Immigration Law

In a policy session at the conference just hours before Romney’s scheduled speech, a labor organizer with the Service Employees International Union blasted Arizona’s immigration law and other “copycat” laws across the country as legalizing “racial profiling.”

Rubio said Thursday that he never viewed Romney’s comments as actual policy, but rather an “observation of what people will do in a country that is enforcing its immigration laws.” In the six days since President Barack Obama unveiled a … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (RNN) – People hoping to get the Supreme Court’s ruling on the 2010 Affordable Care Act or Arizona’s immigration law will have to wait a little longer. Justices handed down opinions today, but the controversial cases weren’t among their … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s did not rule this morning on Arizona’s tough illegal immigration law, leaving the decision until next week. The high court could rule as early as Monday on the measure and the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

For at least the immediate aftermath of the high court decisions, public attention will be diverted from the struggling economy to two current back-burner issues, illegal immigration and the health-care law that united Republicans in opposition and cost …

Pictures of protests for and against the Arizona immigration law. Things have not been going well for President Obama. Employment news is glum, stock markets have tanked, Europe is facing an economic contagion that could threaten America’s tepid recovery …

And we like it when they come here speaking English.” He did not support the Obama administration’s lawsuit challenging Arizona’s hardline immigration law. And he said that he would veto the DREAM Act that would have given legal status to … Continue reading →

Immigration laws passed by the Alabama Legislature this year could endanger 13,000 jobs in the state, according to a piece in the Huffington Post by Robert Scott, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research for the Economic Policy Institute.

SALT LAKE CITY — Regardless how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, Salt Lake’s police chief worries that lingering perceptions over the fight may be more difficult to deal with than the ruling itself.

As Mitt Romney sought support among conservatives in his party’s primary races this year, he pledged to back an immigration law in Arizona that has drawn a fierce legal challenge from President Obama and the federal government. “The right …