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5 Illegal Immigrants Found Dead in the Arizona Desert

The recent discovery of five dead immigrants in Arizona is a reminder of the hardships these people face in their desperate attempts to get into the U.S. All five are suspected of dying of dehydration. Read More »
A New “FAIR” Report on the Cost of Illegal Immigration

A new report has been unleashed onto the American public regarding how much taxpayers pay to deal with illegal immigrants. Read More »
A Risk/Benefit Look at Illegal Immigration

Risks and benefits are weighed out like tiny little dramas hundreds of times a day by every person on the planet. Read More »
Alabama Unprepared for New Immigration Law

Alabama is the most recent state to pass Arizona-inspired immigration law. Many claim that Alabama’s version is the toughest in the nation. Read More »
Amnesty International Reports on the Dangers of Migration through Mexico

The discovery of over 500 migrants crammed into two semi trucks at the Southern border of Mexico has brought more attention and scrutiny to the dangers of migration across Mexico. Read More »
Arizona High School Coach Deported

Miguel Aparicio, 37, a respected and even beloved high school cross country track coach in Phoenix, Arizona has been deported to Mexico after having lived in the U.S. for over 20 years. Read More »
Arizona Just Won’t Quit

Arizona is among four states at the front lines of the war against illegal immigration—and it is taking its warrior status seriously. Read More »
Arizona-Style Immigration Legislation Passes through South Carolina Congress

Inspired by the controversial Arizona law, SB 1070, a handful of states such as Indiana, Utah, Georgia, and now South Carolina have passed laws requiring local and state law enforcement to check the residency status of those they stop for other crimes—including traffic violations. Read More »
Border Patrol Agents save Lives

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s (CBP) most famous job is to protect U.S. borders from illegal entrants. Many Americans think that this is CBP’s only job. Read More »
Border Security Not the Answer to Illegal Immigration, Attack Incentives

The average American probably knows why foreign nationals risk life, limb, and freedom to come into the United States illegally—for a chance at a job and a better life. Read More »
California Farmers Weigh In On E-Verify

There is some talk of making the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) E-Verify program mandatory for all employers. Read More »
Colorado Illegal Immigrant Education Bill Fails

A Colorado bill that made it through the Democrat dominated Senate failed in the Republican-held House in April. Read More »
Creative Solution to California’s Supreme Court Prison Population Order

California prisons are a mess. The state prison infrastructure is set up to hold 80,000 prisoners but is actually detaining almost twice as many. Read More »
Criminal Alien Deportations on the Rise

There has been much criticism of the Obama administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the deportation of non-criminal aliens and those who were caught in the country illegally due to misdemeanors and minor traffic violations. Read More »
Criticisms of E-Verify

E-Verify is an online, fully electronic method for verifying the eligibility of a potential employee to work in the U.S. It is used by U.S. employers and administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Read More »
Cubans Ordered for Deportation Face New Rules

There has been a minor adjustment in how Cubans tagged for deportation will comply with their deportation orders. Read More »
Deferred Action for Prospective Deportees

Deferred action when referring to an illegal immigrant means that the individual has been ordered to be deported, disputed the order, and been granted an indefinite stay in the U.S. The Obama administration attempted to effectively grant deferred action to millions of undocumented youths with his failed DREAM Act. Read More »
Deportations Rise as Illegal Immigration Decreases

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has pledged to focus their deportation efforts on perpetrators of “serious crimes.” Read More »
Elaborate Illegal Document Scheme Uncovered

Supporting the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States is a giant underground industry that supports them. Read More »
Foreign National Prison Population on the Rise: Report

A new report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has confirmed some rather unsurprising suspicions—that the majority of foreign prisoners in the U.S. are from Mexico. Read More »
Hit Director to Release Film about the Hardships of an Illegal Immigrant

Chris Weitz, the director of the smash hit “Twilight: New Moon” has a pet project. The movie, “A Better Life,” stars Mexican celebrity actor Demian Bechir as Carlos, an illegal immigrant gardener living in Southern California. Read More »
ICE Announces Changes to Secure Communities

John Morton, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has released a memo that seeks to change the way his agency handles its controversial program, Secure Communities. Read More »
Illegal Immigrant Dies Running from Border Patrol

In a town in Washington State, not on any borders, an illegal immigrant named Benjamin Roldan Salinas was running from U.S. Border Patrol agents when he jumped into the Sol Duc River. Read More »
Illegal Immigrants Coming in Through Canada

The common image of an illegal immigrant sneaking into the U.S. involves a Latin American huddling for cover in the brush of an expansive desert. Read More »
Illegal Immigrants Found Near Malibu, California

Probably responding to increased enforcement efforts in San Diego County, illegal immigrant smugglers traveling by boat dropped a group of 10 off over 150 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Read More »
Illegal Immigrants Not Safe Leaving

In a strange twist in U.S. immigration history, people who had entered the U.S. illegally in search of work are actually leaving the country, thinking they can do the same or better in their nations of origin. Read More »
Illegal Immigration a Profitable Business for Some

