Immigration Reform News

The distressed economy is squeezing illegal Mexican workers out of their low-wage jobs in the United States. And under pressure from Congress, federal agents are moving aggressively to remove illegal immigrants who have committed a crime.

“Under the Immigration and Nationalization Act, Border Patrol agents have the authority to Advertisement question any person believed to be an alien as to his or her right to be or remain in the United States and make an arrest of an alien who the officer has reason to believe is anywhere in the US in violation of immigration laws,” Ramirez said.

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it was revising a program that authorized local police to enforce federal immigration law - a controversial aspect of U.S. border policy. The new guidelines sharply reduce the ability of local law enforcement to arrest and screen suspected illegal immigrants.

Medical tourism usually involves U.S. citizens going abroad to obtain low-cost care for serious conditions.

The Houston Police Department will train a cadre of city jailers to help detain suspected illegal immigrants through the federal government's controversial 287 program, immigration officials announced today.

Multiculturalism proves a deadly mix of racism, social incongruity, irreconcilable ethnic groups and the fabricated presumption that everybody loves everybody else.

It is the responsibility of Homeland Security to enforce the law in a manner that is both reasonable and effective. This week's announcement fails that test.

Well, the Arizona Republic again takes up the case for illegal alien amnesty this morning. In an editorial hilariously captioned “Arizonans can help Obama,” the paper first observes that “[t]he nation’s shattered immigration system reveals itself in jagged shards across Arizona’s landscape…,” ignoring altogether the fact that the only thing broken has been the feckless effort to more vigorously enforce the laws against illegal immigrants unlawfully crossing over the border and purporting to have a “right” to stay here.

As California lawmakers struggle with a budget gap that has now grown to $26.3 billion, one of the hottest topics for many taxpayers is the cost to the state of illegal immigrants.

The Senate on Thursday approved a wide-ranging $42.9 billion measure to pay for improving U.S. border security, clamp down on illegal immigration and beef up cyber security in fiscal 2010.

Two men have been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping after they held as many as 25 illegal immigrants against their will in a single-wide trailer in rural Bastrop County, officials say.

"To say that our nation should deport illegal immigrants, which would alleviate levels of crime, drugs, disease and unemployment that follow them may be considered racist by some. I don't feel that either statement is incorrect, extremist or racist."

"If you are unable or unwilling to do this job, you should step aside and let a law enforcement commander run the Sheriff's Office," said DeStefano, a retired New York City police captain from Patterson.

These words should be on the lips of every citizen.

Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) has supported the E-Verify program in the past, pointing to his own use of it. "If Congress can use it, anybody can use it. It's that simple," he tells FederalNewsRadio.

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its most Orwellian pronouncement yet. They plan to rollback responsible, reasonable workplace verification rules and replace them with unworkable, intrusive, expensive and likely no more effective verification rules.

President Obama will abandon a controversial immigration crackdown, sought by his predecessor, to pressure U.S. companies to fire 9 million workers with suspect Social Security numbers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced yesterday.

Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after the Senate passed his amendment requiring the completion of 700 miles of double-layer physical fencing along the southern U.S. border by December 31, 2010. The amendment was offered to the FY2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill and the vote was passed by a 54 - 44 vote.

“The American people were promised a secure border fence three years ago and it’s time to make it happen,” said Senator DeMint. “Our southern border has become a battleground for illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human trafficking, and it’s vulnerable to terrorists. Unfortunately, our government has dragged its feet for years and tried to use untested and unsecure ‘virtual’ fencing instead of actual, physical fencing. Our first priority must be national security, and we can only achieve that goal with secure borders. I’m pleased with the strong bipartisan vote in favor of a finishing a real border fence next year. I will work to ensure no one cuts or weakens this important provision in conference.”

By Maria Leon PHOENIX - The population of Hispanic prisoners has grown by 28 percent since 2004 in the jails of Arizona's Maricopa County, an increase resulting from the enforcement of state laws against illegal immigration.

Undercover deputies have arrested two illegal immigrants advertising fraudulent documents for sale, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.

“When criminals make and then sell fake identifications it allows the people who buy them to get jobs and live in our community under fake aliases,” said Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones in a release issued today, July 8. “These are tough economic times and we will continue being committed to stop these kind of crimes from occurring.”

The state Supreme Court today ruled that county prosecutors may seek bail increases on illegal aliens charged with crimes who they believe face imminent deportation.