The Associated Press reported this past weekend that on May Day (May 1st), thousands of immigrants and their families marched in cities across the country to persuade the federal government to pass legislation to create a path to citizenship for the over 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. This year’s march resulted in smaller crowds because the swine flu scare [...]

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued a press release yesterday stating that as President Obama renewed his Administration’s pledge to pursue comprehensive immigration reform, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced its intention to refocus its worksite enforcement on criminal prosecutions of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.   The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship led [...]

There are few issues in American politics that are more divisive and hotly debated than the issue of what to do about America’s 12 million illegal immigrants. Both sides have demogogued the issue, but because of the high American unemployment rate you can expect the rhetoric from anti-illegal immigration groups to become even more inflammatory as [...]

The Hill reports that Democrats in the House of Representatives want to renew the debate about illegal immigration this year. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) supports comprehensive immigration reform and has said would like to see a bill passed before the end of the year. “[Reid] believes it is important that we move quickly to [...]

Everyone is wondering whether or not Congress will take up the issue of immigration reform in 2009. There are number of factors that will determine this, none of which has anything directly to do with immigration. Self-Deportation First, the bad economy and recent enforcement measures have caused many illegal aliens to self-deport. This has relieved some [...]