Immigration Reform News

Attempts to create an amnesty-with-penalty program may have failed in Washington last year, but the government has been offering a belated pardon to immigrants who tried to qualify for a program two decades ago and were either unfairly turned away or never received an answer.

A lawsuit alleging many unauthorized immigrants were left out of the 1986 amnesty was settled in September, and as a result, the federal government has agreed to dust off old files and take new applications.

Two former Border Patrol agents were arrested in Mexico after more than two years on the run and were charged in the U.S. with taking bribes to help illegal immigrants cross the border, authorities said Monday.

Arizona businesses seem to be losing interest in illegal immigration issues. Public Opinion Research recently asked a sample of state businesses how critical the illegal immigration issue is to their business.

A California-based immigration reform activist hopes supporters of illegal immigration will follow through on their plans to stage huge rallies in Washington, DC, on January 21, to push the incoming Obama administration for amnesty.

Even though Sanchez told Harris County jailers he was in the country illegally when he was booked on the murder charge in July 2007, he was released on $35,000 bail, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office records.

Now, he was nowhere to be found.

It's bad enough he's got to please American citizens that he lied to, but it appears he also has to placate those who are not citizens as well.

Published November 16, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. Updated November 16, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. HOUSTON - Federal immigration officials let thousands of inmates in the nation's third-most populous county walk out of jail ...

Juan Sanchez's bail in the 2007 murder case of Gregorio Diaz was revoked after he missed a court date.

Federal immigration officials let thousands of inmates in the nation's third-most populous county walk out of jail despite the suspects admitting they were in the U.S. illegally.

The Cherokee County Commission is making another stab at cracking down on illegal immigrants with an ordinance that makes renters prove they're here legally and threatens the business licenses of companies with ...

Barbara Boxer's aide, was charged Wednesday with receiving and distributing child pornography.

Federal immigration officials let thousands of inmates in the nation's third-most populous county walk out of jail despite the suspects admitting they were in the U.S. illegally, a newspaper investigation found.

More than 3,500 inmates told Harris County jailers they were in the country illegally over an eight-month period starting in June 2007, but records show Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed paperwork to detain only about a quarter of them.

Now that a new president has been elected, the local and national debate over immigration reform appears to be edging toward easing harsh enforcement efforts and possibly legalizing millions of illegal immigrants.

How many times have we heard mayors and governors, when faced with complaints regarding illegal aliens, claim that their police officers aren't authorized or trained to enforce immigration laws? Too many times, if you ask me. Well, either these government leaders are too ignorant to to hold office or they're out-and-out lying to the American people.

The Cherokee County Commission is making another stab at cracking down on illegal immigrants with an ordinance that makes renters prove their citizenship and threatens to suspend the business licenses of companies with undocumented workers.

You're gonna love this one!

Americans are “not concerned” that they may lose jobs to illegal aliens in a tight job market, according to speakers at a panel discussion conducted Thursday in Washington, D.C., by the National Council of La Raza.

A 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Sheboygan was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for molesting a 13-year-old girl, a sentence more than double that recommended by prosecutors.

Ah, the policies of sanctuary for young absconders. Aren’t they wonderful?

A teenager accused of stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in a gang-motivated attack had been given sanctuary from deportation under San Francisco’s previous practice of shielding young illegal immigrant felons from federal authorities, records show.

NDN, the successor organization to the New Democratic Movement, believes that Latinos and citizen immigrants are a critical part of a new Democratic coalition that will ensure a Democratic majority for decades.

Youtube is currently sponsoring an amateur journalism contest with the Pulitzer Center (youtube.com/projectreport), and they've recently selected their top ten finalists; one of those is the worthless, formulaic puff piece in support of illegal immigration to the right. The video is specifically about the Agriprocessors immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, and it's even worse than something the MSM would do, because some of the MSM's reports - while also trying to use emotionalism to support illegal activity - have mentioned things like labor abuses and the like. For instance, the Pulitzer choice doesn't mention that Agriprocessors was charged with over 9000 child labor law violations.