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05/15/12 N.M. Gov. Susana Martinez criticizes Romney’s ‘self-deportation’ idea Mitt Romney was already facing a hard time within his party when it comes to his stance on illegal immigration. Now, the presumptive GOP nominee faces criticism on the issue from a potential running mate, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R).

05/15/12 California immigration plan to legalize workers faces hurdles In the past two years, Arizona and five other red states made national waves and raised constitutional questions by passing laws designed to crack down on illegal immigration

05/12/12 Border Patrol chief unveils new plan to address illegal immigration Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said at a House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing Tuesday that the country's 21,000 Border Patrol agents will refocus on information and intelligence gathering in the agency's new four-year strategy. The agency will also try to develop a better measurement

05/12/12 California immigration plan to legalize workers faces hurdles In the past two years, Arizona and five other red states made national waves and raised constitutional questions by passing laws designed to crack down on illegal immigration. Now, lawmakers in the biggest blue state are poised to focus the immigration spotlight in another direction.

05/07/12 Proposal would give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants There is a new movement in Colorado that could let illegal immigrants apply for driver's licenses

05/07/12 Controversy on illegal immigrant tactics The Department of Homeland Security says 41 percent of illegal immigrants try to re-enter the United States after they've been deported.

05/03/12 A look at how Congress has dealt with immigration 1986: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 both tightens controls on illegal immigration and extends amnesty for many illegal immigrants. It requires that employers attest to employees' immigration status and make it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants

04/29/12 Federal government needs to take action on illegal immigration Net immigration from Mexico has plummeted to zero thanks to changing demographic and economic conditions on both sides of the border”, according to the Wall Street Journal on April 25. That said, our federal government needs to take three immediate proactive steps to further address our country’s lax immigration policies

04/28/12 An end to the border wars The illegal immigration problem is going away. That’s the conclusion I draw from the latest report of the Pew Hispanic Center on Mexican immigration to the United States. Pew’s demographers have carefully combed through statistics compiled by the US Census Bureau, the Department of Homeland Security and the...

04/28/12 Mexican president says some US efforts to control illegal immigration unfair to immigrants Mexican President Felipe Calderon said during a speech Wednesday evening that while he respects U.S. laws designed to control illegal immigration, he's against statutes like Arizona's controvers

04/28/12 AP: Arizona migrant case could lead to sweeping changes The United States could see an official about-face in the coming months in how it confronts illegal immigration.

04/23/12 New Report from FAIR Finds that Illegal Immigration Costs Ohio $878 Million a Year A new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that providing education, health care, law enforcement, and social and government services

04/18/12 Obama Calls Romney's Stance on Immigration 'Very Troublesome' and Promises Immigration Reform in Second Term President Barack Obama attacked Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday over his stance on illegal immigrants and promised to pursue broad immigration reform if he wins another term

04/18/12 Judicial Watch Sues Department of Homeland Security for Records Regarding President's Illegal Alien Uncle Onyango Obama Judicial Watch , the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, Judicial Watch v. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:12-cv-00346) , against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records related to President Obama's illegal alien uncle ...

04/18/12 Immigration plan may aid GOP Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation looks like the answer to the election-year prayers of the GOP — and Mitt Romney.

04/12/12 Obama looks to Americas summit to lift Latino support  President Barack Obama takes his re-election campaign to Colombia this weekend, using the Summit of the Americas as a platform to tout his trade record and convince millions of Hispanic voters back home he cares about the region. Spending time with leaders in Cartagena 

04/11/12 Critics pounce on Hilary Clinton after immigration comments in Vegas Answering a shout from a man in the crowd who said, "I'm married to an illegal woman," Clinton shot back, "No woman is illegal,"

04/11/12 VA DMV official sentenced for assisting illegals obtain licenses Roberto Lainez has been sentenced to 46 months for assisting illegal aliens in obtaining Virginia driver's licenses

04/09/12 As tide of illegal immigrants goes home, will US economy suffer? The steady stream of immigrant workers who used to line up at Tim Dunn's Arizona farm, ready to pick vegetable seed crops like black-eyed peas and garbanzo beans, has mostly dried up

04/07/12 Allegation: ICE fast-tracks amnesty for illegal aliens to clear immigration-court backlog With only 254 immigration judges available to hear 300,000 cases currently somewhere in the immigration judicial system, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun a review of its to determine who may be eligible for a type of ICE amnesty known as “administrative closure.”

