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Utah Anti-Immigrant Group IDs 1,300 Supposed Illegals

(July 14) -- Officials in Utah fear that a group of anti-immigration activists may have taken matters into their own hands. An anonymous group of "concerned citizens" sent a letter this week to newspapers in Utah containing more than 1,300 names of people it says are in the country illegally. It also enclosed a similar...

Upgrades to Illegal Immigrant Facilities Probed

LOS ANGELES (June 29) -- A California congressman is investigating a government proposal to upgrade immigration detention centers to include unmonitored phone lines, dance and cooking lessons, continental breakfasts, freedom from lockdown and other amenities. Nine facilities that house illegal immigrants detained by...

Census: Foreign-Language Households on Rise in US

(April 28) -- The number of U.S. households in which languages other than English are spoken is growing rapidly. A new study published by the Census Bureau finds that the number of Americans age 5 and older who regularly speak non-English languages at home grew by 140 percent from 1980 to 2007. During that same period,...

LA Cardinal, Ariz. Senator Spar Over Immigration

LOS ANGELES (April 22) -- A controversial Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants has sparked a war of words between an Arizona legislator and Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, who on Sunday decried a scenario under the pending legislation of "reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are...

Calif. Sees Uptick in Illegal Immigrants Smuggled by Boat

LOS ANGELES (April 16) -- Facing stepped-up enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, traffickers smuggling illegal immigrants have been taking to the seas -- with five boats intercepted off Southern California in the past week, according to federal officials. The most recent was a panga-style boat -- low-riding and open to...