Defending the state against lawsuits related to Senate Bill 1070 has cost more than $440,000 to date, and outstanding bills could easily add up to an excess of $1 million or more.
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The U.S. risks a slow economy, fraud and a disenfranchised underclass, among other problems, if it renounces birthright citizenship. Countries that have done so have had to reconsider.
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Aug 31, 2010
The Justice Department filed another lawsuit against immigration practices by Arizona authorities, saying Monday that a network of community colleges acted illegally in requiring noncitizens to provide their green cards before they could be hired for jobs.
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Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said today that Arizona's controversial immigration measure does not reflect the beliefs of all Republicans.
Speaking to Spanish-language television network Univision, Steele said this: "The actions of one state's governor is not a reflection of an entire country, nor is it a reflection of...
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The nation's melting pot is a lot more welcoming to immigrants - legal or not - than Arizona. New Yorkers oppose Arizona's new immigration law by a nearly 2-1 margin, although whites in the city were slightly in favor of the controversial plan, a new Daily News/Marist Poll survey...
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A handful of Republican state lawmakers have traveled south to glean advice from Arizona lawmakers on how best to craft illegal-immigration restrictions for Colorado.
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Aug 18, 2010
Arizona legislators are setting aside Gov. Jan Brewer's suggestion that lawmakers consider changing parts of the state's controversial immigration law.
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The Spanish-language press covers a pair of stories of stubbornness in Arizona today, as Sheriff Joe Arpaio refuses to cooperate with a Department of Justice civil-rights investigation and the state legislature decides not to change SB 1070 in light of last month's federal ruling keeping parts of the lawfrom...
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Aug 17, 2010
Implementing proposed immigration legislation modeled after Arizona's controversial law could cost Utah millions of dollars, according to a state senator, who is working on an alternate plan.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was out in front over the weekend as the Administration defended a newly-passed $600 million bill for border security, while Tea Party activists promised not to "stop yelling" about the need for even more money. Elsewhere in the Spanish-language press, Arizona's harsh new anti-immigration...
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