Homeland Security says more funds needed for immigrant deportation
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner has said that an estimated 35,000 detention beds are required to turn the Department's maligned "catch and release" program for dangerous illegal immigrants into a "catch and...
Bush presses Senate for immigration reform bill by end of May
In his weekly radio address Saturday President Bush publicly pressed his case for immigration reform for the third time this week and urged the Senate to pass a comprehensive immigration bill by the end of May...
The US Senate on Thursday approved two controversial amendments to the immigration reform bill on the status of English in the United States. The first amendment, proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) ...
Senate approves border fencing, citizenship bar in immigration bill
The US Senate Wednesday approved key amendments to an immigration reform bill that would create an additional 370 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border and would deny the possibility of acquiring citizenship to illegal immigrants convicted of certain...
Mexico threatens lawsuits if US National Guard deployment leads to rights abuses
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has said that if President Bush's decision to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border results in a militarization of the area, Mexico would file...
Senate rejects 'security first' amendment to immigration bill
The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a conservative amendment to proposed immigration legislation that would have required new US border security measures to be fully completed and fully operational before the government could implement a program...
Address to the Nation on Immigration Reform, President George W. Bush, May 15, 2006 [announcing the deployment of up to 6000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border as a prime element in a wide-ranging plan to 'fix' problems created...
Bush posting 6000 troops to border with Mexico as part of illegal immigration 'fix'
US President George W. Bush on Monday evening announced the deployment of up to 6000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border as a prime element in a wide-ranging plan to 'fix' problems created by illegal immigration advanced in...
Senate leaders announce plan to resume immigration reform debate
US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday announced a bipartisan agreement to resume debate next week on immigration reform, which...
Senators agree on tougher rules against hiring illegal immigrants
US senators working towards a compromise on key sections of an immigration reform bill they hope to vote on by Memorial Day have tentatively agreed to toughen rules on the hiring of illegal immigrants by forcing...
