Immigration Law

One Year After Governor Signed Nation’s Worst Immigration Law, Alabama Still Has Not Learned From Its Mistakes – Think Progress

It has been one year since Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed HB 56, the nation’s most harmful immigration measure, into law. He praised the bill after signing it on June 9, 2011, calling it the “toughest bill in the country.” … Continue reading

Georgia’s Accidental Immigration Activist – FOX News

When Bridges heard snippets about a plan that fellow Republican lawmakers in his state were working on to crack down on illegal immigration, he was firmly in favor of the idea. ?I was all for it,? Bridges says about Georgia?s … Continue reading

Immigrant Advocates: Obama’s Deportation Policoes Have Failed – NPR News

Republicans say the administration is trying to circumvent immigration laws to grant amnesty and blocked the Senate’s passage of the DREAM Act bill in 2010. (The DREAM Act would establish a path to citizenship for young people brought to U.S. … Continue reading

Obama’s Deportation Policies Have Failed, Immigrant Advocates Say – NPR News

Republicans say the administration is trying to circumvent immigration laws to grant amnesty and blocked the Senate’s passage of the DREAM Act bill in 2010. (The DREAM Act would establish a path to citizenship for young people brought to the … Continue reading

SB 1070 ruling could come soon – ABC 15 News

The U.S. Supreme Court could rule as early as Monday on Arizona’s controversial immigration law: SB 1070.  The court has scheduled a session beginning at 7:00 a.m. Arizona time which could include its ruling on the Obama administration’s challenge to … Continue reading

Kuck: Odds favor Arizona in immigration case – The Business Journal

In a case the justices are expected to decide by the end of this month, the federal government is asking the court to overturn a broader immigration-enforcement law enacted by the Arizona legislature. If the court rejects the administration’s …

Supreme Court Saves Best for Last – Wall Street Journal

Arizona immigration: The court’s final argument of the term, on April 25, involved Arizona’s tough anti-immigration law. The justices suggested they were ready to uphold at least one part of the law—a provision directing police to check …

California, Florida Consider Law Licenses for Illegal Immigrants – Wall Street Journal

But federal law doesn’t require those who hire independent contractors to ask for proof of immigration status. Stephen Yale-Loehr, a law professor at Cornell Law School, told the Associated Press that a client who pays for services isn’t …

Immigration taps deep source anger in commenters — whatever is reported – Everything Alabama Blog

Do they take jobs from legal citizens? Yes. Libs say they only work jobs no legal citizens will take. After the law passed, a chicken processing plant lost 130 employees. They held a job fair and over 200 attended to … Continue reading

Israel rounds up African migrants for deportation – Reuters

The goal is to repatriate all the estimated 60,000 African migrants, whose growing numbers are seen by many Israelis as a law and order issue and even … from the moment you come to immigration authorities and say you will … Continue reading