As Dems lay low, GOP hits Obama on Arizona lawsuit

Republicans denounced the Obama administration's challenge of Arizona's new immigration law Tuesday, a fresh sign they may try to paint Democrats this fall as soft on illegal border crossings.

Feds file lawsuit over Arizona immigration law

The Obama administration sued Arizona July 6 to throw out the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law and keep other states from copying it. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Phoenix, said the law usurps the federal government's "pre-eminent authority" under the Constitution to regulate immigration.

AZ politicians split on Obama immigration speech

Reaction in Arizona to President Barack Obama's immigration speech generally split along party lines on Thursday, with Republicans blasting his remarks on the state's new law and Democrats calling his approach reasonable.

Obama says politics to blame for immigration delay

Hoping to breathe new life into the stalled immigration effort, President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed the delay on recalcitrant Republicans whom he said had given in to the "pressures of partisanship and election-year politics."

Obama, Hispanic lawmakers discuss immigration

President Barack Obama is following up two days of meetings on U.S. immigration policy with a speech Thursday on the need for a comprehensive solution to what he and others have said is a broken system.

Federal officials to discuss border with Gov. Brewer

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will meet Monday in Phoenix with federal officials dispatched by President Barack Obama to provide specifics for Arizona regarding his plans to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Brewer will meet Monday with feds on border security

Gov. Jan Brewer is still waiting for the White House to provide some of details on her big border security meeting Monday with federal officials, but said it would include representatives from a handful of federal agencies.

Immigration back on front burner due to new law

With the scrawl of a pen, GOP Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona awakened the dormant but explosive issue of illegal immigration, sending shock waves across the political spectrum in an election year when both parties had hoped to sidestep the topic.

Obama asks for 1,000 more Border Patrol agents

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $600 million in emergency funds for 1,000 more Border Patrol agents, 160 new federal immigration officers and two unmanned aircraft to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Defining ‘border security’

You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico border is more fortified now than it was even five years ago. Far more agents patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and taxpayers are spending billions more to reinforce it.

Feds proposing new round of immigration fee hikes

The cost of the first step toward becoming a U.S. citizen a�� getting a green card a�� may be going up, but the price to apply for full-fledged citizenship should remain the same.

Anger over Obama’s meeting with Brewer

President Barack Obama's planned meeting Thursday with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faces a protest from opponents of Arizona's new immigration law.