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Immigration Laws

Activists: Hey Congress! 'Stop Talking, And Start Acting'

AP | LAUREN GAMBINO | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

SALEM, Ore. — As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S....

A Few Conclusions Missing

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Given such a sobering approach, a reader could be a little disappointed that after saying "a" authors refrained from spelling out many obvious conclusions.

Court Asked To Block Portion Of Contentious Brewer Law

AP | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for the federal government say a section of Arizona's 2010 immigration law that prohibits "harbor...

Supreme Court Will Revisit The Voting Rights Act

VOXXI | Raisa Camargo | Posted 12.28.2012 | Latino Voices

The New Year is likely to amass a wave of issues that will affect Latinos including a pending case in the Supreme Court that revisits a key provision ...

Grocery Chain Facing Federal Audit: We 'Depend On Immigrants To Survive'

AP | GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 12.28.2012 | Business

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarke...

Arizona Immigration Law Spurs Education Campaign

AP | PAUL DAVENPORT and FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

PHOENIX — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were held around Phoenix to protest the m...

Multiple Myths and the Struggle for Political Truth

Paul Stoller | Posted 10.07.2012 | Politics
Paul Stoller

It explains misfortune and reduces the pain of daily life. By the same token it also opens the door to political abuse, demagoguery, and a future of political regret.

Elise Foley

Immigration Laws Passed Less Frequently In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After a recent climb, the number of immigration bills and resolutions passed by state legislatures fell significantly in the first half ...

States Scale Back Immigration Enforcement Efforts After Legal Problems

Reuters | Posted 10.06.2012 | Politics

* Decline attributed to pending litigation * Budget issues, redistricting bigger priorities this year By Tim Gaynor ...

Take It To The Bank: Helping Young Aspiring Citizens Will Boost Our Economy

Ali Noorani | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics
Ali Noorani

We've seen enough barriers from Congress. The administration's temporary action should inspire a bipartisan effort to create a permanent immigration process that adheres to our values of equality and hard work. Our economy deserves nothing less.

Harvest Empire

Wendy Thompson-Marquez | Posted 08.13.2012 | DC
Wendy Thompson-Marquez

A growing anti-immigrant movement has succeeded in polarizing communities across the country, tapping into fears about falling incomes and demographic diversity.

A Look At How Congress Has Dealt With Immigration

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2012 | Latino Voices

-- A look at how Congress has dealt with immigration in the past 25 years: 1986: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 both tightens cont...

New Law Could Outlaw Foreign Passports As Acceptable ID

Posted 03.28.2012 | Latino Voices

They have been beaten time and time again in federal courts. And they still insist. Republican-majority Legislatures in several states continue...

Opponents Of Anti-Immigration Laws In Georgia Find Unlikely Ally In Republican Mayor

The Huffington Post | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.01.2012 | Latino Voices

Those fighting against Georgia’s expanding anti-immigration laws have gained an unlikely comrade in the Republican mayor of a small town in the sout...

Judge Delays Ruling On Utah Immigration Law

Posted 04.18.2012 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal judge on Friday said he will delay a decision about the constitutionality of Utah's immigration enforcement law eight mont...

Could Local Governments Become Incubators of Pro-Immigrant Laws

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.11.2012 | Latino Voices
Kristian Ramos

In the absence of any Congressional action on immigration reform, states have stepped into the void.

Republicans and the Hispanic Vote

Howard Foster | Posted 04.02.2012 | Politics
Howard Foster

The premise that downplaying tough talk about cracking down on undocumented immigration leads to Hispanic votes just does not hold up.

Controversy Over Kansas' Immigration Law

AP | By JOHN HANNA | Posted 04.02.2012 | Latino Voices

TOPEKA, Kan. -- An architect of state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration is a leading Republican officeholder in Kansas, but business...

Immigrant Scapegoating: Not Just an American Pastime

Michelle Chen | Posted 03.27.2012 | World
Michelle Chen

Around the world, as long as people keep moving, politicians will continue to talk breathlessly about the immigration "crisis."

More Consequences Arise From Nation's Toughest Immigration Law

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 01.31.2012 | Politics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After confusion and misgivings from some police about how to enforce Alabama's new immigration crackdown, the state is now re...

Alabama Immigration Law Leads To Another Dubious Charge

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Japanese man temporarily working at Honda's car factory in east Alabama became the second foreign auto worker charged under...

Department Of Justice Sues State Over Immigration Law

AP | JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 01.22.2012 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Utah's immigration enforcement law, arguing that it usurps fede...

John Celock

Kansas Official Pushes For Immigration Law Like Arizona's

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.14.2011 | Politics

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is promising to press several controversial immigration measures when the state legislature reconvenes in Januar...

Note to Alabama AG 'Big Luther': Stop Acting So Small

J. Richard Cohen | Posted 01.14.2012 | Politics
J. Richard Cohen

By threatening to obstruct the Justice Department's work, the Alabama attorney general is simply delaying evidence of this law's disgraceful impact from coming to light.

Arizona Immigration Law Faces New Legal Challenge

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 12.31.2011 | Politics

PHOENIX — Groups opposing Arizona's immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans t...