The New York Times reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) who are responsible for identifying and apprehending immigrants who have ignored deportation orders, have recently been arresting more immigrants with criminal records. Statistics from the USICE has shown that in the past 3 years, over 70% of immigrants arrested by USICE agents had no criminal histories. About 45% of the approximately 35,000 immigrants [...]

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported yesterday that the implementation of the final rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to begin using its E-Verify system has been postponed to September 8, 2009.  The rule was first published on November 14, 2008 in the Federal Register requiring federal contractors and sub-contractors to agree to electronically verify the employment eligibility [...]

Change you can believe in? More of the same? You decide. The Houston Chronicle reports that President Obama’s choice to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says he wants to continue the Bush administration’s E-Verify system. Here’s what John Morton said in his Senate confirmation hearing last week: “We cannot make sustained reductions in illegal immigration without [...]

The Washington Post reported this past Sunday that Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security has delayed proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions to be carried out by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) at U.S. workplaces.  “ICE is now scrutinizing these cases more thoroughly to ensure that [targets] are being taken down when they should be taken [...]

The Chicago Tribune reports today that, Inside an Albany Park church on Saturday, Cardinal Francis George is expected to publicly urge the Obama administration to end immigration raids across the country, part of a renewed push for federal immigration reforms that has been gaining steam. This week, President Barack Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus [...]