Obama Admin Deports Domestic Violence Victims, Non-Criminals

So, this shouldn’t be news to you, but here it is: the Obama Administration’s Secure Communities didn’t just target the “criminals” supposedly meant to be deported through the program, but […]

Is Georgia becoming the new Arizona? An immigration bill that parrots Arizona’s infamous sb1070 is making news in that state. Even while the Arizona law has been successfully challenged in federal court and a […]

Go figure. I’m not sure what to file this story under. A cop in Anchorage, Alaska, the state’s largest city, has been discovered to have been living under a false identity. […]

Here’s another take on why local enforcement of federal immigration laws is a bad idea. This comes from The News Courier, in Athens, Alabama: The sheriff (Mike Blakely) said the combination of […]

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) defended the guest worker program that he signed into law earlier this year after the state’s legislature passed it as part of an overall immigration […]

Professional Latino/a? Bilingual? Looking for a job? You may want to try Tennessee. The  Latino population in that state grew by 134 percent, to 290,000. And while that may not […]

Remember the Utah immigration law? It hasn’t been that long. It’s the law that was approved last month by the Utah legislature that made room for a guest worker program and […]

President Barack Obama held an immigration forum today that invited leaders from across the country — except for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Invitees included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, […]

Have you got about 6 minutes or so? The Tucson Citizen posted a video produced by filmmaker Dennis Gilman that captures the rawness of the anti-immigrant movement in Arizona. It’s titled “Beyond 1070: The […]

I’m not sure if the proper attitude is to say “It’s about time,” or “better late than never.” President Barack Obama has organized a meeting at the White House to discuss immigration […]