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Group gathers signatures in support of Arpaio
A group says it has collected nearly 100,000 online petitions signatures from across the country to demand that federal authorities prove their allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations.
Feds, Arpaio’s lawyers meet over civil rights case
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the U.S. Department of Justice are meeting Monday in Phoenix in a bid to resolve allegations that the sheriff's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations.
MCSO to meet with feds over civil rights issues
Lawyers for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office say they'll meet Monday with U.S. Department of Justice attorneys over federal accusations of civil rights violations.
Obama’s waiver rule change will keep families together
President Barack Obama took a small, but important, first step in eliminating the painful separation of American families because of twisted immigration laws.
Arpaio faces deadline in civil rights case
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose office has been accused of a wide range of civil rights violations, faces a Wednesday deadline to say whether his agency will hold discussions with federal officials about ways to correct the alleged violations.
National Guard presence at border to be reduced
The Obama administration is planning to reduce the number of National Guard troops deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico.
High court to look at state immigration laws
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants.
The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law.
High court could look at state immigration laws
The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, and on Monday the Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the fray.
States damaging their own case with insurance-exchange moves
On Nov. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of the 26-state lawsuit against the president’s health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The court granted five and half hours for oral argument, including two hours of argument on the individual mandate and one and a half hours on severability, which addresses whether, in the event the mandate is found unconstitutional, t[...]
U.S. Supreme Court may decide on SB1070 appeal within weeks
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether to hear Gov. Jan Brewer’s appeal in the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against SB1070 within the next few weeks.
Babeu announces congressional exploratory committee
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced this morning that he is exploring a run for Congress.
Deportations in 2011 set record high for third straight year
Immigration officials announced that they deported nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants in fiscal 2011, setting a record for a third consecutive year under the Obama administration.
