Category Archives: Immigration

Virginia attorney general: Traffic stops can be status checks

By doris | Published: August 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Virginia police officers can question stopped motorists about their immigration status, the state’s attorney general has said, adding fuel to a contentious debate over states’ immigration policies in the wake of a controversial law enacted in Arizona. “It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers, [...]

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Arizona appeals — now what?

By doris | Published: August 3, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com From NBC’s Pete WilliamsArizona has now asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for a fast-track review of its request to put a hold on this week’s order by Judge Susan Bolton. Her ruling blocked the state from enforcing the most controversial parts of its new immigration law. The first thing [...]

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CNN Poll: One in four angry over illegal immigration

By doris | Published: July 27, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTickeBlogs.cnn.com Washington (CNN) – Only a quarter of Americans are angry about the number of illegal immigrants in the country, according to a new national poll. But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey indicates that nearly three-fourths of the public are dissatisfied on the same issue. Twenty-three percent of people questioned in the [...]

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Arizona immigration law sponsor blasts feds over ‘political’ lawsuit

By doris | Published: July 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Arizona lawmaker who sponsored the state’s controversial new immigration law blasted Tuesday’s lawsuit by the Justice Department, saying, “The misinformation out there is outrageous.” Appearing on CNN’s “Campbell Brown” hours after the suit against the state was filed, Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican, said, “The Obama [...]

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Feds sue to overturn Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: July 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in on one of the most explosive issues in American politics, filing a lawsuit to overturn a tough new Arizona immigration law that has sharply divided people along partisan, ideological and ethnic lines. It also asked the federal courts to grant an [...]

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Clinton comment on immigration law riles Ariz. gov

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she’s angry over comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law. In a June 8 media interview in Ecuador that began circulating Thursday in the U.S., Clinton said President Barack Obama [...]

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Civil rights groups file challenge to Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: May 18, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.BlogsCNN.com (CNN) – (CNN) – A broad coalition of civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit Monday challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, saying, among other things, that the measure violates the U.S. Constitution and will lead to racial profiling. The coalition includes the American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican American Legal [...]

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U.S. split over Ariz. immigration law

By doris | Published: May 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Michael Clausen owns the Quality Inn in Nogales, Ariz. For now. Clausen says the hotel, which caters to people streaming across the Mexican border just seven blocks away, is in danger of closing, thanks to the state’s new illegal immigration law and the official and unofficial boycotts it has inspired.

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Obama calls on Congress to work on immigration reform

By doris | Published: May 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to work on comprehensive immigration reform this year, saying it would be the best way to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. Speaking at a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House, Obama again criticized the recently enacted Arizona immigration [...]

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Will others follow Arizona’s lead on immigration?

By doris | Published: April 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Now that Arizona lawmakers have passed what’s considered some of the toughest immigration legislation in the country, other states are watching to see whether they should follow in the state’s footsteps or stand back. Arizona’s bill orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires [...]

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