An interesting, albeit limited, bill passed the House yesterday to change part of immigration law to recognize proxy marriages involving military service members in immigration proceedings. The bill, which was passed by a voice vote, was created to help one woman: the Japanese widow of a Marine who died in More…
Another sign of the strength of fervor over illegal immigration: A Texas state representative camped out for two days this weekend to submit anti-illegal immigration bills for the next session. State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R) slept on the ground of a lobby outside the floor of the Texas House of More…
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is protesting a federal court’s decision to allow foreign governments to file “friend-of-the-court” briefs in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case in November, ruled Monday that Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, More…
The Supreme Court will hear a case this session that could clarify whether states have the right to crack down on illegal immigration. The case, to be heard Dec. 8, takes on a 2007 Arizona law — no, not that Arizona immigration law — that mandates More…
Massachusetts state representatives are vowing to push for tough immigration laws after an illegal immigrant suspected of killing two people was discovered to be in deportation proceedings. Fernando Guerrero-Lara, an immigrant from the the Dominican Republic, was awaiting a March 2011 preliminary removal hearing in U.S. Immigration Court More…
Arizona faces seven legal challenges to its SB immigration law — which is part of why the state needs the $3.6 million in donations it has pulled in to defend the law.
The state of Arizona spent $442,000 in legal fees in May and June defending its SB 1070 lawsuit from a series of lawsuits, according to documents released Thursday by Gov. Jan Brewer’s office. So far, though, taxpayer funds have not been used for legal fees, as the state More…
Already the front-runner in the Arizona gubernatorial race, Gov. Jan Brewer continued to stake out her anti-Obama administration position on immigration Friday with a sternly-worded letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
As Jesse wrote, Sen. John McCain will probably win his primary today. If it does, it will be thanks in part to a hard shift to the right on immigration politics. He’s not the only candidate to see an easier path to the general election after coming More…
The administration may have hoped its lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law would deter copycats in other states, but state officials continue to push for immigration measures. Florida Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Bill McCollum joined state lawmakers today to push for an immigration law similar to Arizona’s More…
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