Illegal immigration

The Hill reports that the "illegal immigration issue is emerging as the biggest threat to passing healthcare reform in the House." Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are upset with a last-minute threat to "bolster the House bill's immigration restrictions to match those included in the Senate Finance bill.  

Did somebody try to kill Lou Dobbs? The CNN commentator is implying that the answer is yes, using his show to link an Oct. 5 incident in which his home was hit by a bullet to the controversial stand he routinely takes against illegal immigration....  

Immigration activists and Hispanic groups are demanding that President Obama deliver on his promised comprehensive package of immigration reform.Already, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) has derided federal sweeps of illegal aliens as “un-American.” And recently the Obama administration stripped the federal authority of Arizona’s controversial Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, to make immigration arrests.Yet expect the public to...  

PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of a group of neo-Nazis has announced a planned march for this weekend at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. National Socialist Movement commander Jeff Schoep said his group will be protesting against illegal...  

Over half of Mexican nationals polled in a recent survey by Zogby International say that amnesty would create a massive influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico.  With Mexico being the major source nation for illegal immigrants, this should serve as a wake up call to those in Congress calling for amnesty.  Yet, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and others continue to claim that legalization measures within comprehensive immigration reform are the...  

Federal immigration authorities are crediting a crucial team effort with local law enforcement agencies nationwide for a substantial increase in the number of criminally convicted illegal aliens in the last year.  The Department of Homeland Security’s largest investigative agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reports that agents assigned to find fugitives who have ignored deportation orders have increasingly apprehended illegal...  

Derek Quizon Thursday, November 5, 2009 In the midst of the latest Congressional push for immigration reform, the debate over illegal immigration is becoming more heated than ever before. In the midst of the latest Congressional push for immigration reform, the debate over illegal immigration is becoming more heated than ever before. This is the third of a three-part series on illegal immigration in Arizona and its effects on the state, the...  

CNN featured pro-illegal immigration activist Isabel Garcia of Tucson, Arizona on two programs on Wednesday night, and inadvertently caught her giving inconsistent answers regarding a 2008 protest where she participated in the beating and decapitation of a pinata effigy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona [audio clips from programs available here]. Correspondent Soledad O’Brien featured Garcia in the first segment of her ‘Latino...  

The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants. Hundreds of people lined up outside an immigration office in St. Maarten on Wednesday, the third day of the ...  

Just like he said he would, Sheriff Joe Apraio is setting the standard for illegal immigration law enforcement, even it if means defying the feds. SURPRISE — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for cracking down on people in the...  

The recent story about immigration enforcement raises some questions. Is it the S.C. Chamber of Commerce’s admission that it knows businesses are knowingly hiring illegal immigrants? With so many American citizens out of a job?  

San Francisco has taken its acclaimed illegal immigrant sanctuary status a huge step further by passing legislation that forces police and probation officers to violate federal law in order to protect undocumented youth criminals.  The measure, overwhelmingly approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week, requires that underage illegal aliens arrested and charged with felonies actually be convicted before police could turn them...  

A new stimulus-funded task force targeting criminal illegal immigrants in Utah has helped rid the state that has long offered sanctuary to the undocumented of violence, gangbangers, weapons and other serious public safety threats. Created by the state legislature a few months ago, the SECURE Strike Force pursues only illegal aliens who commit major crimes and not the hard-working “housemaids” or “lawn workers,” according to Utah law...  

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to bar law enforcement officials from handing juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government unless they have been convicted of a felony. Twenty years ago, San Francisco enacted a "sanctuary city" ordinance requiring, in part, that local agencies not consider immigration status when dealing with young offenders. But Mayor Gavin Newsom changed the policy in the summer of 2008...  

Too many people on the liberal side of the fence argue that illegal immigration is a racial issue. People who want to protect the US borders are inspired by racism, trying to keep out Hispanics (this is a different kind of racism than you are accused of if you disagree with the POTUS)Of course fighting immigration is not a race issue. Illegal immigration is a law and order and anti-terrorism issue. People forget that the Jhadist Hosam Maher...