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Governor Bentley Signs Immigration Law Revisions
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Friday signed House Bill 658, a bill designed to simplify and clarify Alabama 's existing immigration law, commonly known as House Bill 56. “We needed to make House Bill 56 better. And over the course of the
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:56P
ICE Social Media Presence Surges Amid Undocumented Immigrants News
The culprit: a revelation of an unprecedented federal program that would allow law enforcement to access the fingerprints of undocumented immigrants in the state's jails--a policy that is running into opposition from pro-immigration activists as well
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:43P
The row over “fire at will” exposes coalition tensions
This is still in limbo having been in Labour's Equalities Act but is as yet not implemented. * A new online immigration system to enter details of any immigrant who applies for a new position, which would ease the burden on future employers.
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:29P
US top court rules for govt on immigrants' residence
The Supreme Court's opinion, written by Justice Elena Hagan, accepted the government's position. She concluded in the 13-page opinion that the view of the government's Board of Immigration Appeals was based on a permissible interpretation of the law,
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:28P
Exclusive: Luis Gutierrez on Obama's Deportations, Rubio's Dream Act, & Romney
Congressman, when Barack Obama ran for President, he promised that within his first term, he would pass immigration reform legislation. He has not done anything close to that—he has not even made it a priority. GUTIRREZ: And so, when…
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:22P
Exclusive: Luis Gutierrez on Obama's Deportations, Rubio's Dream Act, & Romney
Congressman, when Barack Obama ran for President, he promised that within his first term, he would pass immigration reform legislation. He has not done anything close to that—he has not even made it a priority. GUTIRREZ: And so, when…
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:22P
Illegal immigration: Youths emerge from the shadows
From California to New York, children of families who live here illegally are “coming out” — marching behind banners that say “undocumented and unafraid,” staging sit-ins in federal offices, and getting arrested outside federal immigration courts and
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:19P
US top court rules for govt. on immigrants' residence
Under federal immigration law, people who have been lawful permanent residents in the United States for at least five years and have lived continuously in the country for seven years can seek leniency from the government when facing deportation.
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:13P
CORRECTED-US top court rules for govt. on immigrants' residence
(Corrects spelling of Kagan's name in paragraph 11) * Obama administration appealed to the Supreme Court * Issue involved residency requirements and deportation * Whether children can count time of parents in US By James Vicini WASHINGTON,
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:13P
1 dead, 19 hurt in riot at privately run illigal immigration prison in Mississippi
A privately run prison in Mississippi for illegal immigrants remained on lockdown Monday after a riot that began a day earlier left one guard dead and at least 19 people injured, officials said. All of the roughly 2500 inmates were secured in their
Updated: 05/21/2012 12:10P
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