U.S. chamber: Farmers need illegal immigrants in workforce
Arizona needs its 920,000 foreign-born residents, both legal and otherwise, to fuel the state's economy, according to a new study and some business leaders.
Double lives: Dreamers exemplify struggle to find answers to illegal immigration
For a dozen years, Belen Sisa kept a secret even from her closest friends. To them, she was Belen the excellent student, the varsity cheerleader, the homecoming queen. In fact, Sisa sits on the edge of America’s dizzying immigration system – she and her parents are in the country illegally.
Judge finds MCSO investigators made false statements in obtaining search warrants
Finding evidence of false statements by sheriff’s investigators, the state Court of Appeals on Tuesday gave the owner of a chain of Phoenix area restaurants a chance to undermine - and possibly escape - charges he knowingly hired undocumented workers.
Years after they became mandatory, employment checks are spotty
Five years after it took effect and more than year after it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, an Arizona law requiring that businesses check the citizenship of every new hire is often disregarded and rarely enforced.