Latest Immigration Law News

Nigeria arrests 45 Chinese for illegal trading
Immigration controller for Kano, Emmanuel Udo Ifeadi, referred to the Chinese as "economic scavengers". Ifeadi said they were arrested at a textile market within the city for illegally engaging in trade and they would be repatriated soon. Nigerian law
Updated: 05/24/2012 01:48A

Garfield County sheriff defends illegal immigrant reporting policy
ACLU attorney Rebecca Wallace said Wednesday the cases expose problems with a 2006 state law that requires authorities to report suspected illegal immigrants to ICE at the time they're booked in jail. The law includes a provision to exclude domestic
Updated: 05/24/2012 01:29A

Clarence Page: America's uneasy 'browning'
White supremacist groups have been having a "meltdown," says Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. In an ABC News report, he called the demographic trend "the single most important driver in the growth of hate
Updated: 05/24/2012 12:51A

Clarence Page: America's uneasy 'browning'
White supremacist groups have been having a "meltdown," says Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups. In an ABC News report, he called the demographic trend "the single most important driver in the growth of hate
Updated: 05/24/2012 12:51A

Felicia Persaud : Immigration Korner
Meanwhile, the increased involvement of local law enforcement in immigration enforcement through programs like Secure Communities and state laws like Arizona's SB 1070 and Alabama's HB 56 have fueled fears of the police and other governmental
Updated: 05/24/2012 12:19A

Changes to immigration law ease requirements
Revisions to the immigration law have eased the requirements of state residents to renew vehicle tags and obtain business licenses. “There is substantial progress in this bill,” Gov. Robert Bentley said in a news release, “Burdens on legal residents
Updated: 05/24/2012 12:06A

CBS 7 Special Report: Illegal Immigration 5/23/12
CONCHO COUNTY, TX – Most law enforcement officers will tell you no traffic stop is routine, they never know who they're pulling over or what they'll find. On a Friday evening in Concho County deputies turned up three illegal immigrants, coming from a
Updated: 05/23/2012 11:27P

ACLU: 'Session Full of Attacks on Civil Liberties'
The bill passed the Senate and the House Education Committee, but broad-based opposition, including from House leadership, kept it from moving forward. Repeal of the “Special Access to Discriminate” Law – SUPPORT – SB 2762/HB 2908 would have restored
Updated: 05/23/2012 11:05P

Refugees caught in a dystopian nightmare
Fifty-one men and women have been informed that they have been given adverse security assessments by ASIO. They have received no information about the criteria used by ASIO to conduct the assessment, and no details of the evidence used against them.
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:44P

Millions still uncovered with health law expansion
Washington officials this month voted to spare a health insurance pool for illegal immigrants from the budget chopping block. But those are exceptions. In many communities, advocates for immigrants fear that access to care will erode.
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:40P