sen. JD Alexander ran into a throng of ubiquitous immigration advocates in the halls of the Florida Senate on Monday, he made an unusual admission: He plans to vote against a provision in an immigration bill he has been tasked with handling but doesn't much like.
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