The City Council of Hazleton, Pennsylvania granted tentative approval to revisions to its controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act on Friday in an attempt to help the law survive legal challenges. The changes shift...
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European Commission chief urges unity on illegal immigration policy
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called on all European Union (EU) member states to collaborate in stemming the tide of illegal immigrants. On Thursday, Barroso wrote a letter to the heads...
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon , who was certified as the winner of Mexico's disputed presidential election earlier this week, said Thursday that he will advocate for US immigration reform ...
Comprehensive immigration reform put off in favor of border security bill: Frist
US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Wednesday that negotiations in Congress to implement comprehensive immigration reform will be streamlined to focus on border security and worksite enforcement. Both houses of Congress have...
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...
Spain amnesty blamed for encouraging wave of illegal immigrants from Africa
EU Justice and Migration Commissioner Franco Frattini has told a Spanish newspaper that Spain contributed to a recent spate of illegal immigration between Africa and Europe by a three-month amnesty program for illegals that it...
Pennsylvania community delays enforcement of immigration law
The city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania on Friday agreed to delay for 20 days enforcement of a tough new local law against illegal immigration while it rewrites the ordinance in an effort to bolster it...
Chertoff chides EU on passenger data restrictions in light of airplane plot
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called for broader US access to European airline passenger data Tuesday in a Washington Post editorial, citing the recently-alleged plot by UK terror suspects to detonate explosives aboard US airliners flying...
US now detaining nearly all non-Mexican illegals caught crossing southern border
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that US Border Patrol officials are now detaining nearly all non-Mexican illegal immigrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border for an average of 21 days...
Gonzales offers more prosecutors, police to fight New Orleans crime post-Katrina
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that he will divert additional resources to New Orleans to address the city's high crime rates following the Hurricane Katrina disaster . The...