US formally announces recent deportation figures
The Obama administration formally disclosed Tuesday that it deported the fewest immigrants since 2006.
State and local anti-immigration efforts are unmitigated failures
This year marks nearly a decade of my involvement in pushing for sensible immigration policies and reform in Arizona and across the U.S. I’ve seen and learned a lot.
Immigration-reform advocates take appeal to an international stage
WASHINGTON – After months of pushing national leaders for action on immigration reform, advocates Monday took their appeal to an international stage, telling the Organization of American States that U.S.... […]
Immigration advocates push to keep focus on comprehensive reform
For weeks, advocates have pushed to keep the issue of immigration reform in front of the public, during the debate over Syria, during the budget impasse, during the government shutdown.
Welcome to the world of competition
The effectiveness of economic development programs has long been hotly debated. Recent events, like the closing of Suntech’s manufacturing facility in Goodyear, have given rise to a new wave of criticism by organizations like the Arizona Tax Research Association, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and the Goldwater Institute — most of it unwarranted and unsubstantiated.
Local Dems and Republicans weigh in on new Obama immigration policy
Reaction to the president’s new immigration policy was swift.
April 25 hearing set on Arizona immigration law
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Arizona's immigration enforcement law on April 25, in the last such hearing of the high court's current term.
The president of Arizonification
As President Obama reflects on his trip to Arizona on Jan. 25, he has some soul searching to do. In recent months, the President has displayed a schizophrenic approach to immigration as he attempts to straddle impossible opposites.
Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable
President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept "a patchwork of 50 different states" acting on their own.
Brewer seeks dismissal of feds’ challenge to law
Attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer have asked a judge to throw out the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to Arizona's new immigration law.