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Criminal immigrants targeted in Arizona operation
The director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be in Phoenix on Thursday to talk with local law enforcement agencies about removing criminal immigrants and securing the Mexican border.
Fingerprint sharing led to deportation of 47,000
Records show that about 47,000 people were removed or deported from the U.S. after the Homeland Security Department sifted through 3 million sets of fingerprints taken from bookings at local jails.
Yellow Sheet Report editor Jim Small on immigration and campaign tactics
The Yellow Sheet Report editor Jim Small discusses how the recent immigration ruling has influenced Arizona's gubernatorial campaigns, and how it might continue to do so throughout the race.
Latino lawmakers protest immigration law
As a judge heard arguments surrounding Arizona’s new immigration law, Hispanic policymakers from in and out of the state renewed their opposition to the legislation.
Groups against new immigration law plan ‘civil disobedience’
Groups opposed to Arizona's tough new immigration law said Tuesday that they were planning "civil disobedience" on July 29, the day the legislation takes effect.
Unknown when judge will rule on immigration law
A federal judge hearing the six challenges to Arizona's new immigration law says she makes no promises on whether she'll rule on requests to block enforcement of the law before it takes effect July 29.
Limits sought on filings on new immigration law
Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers are asking a federal judge to put limits in filing of some briefs and motions in one of the legal challenges to Arizona's new immigration enforcement law.
Pearce’s contempt for immigration attorneys misplaced
In response to Sen. Russell Pearce’s claims in the Arizona Capitol Times (May 17, 2010, “Trespassing law may turn more illegal immigrations into citizens”) that immigration attorneys ‘tie up the system or play games” or “fabricate and exaggerate issues” in immigration court proceedings, he grossly exaggerates our ability to manipulate a well-established, yet arguably broken [...]
New immigration law’s implementation getting legal review
Arizona's new immigration law is no longer in the hands of the Legislature or the governor. Now it's up to local law enforcement agencies and the police training organizations to figure out how to apply it without violating the law themselves.
Activists boycott Diamondbacks-Cubs game in Chicago
Immigrant rights activists chanting "Boycott Arizona" have gathered outside Wrigley Field in Chicago as the Cubs open a four-game series against the Diamondbacks.
