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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Ariz. immigration law
The impassioned debate over the nation's immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S.
NAFTA led to illegal immigration issues in AZ
Regarding the controversy over enforcing Arizona law on immigration, the roots of this problem began in 1990 with passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which permits American agro-corporations to export billions of dollars of taxpayer-subsidized corn to Mexico at one-third the price that small Mexican farmers charge.
Napolitano urges Congress to pass DREAM Act
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged Congress Thursday to pass legislation allowing some foreign-born young people who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children to become legal residents.
Study: AZ boycott over immigration law sees mixed results
A boycott of Arizona in the wake of a controversial immigration law has cost the state more than $140 million in lost meeting and convention business, a new report released Thursday shows.
Arpaio to be deposed Monday in profiling lawsuit
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is scheduled Monday to be deposed for a second time in a lawsuit that accuses his office of racially profiling Hispanics in immigration patrols.
Study: 100,000 Hispanics left Arizona after SB1070
A new study suggests there may be 100,000 fewer Hispanics in Arizona than there were before the debate over the state's tough new immigration law earlier this year.
Arpaio wants to prevent release of depositions
A lawyer for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is asking a federal judge to forbid the public release of videos of depositions by nine sheriff's officials in a lawsuit that accuses deputies of racially profiling Hispanics in immigration patrols.
Small talks about Pearce’s immigration bill promise and the big legislative challenges to come
Yellow Sheet Report editor Jim Small discusses Senate President Russell Pearce's promise not to push controversial immigration bills, and how some say he's already breaking that promise, in spite of the large fiscal and economic challenges facing the state.
You heard wrong: Pearce says ‘no deal’ on immigration
In an interview with Channel 12's Brahm Resnik that will air on the station's "Sunday Square Off" program, Pearce says he didn't secure the votes needed to become president by agreeing to a moratorium on immigration legislation.
Pearce’s ‘anchor baby’ proposal weighing down his run for Senate President
Russell Pearce might have hurt his chances for Senate president when he held a press conference Oct. 19 expressing his desire to pursue legislation aimed at challenging the longstanding Constitutional interpretation that children who are born in the U.S. are American citizens, regardless of their parents’ legal status.
Appeals court hints at tossing part of Arizona law
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arizona's request to enforce its controversial new immigration law.
Gary Grado talks about the effect SB1070 is having on voter turnout
Arizona Capitol Times reporter Gary Grado discusses how Arizona's new immigration law is affecting voter turnout and what sort of early ballot trends are beginning to show for the overall election results.
