Colbert mocks Alabama immigration law for lampooning agricultural industry

Mock cable news conservative Stephen Colbert this week skewered Alabama lawmakers who passed the state’s toughest-in-the-nation anti-illegal immigration legislation this year. Alabama’s “papers please” law endorsed in Colorado by immigration crusader Tom Tancredo came amid a wave of similar proposals floated last spring by Republican state lawmakers around the country, More…

Redefining birthright citizenship, one state at a time

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Graham Wants To Deny American-Born Babies Citizenship

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren last night that he plans to push a constitutional amendment to remove “birthright citizenship” for children of immigrants born in the U.S.:

What Does the Arizona Ruling Mean for Copy-Cat States?

A pared-down version of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law went into effect today, less than 24 hours after a federal judge blocked its toughest provisions. Still, the law is popular — 55 percent of Americans support it, according to a recent poll — and numerous bills More…

Poll: Supporters of Tough Immigration Laws Don’t Dislike Hispanics

Supporters of tougher immigration enforcement are motivated by concerns about the economy and law enforcement, not by negative feelings towards Hispanics, according to 77 percent of Americans polled in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released yesterday. Twenty percent of the 1,018 people surveyed said those who favor tough More…

Supporting SB 1070 Still a Good Move for Colorado Conservatives

The Justice Department claims Arizona’s immigration law violates the Constitution, but supporting the law is gaining popularity as a smart campaign move for conservatives.

When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer endorsed Jane Norton’s bid to oust Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) this past weekend, for instance, she emphasized Norton’s tough-on-immigration reputation:

Immigration Is Down, Enforcement Is Up, but Harsh Rhetoric Remains

The right constantly accuses President Obama of being weak on immigration enforcement, but his administration is actually deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement estimates that its deportations this year will increase by nearly 10 percent over the Bush administration’s 2008 total. The agency also More…

DHS Still Doesn’t Know Who Overstays Visas

In October, The New York Times reported that “Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country.”

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today confirmed that More…

DHS Oversight Hearing Likely to Be Contentious

In advance of a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday morning, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) has released a statement announcing his disapproval with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano’s immigration policies and enforcement. “As many as twenty million individuals live here illegally, enjoying many More…

On the Baffling Push to Prohibit Illegal Immigrants From Buying Insurance

As we’ve written here many times, it’s tough to find any justification — outside of political pandering — for the decision by Senate Democrats to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health coverage on the insurance exchanges proposed under their health reform bill. Sure, it makes those lawmakers appear More…