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Alabama House Bill 56: The Immigrant Trespassing Law Explained

A new bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration is causing controversy in Alabama. House Bill 56, modeled on similarly controversial immigration legislation in Arizona, passed the Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee today. That means it will move on to debate by the full House of Representatives as...

Children of Unauthorized Immigrants: By the Numbers

(Aug. 11) -- In a new report sure to rock the cradle in the debate over whether to tinker with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 8 percent of all babies born in the United States in 2008 had "unauthorized immigrant parents" -- meaning that their parents were in the country...

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...

Schwarzenegger: Ship Calif. Prisoners to Mexico

(Jan. 26) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California should consider paying Mexico to build facilities to house some of his state's illegal immigrant prisoners. "We can do so much better in the prison system alone if we can go and take inmates, for instance 20,000 inmates that are illegal immigrants that are here, and...

Haitians in US Illegally Get 18-Month Reprieve

(Jan. 15) – The Obama administration said today that it would allow 100,000 to 200,000 Haitian citizens living in the United States in violation of immigration law to remain and work in the country for another 18 months. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued a statement explaining the decision (read...