The New York Times reported recently that the federal government will file a lawsuit to challenge the new Arizona immigration law that is scheduled to become effective on July 29th.  The law authorizes Arizona law enforcement to inquire about the immigration status of any individual they arrest, detain, or question that is reasonably suspected of being in the [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported this past Friday that five lawsuits have been filed against the Arizona immigration law since its Governor signed it into law in April of this year.  The Governor was sued personally in four of those lawsuits. The law, which goes into effect on July 29th, requires law enforcement in the course of their duties, to question an individual’s immigration status [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported that recently in Boston, immigrant students, the majority of them undocumented, gathered on the steps of the State Capitol voicing for the passage of immigration reform, particularly, the DREAM Act. Although rallies such as this have occurred in the past few years, this time, these students are taking a slightly different approach.  That approach [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to ban new contracts with companies headquartered in Arizona and, to review contracts that the county could cancel. The decision resulted in Los Angeles County to become the most recent governmental entity protest Arizona’s harsh new law criminalizing the presence of undocumented immigrants.  The city governments of Los [...]

The Houston Chronicle reported recently that thousands of people from around the country rallied in the Phoenix, AZ area last week to protest a new and harsh law that will take effect on July 29th enforcing the federal immigration laws on a state level.   Demonstrators called on the federal government to stop the state of Arizona from enforcing the new [...]

The New York Times reported today that the State of Arizona’s House of Representatives approved a measure yesterday that would crackdown on illegal immigration in their state.  The Arizona Senate approved the measure back in February and the bill will be sent to the Governor for signature. If signed into law, Arizona would be the first state to criminalize an immigrant’s failure to have and present a valid immigration document. State [...]

The Washington Times reported today that while the President and Senators Schumer and Graham push to have an immigration reform bill passed this year, they claim that an important component to pass the bill is missing, that is another Republican to co-sponsor the bill. Congressional insiders known to key Senators Like Jon Kyl, and Harry Reid agree that this time around, [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that President Obama applauded Senators Schumer and Graham for releasing their plan yesterday to put in motion an immigration reform bill.  The next step is to turn that plan into a bill and, for Congress to act on it as quickly as possible. Senators Schumer and Graham’s plan calls for undocumented immigrants to come forward, admit [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that anti-immigrant lawmakers in the Arizona Legislature banded together and introduced legislation to criminalize the presence of undocumented immigrants in their state. If the legislation becomes law, Arizona would be the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by means expanding the definition of  trespassing. The law would state and local law enforcement to determine the  immigration [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported recently that the system both Congress and the President direct employers to use called E-Verify to combat the hiring of illegal immigrants, is actually failing to identify over half of the unauthorized workers it checks, a research company named Westat has found. The research company found that E-Verify failed to detect so many illegal workers mainly because the system [...]