EU justice ministers agreed to a draft immigration and asylum proposal Tuesday during an informal meeting held ahead of the official Wednesday summit in Cannes, France. The draft policy is aimed at standardizing EU nations' approach to immigration and...
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European Union leaders call for tougher border security laws
European Union government leaders meeting in Brussels Friday directed member states to draft tougher border security legislation to curb the growing problem of illegal immigration in Europe. The security overhaul is aimed at setting...
The European Parliament (EP) adopted a new European Union directive to combat illegal immigration on Wednesday. The new rules are intended to normalize immigration procedures across the EU. Under the directive, illegal...
Federal prosecutions of illegal immigrants reach record high: TRAC study
US immigration prosecutions continued to increase in March 2008, jumping nearly 50 percent from the previous month and nearly 75 percent from the previous year, according to a report released by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse...
Supreme Court rules in bankruptcy tax exemption, immigration cases
The US Supreme Court handed down two decisions Monday, including Florida Dept. of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias , in which the Court ruled that a federal bankruptcy code provision [11...
Arizona legislature bars state enforcement of federal REAL ID act
The Arizona State Legislature passed legislation Wednesday barring the state from implementing the REAL ID Act of 2005 . The Arizona House voted 51-1 for the bill Wednesday; the Arizona...
Federal judge enjoins Oklahoma immigration law employer provisions
The US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking the enforcement of employer-related provisions of Oklahoma's controversial immigration law . Judge Robin Cauthron concluded that...
US prosecutions of illegal immigrants at record high: report
US federal authorities are prosecuting significantly more illegal immigrants than in past years, at least partly because of a 2005 zero-tolerance initiative allowing agents to charge almost all illegal immigrants with minor crimes, according to a report [text; press...
Supreme Court rules in money laundering, paralegal fees recovery cases
The US Supreme Court handed down three decisions Monday, including United States v. Santos , where the Court held 7-2 that the term "proceeds" in a federal money laundering statute...
Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch, US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, May 28, 2008 [holding that a local ordinance barring landlords from renting apartments to most illegal immigrants is unconsititutional in part because...
