Tag: Immigration law
Mehrdad Azemun, of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, speaking at Capitol news conference, applauded House Democrats for introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill. But a critic...
Study: Vast majority of immigrants want to become citizens, few do
Petra Falcon, director of Promise Arizona, said the process of getting citizenship is costly and cumbersome, deterring many immigrants who would otherwise apply. (Cronkite News Service...
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McCain says immigration reform will create jobs
Sen. John McCain. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Sen. John McCain is trying to convince Arizona business leaders to support immigration reform by touting its impact on...
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ACLU to unveil app on Ariz. immigration law
Want to report immigration abuses in Arizona? There’s an app for that. KPHO-TV reports that a new mobile app aimed at reporting abuses stemming from the state’s harsh SB1070 immigration...
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Nation getting new look at Brewer
Problems surface over Arizona’s 2007 employer sanction immigration law
[caption id="attachment_45089" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial immigration law S.B. 1070, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington April 24. (AP Photo/J. Scott...
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McCain: Immigration law wouldn’t negate Arizona law
[caption id="attachment_58102" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In this photo provided by CBS News, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., appears, Sunday, April 7, 2013, on CBS' "Face the Nation" in Washington. McCain, a leader...
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McCain, other US senators tour Mexico border
[caption id="attachment_57769" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tour the Nogales port of entry during their tour of the Mexico border with the...
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Feds to make arguments over SB1070
A federal court is allowing lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice to participate in arguments on April 2 over Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s bid to overturn a ruling that...
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Arizona Democrats again seek to repeal SB1070
Homeland Security secretary to visit Arizona border
[caption id="attachment_56296" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano speaks in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine hangar in El Paso, Texas, on...
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Feds chime in on Arizona’s immigrant harboring ban
Federal authorities have asked an appeals court to reject Arizona’s bid to overturn a ruling that bars enforcement of a minor section of the state’s 2010 immigration law prohibiting the...