Civil rights groups question new ICE detention facility in Karnes City

Southeast of San Antonio, plans are set for the construction of a new immigrant detention center — one that Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls its first civil detention facility, but civil rights groups are still concerned over where that leaves ICE’s promise to improve the detention system in the U.S. More…

Arizona Governor Signs Immigration Bill

Phoenix radio station KFYI tweets that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed the controversial immigration bill, Senate bill 1070, into law. The state now has some of the toughest laws in the country that will, among other things, make it a state crime to be in More…

Gutierrez Heads to Arizona to Fight Immigration Bill

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has announced that he will travel to Phoenix to oppose Arizona Senate bill 1070 at a rally at the State Capitol this Sunday.

From a statement he released today:

I am going there to let the people of Arizona know that they

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The National ID: Would It Solve the Illegal Immigration Problem?

In short: no, it wouldn’t, according to Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, and Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning research foundation.

No one is going to be excited by a proposal that involves “finger printing the entire U.S. working More…

The Week in Immigration News

A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week:

- If Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) don’t introduce an immigration bill in three weeks, Democrats will bring their own bill forward, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday, according to aides and lobbyists. More…

Lunchtime Links

Why Obama’s speech on financial reform was so soft on Wall Street bankers.

Democrats plan to introduce legislation to check the Citizens United decision.

The party affiliation gap is narrowing: More independents are leaning Republican.

The five GOP House seats Democrats could More…

As Arizona Gubernatorial Primary Heats Up, All Eyes on Immigration Bill

All eyes are on Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) as she decides to sign or veto Senate bill 1070. Her position on this bill could determine her re-election this year as she takes on three serious primary challengers from the right in a race that More…

Lunchtime Links

Dick Cheney endorses Marco Rubio in the Florida Senate race.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has canceled a fundraiser with Goldman Sachs after criticism over donations.

And an environmental group has endorsed her Democratic challenger for Senate.

All but two of the 11 worst governors More…

Sens. Durbin, Lugar Ask DHS to Stop Deporting Young Students

Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) sent a letter asking Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to stop the deportation of young immigrants who would be eligible for legal residence under the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, a bill that would give More…

Lunchtime Links

McCain says he won’t support Crist if he runs as an independent.

And Cantor won’t support him under any circumstances.

The IRS is investigating the use of GOP members’ credit cards.

What’s dividing two of New York’s most powerful politicians?

McCain takes his More…