Tennessee governor signs immigration bill requiring police to check status of arrestees
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D) on Monday signed an immigration bill into law that will require police to check the legal status of people who have been arrested and report those who...
Mexico government asks judge to strike down Arizona immigration law
The Mexican government on Tuesday filed an amicus curiae brief with the US District Court for the District of Arizona asking that the recently passed Arizona immigration law be...
Arizona officials ask judge to dismiss case challenging new immigration law
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard on Friday filed a motion in the US District Court for the District of Arizona to dismiss a case challenging the validity of the...
The city of Tucson, Arizona has joined a lawsuit against the the state's new immigration law , a court filing revealed Tuesday. Tucson was originally named as a defendant along...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that Arizona's new immigration legislation - requiring law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have "reasonable suspicion" to believe is an undocumented immigrant and arrest them...
A 28-mile "virtual fence" along the US-Mexico border , known as Project 28, has been placed on hold due to technical issues, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said...
DHS gives final approval to 'virtual fence' along US-Mexico border
The US government has granted final approval to the first stretch of "virtual fencing" , which will run for 28 miles along the US-Mexico border southwest of Tucson, Arizona, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday...
The US government plans to approve the first stretch of "virtual fencing" for border control, which will run for 28 miles along the US-Mexico border southwest of Tucson, Arizona, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said...
The US Department of Homeland Security laid out its plans to put up a "virtual fence" along the US borders with Canada and Mexico during a press conference Friday announcing that Boeing Corp. has...
Arizona judge dismisses case against humanitarians aiding illegal immigrants
A US district judge in Tucson Friday dismissed a controversial case against two humanitarians arrested in July 2005 for aiding illegal immigrants they found in need of emergency medical attention in the Arizona desert. At the time of their...
