The Justice Department filed another suit Monday against Arizona for immigration actions by its officials, claiming a network of community colleges engaged in illegal discriminatory practices toward noncitizens.
A series of exceptions to normal immigration laws are built into the system to protect victims of abuse, natural disasters and oppression. For illegal immigrants who are victims of crimes in the U.S., these visas are meant to encourage cooperation with prosecutors and law enforcement. But they are More…
Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will face a Department of Justice lawsuit if he does not cooperate with a civil rights investigation, according to a letter obtained by the Arizona Republic. The Justice Department began an investigation into allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures last year. More…
As they gear up for the scheduled implementation of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law tomorrow, local law enforcement officers are attempting to figure out how to enforce the new policies.
One of the major problems with Secure Communities, an information-sharing program between federal and local law enforcement to catch illegal immigrants, is that it creates a surge in the number of people to be detained by federal authorities — and the feds don’t always have the facilities to More…
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s claims about illegal immigrants and violent crime have been pretty thoroughly debunked, but pro-reform non-profit America’s Voice takes it one step further, circulating a graph today indicating that Arizona’s SB 1070 could actually increase crime in the state. The graph shows rates More…
Every Friday, TWI will highlight the week’s top immigration news, focusing on the issues that affect immigration policy debates in Washington. Here is the first weekly roundup:
-Mexican federal police officers and the U.S. Border Patrol are working together for the first time to crack down on cross-border violence, More…
Here are some stark — if not entirely surprising — numbers from the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the 2010 Arizona gubernatorial race. Out of four potential Republican contenders, anti-illegal immigration crusader and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the only one who leads the likely Democratic More…
Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted this morning that he’d met with Vice President Joe Biden, who was in Phoenix fundraising for Democratic members of Congress who could face tough Republican challengers in 2010. Biden was also touting the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Curiously, More…
A four-day sweep conducted last November in Arizona by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents looking for immigrant fugitives and criminals resulted primarily in the arrests of immigrants who were neither criminals nor fugitives, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has found.
The operation was supposed to be More…
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