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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered measures against illegal Roma communities in France and announced new legislation aimed at making their deportation easier. The announcement comes a week after...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction against several provisions of a controversial Arizona immigration law , which is...

The Fremont City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to suspend an ordinance banning hiring, harboring or renting property to illegal immigrants pending the outcome of litigation challenging its constitutionality. The ordinance...

Mounting emphasis on enforcement of existing immigration laws under the Obama administration has seen a sharp rise in deportations by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , according to a Washington Post report Monday. The new emphasis...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on the US government to provide greater protection for those with mental disabilities in the US immigration system. In a joint report, "Deportation...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Friday granted a preliminary injunction against an amendment to an Arizona law regarding health benefits for the families...

Two lawsuits were filed Wednesday seeking injunctive relief against a Fremont, Nebraska ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting property to illegal immigrants . The ordinance, passed by city voters in a referendum...

Backlogs at US immigration courts are up by more than 30 percent in the past 18 months, according to a Syracuse University research center study . The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse study found that the 4,145 cases...

UK Immigration Minister Damian Green indicated in an interview Sunday that Britain's coalition government would not seek or support a British law banning the wearing of the Islamic burqa or other face coverings in...

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox (R) filed an amicus curiae brief Wednesday on behalf of nine states in support of Arizona in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the US...