Immigration Law

South Carolina and other states face big challenges in making new laws work. A number of states, including South Carolina, had little trouble passing tough new illegal immigration laws. But putting those laws into play and enforcing them will be … Continue reading →

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s new law targeting illegal immigration took effect last month just as the tourism high season was winding down on the state’s Gulf Coast, leaving many employers in the area unsure of exactly what effect … Continue reading →

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Kingdom met several British lawmakers last week to protest a new immigration law that would disallow thousands of lowly paid migrant caregivers from settling in the UK after five years of work. At … Continue reading →

African-American and Latino community leaders in Alabama came together Saturday in an effort to unite the two communities against the state’s new strict immigration law that they say is tantamount to terrorizing immigrants. In a rally titled …

State and federal immigration laws are making it hard for international companies to do business in Georgia, a panel of legal experts said Saturday at the University of Georgia. “We literally have companies saying ‘I don’t want to do busin … Continue reading →

PHOENIX (AP) — A lawsuit by Gov. Jan Brewer that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state’s border with Mexico was dismissed Friday by a federal judge. In her ruling …

A judge ruled that Arizona can’t defend its immigration law by claiming the U.S. has lost “operational control” over the border, prompting Governor Janice Brewer to say the U.S. Supreme Court should take up the matter. U.S. District Judge …

The countersuit alleged that the federal government has failed to gain “operational control” of the border, is not enforcing federal immigration law, has not adequately reimbursed Arizona for more than $760 million in costs for the state to …

A Beaufort immigrant and a Hilton Head Island advocacy group are asking judges to throw out South Carolina’s new immigration law, scheduled to kick in Jan. 1. About a dozen individuals and organizations, including the Hilton Head-based …

Alabama’s new anti-immigrant law, the nation’s harshest, went into effect last month (a few provisions have been temporarily blocked in federal court), and it is already reaping a bitter harvest of dislocation and fear. Hispanic homes are …