Adding to the list of corporate motivated legislation, there is some evidence that suggests that the recent wave of restrictive immigration policy is bought and paid for by private prison businesses. Read More »
Illegal Immigration Down, Reports Vary as to Why

The number of immigrants entering the country has drastically fallen in the last few years. There is no official census which counts illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. Theta, ir status as illegal makes it difficult to gauge their numbers by nature. Read More »
Illegal Immigration Issues

Illegal immigration is a hotly-contested issue in Washington, statehouses across the country, and in the minds of many Americans. Read More »
Illegal Immigration Numbers Plummet

Data released by the Pew Hispanic Center, an independent and widely respected information gathering information, shows that illegal immigration is experiencing a “sharp decline.” Read More »
Illegal Indian Immigrants a New Concern for ICE

In 2009, the small Central American nation of Guatemala lifted visa requirements for citizens of India. Read More »
Immigration Amnesty

Amnesty can be defined as an exemption from prosecution for criminal action, or forgiveness of past actions that is usually extended to a group of individuals. In this context, immigration amnesty refers to the exemption from prosecution for immigrants who entered the country unlawfully. Read More »
Immigration Enforcement Getting Serious

Immigration enforcement has always been serious business for the federal government. Read More »
Large Mexican Immigrant Bust

Using X-Ray equipment to peer into the interior of two tractor trailer trucks, authorities in the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas discovered 513 people clinging to cargo ropes, presumably on their way to the U.S. These potential illegal immigrants were detained by Mexican officers and questioned. Read More »
Many a Child Left Behind

There are many consequences to immigrating illegally to the U.S.—the possibility of being caught and deported, working for low wages, living in the shadows, no access to due process, social services, and many more. Read More »
Microfinancing for Immigrants

There are some who think that microfinancing could be the answer to U.S. immigrant integration. Read More »
Misconceptions about Illegal Immigrants

If the “coming out” of Jose Antonio Vargas has taught us anything, it’s that the general stereotype of an illegal immigrants is very possibly wrong. Read More »
More Illegal Immigrants Attempting Sea Entries in California

Recently, a group of 10 illegal immigrants were found on a beach near Malibu, California. Malibu is about 150 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Read More »
New Mexico Governor Seeks to Change Drivers License Laws

The state of New Mexico has become a magnet for illegal immigrants seeking valid U.S. identification documents, according to the governor Susana Martinez. Read More »
New Rule for Cubans Set to be Deported From U.S.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has changed a rule regarding Cubans who have been tagged for deportation. Read More »
New “Deport Yourself” Program

The federal government has announced a new program designed to accommodate illegal immigrants who have been tagged for deportation but have avoided authorities. Read More »
Outgoing Immigrants Subject to as Much Scrutiny as Those Entering

For decades, border patrol tactics in the U.S. have focused on screening incoming immigrants and visitors and apprehending those attempting to enter the country illegally. Read More »
Recent Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol are constantly apprehending illegal immigrants attempting to enter the United States. Read More »
Secure Communities

Secure Communities is a federal program administered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that monitors and handles illegal immigrants who have been arrested. Read More »
Secure Communities Meeting State Resistance

Secure Communities is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program designed to locate and deport illegal immigrant criminals. Read More »
The Consequences of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Immigration is one of the most polarizing political issues of our time. It would be difficult to find a topic more black and white, more one-or-the-other, more passionately argued, or more stalled by endless, repetitive, debate. Read More »
The Immigration Debate Affects U.S. Agriculture

Critics of restrictive immigration policies have argued that illegal immigrants were a necessary evil to keep food prices down by providing plentiful and relatively cheap labor to the agricultural industry. Read More »
The Lengths an Immigrant Will Go

Every immigrant has a story—legal and illegal. The majority of illegal immigrants are from Central and South America. Read More »
The Real Danger of Migration through Mexico Largely Ignored

Since 2006, there have been 30,000 drug cartel-related deaths in Northern Mexico. Increasing violence including the massacre of 72 would-be immigrants to the discovery of a mass grave containing 200 bodies is showcasing the ruthlessness and callousness of these gangsters. Migrants are frequent targets for them. Read More »
Trends in Border-Related Prosecutions

Two studies conducted and released by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) have examined the focus of U.S. prosecutors on immigration crime. Read More »
U.N. Reports on Mexican Crime

Crime is big business in Mexico. So much so that it has caught the attention of the United Nations. And the recent apprehension of 513 migrants packed like sardines into two semi truck trailers has more people taking notice. Read More »
Undocumented Immigrants Stuck in Legal Limbo

In a strange twist, a group of fourteen illegal immigrants were apprehended in their home by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who were there raiding an address they had for a group of illegal immigrants that had received final deportation notices. Read More »
Utah a Lighthouse for Immigration Reform

Immigration is purely the responsibility of the federal government—at least that is how it’s been treated for the last 200 years or so. Read More »
Utah’s Role in the Immigration Debate has Citizens Boiling Over

According to advocates of comprehensive immigration reform, Utah is a shining beacon of light and offers much hope for tolerant and progressive state immigration legislation. Read More »

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