04/07/2012 Agents arrest more than 3,000 criminal immigrants in sweep Agents arrested 3,168 people in the biggest sweep of an operation targeting criminal and fugitive immigrants for deportation, immigration officials said on Monday. The roundup last week was the third "Cross Check" sweep since May 2011

04/04/12 Utah seeks to study costs, benefits of illegal immigration  Utah seeks to study costs, benefits of illegal immigration By david montero The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 2, 2012 06:41PM MDT The committee established by the Legislature to study and advise on immigration voted unanimously Monday to seek bids for a report that would do a cost-benefit analysis of illegal immigration in Utah. Lt. Gov. Greg Bell, who heads the Utah Commission on Immigration

03/30/12 Immigration courts to close while ICE reviews deportation cases The Obama administration has suspended immigration-court dockets in Seattle and three other cities while government attorneys review thousands of deportation cases, with an eye out for those who may qualify for a reprieve.

03/26/12 11.5 million illegal immigrants in US: official Some 11.5 million foreigners are living in the United States without proper immigration documents, according to estimates released Friday by the US Department of Homeland Security.

03/26/12 Illegal-immigration population in Arizona plunges since 2008 The size of Arizona's undocumented-immigrant population has dropped significantly in recent years and is now near its lowest level in a decade, according to new government estimates

03/22/12 ICE: Man uses Craigslist to recruit human smugglers Federal authorities busted a Mexican national accused of using Craigslist to recruit coyotes for his human smuggling outfit. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested José Gustavo Diaz Velasquez, 29, on March 14 amid an investigation into someone using Craigslist to recruit...

03/20/12 New Alabama Opinion Poll Shows Broad Support for State Immigration Enforcement Law A statewide opinion poll of likely Alabama voters, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, finds broad support for the state's immigration enforcement law, HB 56. The survey of 500 likely voters was commissioned by the Federation for...

03/20/12 Recalled Ariz. senator who sponsored tough immigration law says he'll seek new district's seat  The architect of Arizona's tough immigration laws is running for the state Senate again, four months after he lost his seat in a recall election.

03/17/12 A kinder, gentler immigrant detention center  A minimum-security facility in Texas could be a model for fairer treatment of detainees who haven't committed serious crimes. Angry critics disagree. As prisons go, the detention center that opened in southern Texas last week may be a pleasant surprise for illegal immigrants and others awaiting possible deportation.

03/17/12 Illegal immigrant running for student body president at Texas A&M Illegal immigrant running for student body president at Texas A&M Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle

03/17/12 FOX NEWS LATINO POLL: Almost half of Latino voters find 'illegal immigrant' offensive - Latinos say presidential ...  How people feel about illegal immigration is often conveyed by the word they choose to refer to people who cross the border illegally.

03/12/12 Obama: Five More Years to Pass Immigration Reform President appears optimistic about 2012 campaign during interview when pressed about immigration policies NBA Star Helps Obama Raise Money POWER PLAY: Obama Ignites Next Gas-War Battle Romney Focuses on Economy Before Key Contests Gingrich Tweaks Rivals for Debate Performances

03/12/12 FOX NEWS LATINO POLL- Almost half of Latino voters find 'illegal immigrant' offensive - Latinos say presidential  How people feel about illegal immigration is often conveyed by the word they choose to refer to people who cross the border illegally. To some, they are undocumented workers. Others call them illegal immigrants. Some call them by more pejorative terms, such as "illegals" or "illegal aliens."

