Immigration Law

After the Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s law allowing police to check immigration status of those they stop in the course of their duties, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they want to see their own states enact the same kinds … Continue reading →

In his first congressional appearance since the Supreme Court ruling on the Arizona immigration law, the chief immigration enforcement official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tuesday promoted expansion of Secure Communities and defended cuts …

These actions come on the heels of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to leave standing a provision of Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law that requires police to check the status of people they stop for another reason, if they … Continue reading →

With power comes responsibility, and the sound exercise of national power over immigration depends on the Nation’s meeting its responsibility to base its laws on a political will informed by searching, thoughtful, rational civic discourse.”

On the other, it’s home to publicity savvy Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made his name by strictly enforcing, some say overstepping, immigration laws. Last month, the Supreme Court struck down much of the state’s immigration enforcement law known …

Justice Antonin Scalia bought into this scenario in his dissent from the Court’s decision striking down portions of the Arizona law: he wrote that the state was entitled to beef up immigration enforcement if “the citizens of Arizona believe …

When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the key provision of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law last month, opponents of the measure were encouraged that the court left the door open for future lawsuits once the law goes into effect. But legal … Continue reading →

If you do any hiring in South Carolina and you don’t run new hires through a federal database, the government could shut you down. It’s called the eVerify database, and now, state regulators are looking for employers who are not … Continue reading →

Opposed; said law, key parts of which the Supreme Court has struck down, undermines notion of fairness. “What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform. A patchwork of state laws is not a … Continue reading →

LONDON: New immigration laws imposed by the British government forced frantic British Pakistanis to hold last-minute weddings. Hundreds of Pakistani families flew back to Pakistan as they were compelled to plead and complete the paperwork before the …