Aug 14, 2011
Governor Cuomo heard the call of community leaders and pulled New York out of Secure Communities. DHS, however, has just taken action against the people and elected leaders of New York, attempting to force the state (and all states) to participate, whether they want to or not.
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LOS ANGELES State lawmakers considered a record number of immigration-related bills this year, highlighting their continued frustration with federal government inaction on immigration laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is facing a Wednesday deadline to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider her appeal of a lower court's ruling that put parts of the state's aggressive anti-illegal immigration law on hold. Brewer, a Republican, vowed this spring to take the case to the high...
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An American immigration agent bounded up the steps of a bus about to cross the United States-Mexico border recently and demanded to see the papers of all those aboard. "Papers!" he shouted, eyeing passengers warily as he walked up and down the aisle.
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Aug 8, 2011
A federal appeals court has vacated its ruling that declared a northeastern Pennsylvania city's illegal immigration law to be unconstitutional, setting the stage for a new round of arguments. The move by the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday was expected after the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Ever since portions of Georgia's controversial anti-immigration law took effect, the volume of the protests seems to have subsided. But that may be about to change. Georgia's new law has caught the attention of activists from across the country.
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Lawsuits by churches, the U.S. government and civil-rights groups seeking to stop Alabama from enforcing new restrictions on illegal immigrants will be heard as one. U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn in Birmingham, Alabama, ordered the cases' consolidation yesterday. Episcopal, Roman Catholic and Methodist bishops.
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In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the state's controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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For months, civil and immigrant rights groups have urged the Obama administration to join their court fight against Georgia's tough new law targeting illegal immigration. A group of Atlanta-area immigration attorneys went so far as to sue the White House in federal court here, seeking to compel it to...
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The Department of Justice is putting a stop to the madness in Alabama, and is challenging the state's very anti-immigrant law, HB 56. From the press release yesterday: "Today's action makes clear that setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration laws is a national responsibility that cannot be addressed through...
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