Bush Commutes Sentence of 2 Border Agents

In one of his last acts as president, George W. Bush commuted the sentences of two U.S. Border Patrol Agents who sparked an illegal immigration debate when they shot an unarmed Mexican man who was suspected of drug dealing in 2005.

In February 2005, Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos shot Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who said [...]

Arizona Immigration Law Not Being Enforced

 
An Arizona law punishing businesses that hire illegal immigrants has yet to be enforced on any of the state’s businesses almost a year after it took effect. But state officials say this isn’t because companies are following the law - it’s because it’s too difficult to enforce.
 
Earlier this year 159 workers were arrested when raids [...]

Nebraska Must Intervene in Immigration Issue According to Report

A report released by the Nebraska legislature’s judiciary committee today finds that if the state’s lawmakers do not deal with the issue of its growing immigrant population it risks fueling discrimination and having a population of underclass workers.
Senator Brad Ashford, the chairman of the state’s judiciary committee, says one of his plans is to address [...]

Georgia Town Attempts to Pass Illegal Immigration Ordinance

A Georgia town is attempting to pass an ordinance which would target United States illegal immigration in their county by punishing businesses that hire illegal immigrants and forcing renters to provide immigration status information.
The Cherokee County commission attempted to pass a similar ordinance in 2006 that placed the burden of checking immigration status on landlords, [...]

More U.S. Citizens Naturalized in 2008

The Department of Homeland Security has reported an increase in the number of people who became U.S. citizens during 2008.
According to iCNN, over a million people took the Oath of Allegiance this year, the largest number in the 100 years since records began.
It is thought that the increase came as a result of a call [...]

Town to Settle Lawsuit over Immigrants’ Rights

The town of Cave Creek in Arizona is to pay compensation to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other immigrant-rights groups after passing a day-laborer ordinance that was ruled to be discriminatory.
Under the ordinance, people were prohibited from looking for work on or near public streets, <i>KHPO News</i> reports.
However, judges have now ruled that [...]

Illegal Immigrants Offered ‘Luxury’ Deportation Service

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has implemented a designated carrier to transport illegal immigrants from the United States back to Latin America and their other countries of origin.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the airline, known as Repatriate, is a response to an increase in deportations [...]

Man Admits Smuggling Illegal Aliens into California

A man has pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants into California.
Javier Sanchez Perfino, 30, admitted to running a smuggling group for his own financial gain from 2003 to 2006, charging $1,500 per person and crossing 60 to 80 people a day into the U.S.
He smuggled people from Mexico via the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Bombing and [...]

Washington campaign group speaks against illegal immigration

A campaign group in Washington is collecting signatures for an initiative that aims to toughen up laws on United States illegal immigration.
Herald.net reports that Respect Washington wants to achieve a quarter of a million signatories to the proposal by the end of 2008, with the goal being to stop illegal immigrants from working in Washington [...]