03/12/12 Who will win over America's Latino voters?  More than half of U.S. population growth is being fueled by the Latino community, and they are an increasingly important voting constituency. Above, President Obama speaks about immigration

03/05/12 Illegal immigration factoring into presidential race in Arizona The state has gone to a Democrat only once in a presidential election since 1948. But immigration activists are hoping to boost Latino voter registration and turn Arizona into a battleground state

03/05/12 New round of immigration battles to take place in South The Deep South, already the nation's hottest illegal immigration battleground, will see more action in the coming days, with Mississippi considering an Alabama-style immigration crackdown bill and a federal appeals court set to consider Thursday whether the Alabama law, and a similar one

03/03/12 AZ State may issue border warnings  Arizonans used to getting travel warnings about Rocky Point and Guaymas may soon be hearing advisories about Green Valley and Bisbee. On a voice vote Friday, the state House approved legislation to have the head of the state Department of Homeland Security monitor intelligence from various sources to determine if they indicate “any type of ...

02/28/12 11th Circuit Court of Appeal to hear arguments on Alabama's new immigration law The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta is scheduled on Thursday to hear arguments from the state and federal government over Alabama's new

02/24/12 Los Angeles police chief:  Illegal Immigrants Should Get Licenses LA Police Chief Charlie Beck said he supports giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in California to improve roadway safety. 

02/24/12 GOP candidates want more on illegal immigration  The Republican candidates say more must be done to combat illegal immigration. The topic was a natural for Wednesday night's debate in Mesa, Ariz. 

02/20/12 Illegal immigrants returning to Alabama as deportation threats ease Ana Jimenez and her husband were so terrified of being sent back to their native Mexico when Alabama’s tough crackdown on illegal immigrants took effect that they fled more than 2,000 miles to Los Angeles, cramming into a two-bedroom apartment with more than 20 other relatives.

02/16/12 U.S. settles suit over 2007 New Haven immigration raids Eleven men who claimed immigration agents violated their rights in 2007 raids on their neighborhood have won a $350,000 settlement from the U.S. government, which also agreed to halt deportation proceedings against the plaintiffs, their lawyers said Tuesday. 

02/16/12 Hispanics out West a tougher sell for Romney Mitt Romney took a hard line on illegal immigration, was labeled anti-immigrant and had a national network of Hispanic Republicans come out against him, yet he won Florida's primary by carrying more than half of Hispanics who voted - better than he did among whites.

02/13/12 Latinos benefiting the most from U.S. job growth After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos and find work elsewhere. Then Qintana got a call last month from Chevron Mining, which runs a mine 20 miles away. 

01/17/12 Ariz. sheriff to appeal decision in profiling case An Arizona sheriff known for his anti-illegal immigration tactics is appealing a federal judge's ruling that prohibited his deputies from detaining people under the state's immigrant-smuggling law based solely on the suspicion that they're in the country illegally

01/17/12 Some illegal immigrants might stay n a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation...

01/10/12 As Obama tweaks policy on illegal immigrants, will Latino voters swoon?  Obama moves to make it easier for some illegal immigrants to obtain legal status, dismantling hurdles set by congressional Republicans. The step is likely to shore up his support among Latino voters, but it could also polarize the country. 

01/08/12 Perry Names Controversial Arizona Sheriff to Campaign In a move to reassure conservatives who think he’s soft on illegal immigration, Gov. Rick Perry announced on Friday that controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will chair his campaign in Arizona.

01/08/12 Obama's immigration move may have political benefit on 2 fronts President Obama's plan to ease rules for some illegal immigrants is likely to shore up his standing among crucial Latino voters while igniting a new fight with Republicans as he seeks reelection

01/03/12 L.A. arson probe: Police examine immigration link to case The "person of interest" detained for questioning in a string of arson fires is a native of Germany who may have been in dispute with federal immigration officials, sources said. 

01/03/12 Make your vote count: It's deadline to register for Florida's presidential primary The deadline is relevant mostly for Republican voters, who face a hotly contested fight for their party's presidential nomination.

12/31/11 New fencing doesn’t stop illegal crossings A decade ago, when illegal immigration from Mexico was at an all-time high, this stretch of border was as good a place as any to sneak into the United States. Migrants and smugglers could slip through the alfalfa fields outside town or plow their pickup trucks through the desert, where the biggest worries were stuck tires and getting safely across the irrigation canals