U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is proposing a new border security bill that would give local and state law enforcement a share of $300 million in grants to help secure the border.
Read More »Mexico issues travel alert over new Arizona law
Mexico's government is warning its citizens about travel to Arizona because of a tough new immigration law there.
Read More »Arizona pushes Congress into immigration minefield
Backed into a corner by Arizona's tough new immigration law, Democrats and Republicans alike find themselves grappling with a volatile issue neither party wanted to fight over just before important midterm congressional elections.
Read More »Sharpton vows to protest Arizona immigration bill
The Rev. Al Sharpton and New York-area Hispanic leaders vowed Sunday to fight Arizona's new immigration law through legal challenges and with civil disobedience if those challenges fail.
Read More »Activists call on Obama to fight AZ immigrant law
Civil rights activists called on President Barack Obama to fight a tough new Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants Sunday, promising to march in the streets and invite arrest by refusing to comply if the measure goes into effect.
Read More »Pearce pushed, prodded and pandered to pass his ‘legacy bill’ 
Sen. Russell Pearce was the driving force behind the immigration reform package that has once again put Arizona in the national spotlight. But he wouldn't have been able to get it passed without the help of several people who either supported S1070 or moved out of its way.
Read More »Brewer signs far-reaching immigration bill; thousands protest 
Gov. Jan Brewer today signed a sweeping immigration bill that would make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally.
Read More »Pearce pushed, prodded and pandered to pass his ‘legacy bill’ 
Pearce, a veteran lawmaker who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, had a lot of tools at his disposal to ratchet up the pressure on people to support his bill, but none was more powerful than public opinion.
Read More »‘Trespassing’ removed from bill at Brewer aide’s insistence 
After years of watching his anti-illegal-immigration bills crumble in a heap of vetoes, Sen. Russell Pearce took steps this time to ensure that S1070 would pass muster with Gov. Jan Brewer.
Read More »Brewer: no action on S1070 today, to announce border security plan instead
Ariz. Jan Brewer isn't taking action Thursday on a controversial immigration enforcement bill but she will be announcing a border security plan.
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