Mar 23, 2007: House bill would let illegal immigrants stay, re-enter legally (Associated Press )
Two key House members are hoping to build support for immigration reform by proposing illegal immigrants leave the country and re-enter legally before becoming eligible for permanent U.S. residency.
Mar 21, 2007: Police chief: Mayor mum on illegals law (The Morning Call )
Echoing other Hazleton officials, Police Chief Robert Ferdinand on Monday said that Mayor Lou Barletta didn't consult him on his ordinance cracking down on illegal immigrants
Mar 21, 2007: Poor Turnout In Osceola Primary (www.cfnews13.com)
The first test of new federal justice department rules that changed the way Osceola County votes for county commissioners came Tuesday in a primary election.
Mar 21, 2007: NY county defeats day laborer plan (AP)
Lawmakers in an eastern Long Island county where illegal immigration has been an issue for nearly a decade defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned people seeking day work from congregating on public roads.
Mar 21, 2007: House immigration bill offers citizenship (www.latimes.com)
Two lawmakers will fire the opening salvo in this year's immigration debate Thursday when they introduce the first House bill in many years to call for citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Mar 20, 2007: Few Hispanics in law school (www.scrippsnews.com)
Only an estimated 3.9 percent of this nation's lawyers are Hispanic. It's a group that represents 13 percent of the nation's population, more than 40 million people. Yet, even as this number is rising rapidly, Hispanic enrollment in our nation's law schools is falling off.
Mar 20, 2007: More apply to be citizens (The Dallas Morning News )
Legal immigrants in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, in Texas and across the country are applying for U.S. citizenship in record numbers – driven by the growing anti-immigrant sentiment across the country, legislative proposals that crack down on legal and illegal immigrants, and a proposed jump in fees.
Mar 20, 2007: Hazleton illegal immigrant laws simplistic, expert witness says (The Associated Press)
Federal immigration law is so complex that it can take years for the government to determine whether a person is in the country legally or illegally, an expert witness testified Monday at a trial over Hazleton's illegal immigrant crackdown.
Mar 20, 2007: Health program reaches out to Hispanics (The Birmingham News )
Hundreds of Hispanic children have walked into a Cahaba Valley Health Care's free dental screening and sat in a dentist's chair for the first time in their lives.
Mar 19, 2007: Hazleton lawyers get their shot this week (The Times Tribune)
Last week, opponents of Hazleton’s illegal-immigration ordinance told their side of the story.
Mar 19, 2007: 'I feel scared just to say "hi" ' (Daily Southtown)
In Carpentersville, the Hispanic community is growing -- and some are worried about what they say are officials' efforts to push them away
Mar 19, 2007: Wanted: Foster parents for Hispanics (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
When foster parents Rose and Bill Barrett found out that a 4-year-old coming into their home didn't speak
English, they dashed to the store. The Sugar Hill couple figured they'd need a Spanish-English dictionary to back
up their rusty skills.
Mar 19, 2007: Immigrant borrowers caught in U.S. language loophole (Yahoo News)
In California's bustling economy, immigrants can rise so fast their language skills may lag behind their buying power, which consumer advocates say landed many non-English speaking borrowers with subprime mortgages they did not want.
Mar 15, 2007: Immigrant Programs Full of Abuse (AP)
civil rights organization wants Congress to closely examine what it says are abuses in existing guestworker programs before creating a new one to curb illegal immigration.
Mar 15, 2007: U.S. Relieves Judge of Duties in Courtroom (www.nytimes.com)
An immigration judge in New York who has been repeatedly rebuked by federal appeals judges for his hostile questioning of asylum-seekers was relieved of courtroom duties yesterday and reassigned to a desk job, lawyers and a union official said.
Mar 15, 2007: Judge declares immigration bans void (www.belleville.com)
A state judge ruled Monday that two ordinances aimed at keeping illegal immigrants out of the St. Louis suburb Valley Park violate Missouri law.
Mar 14, 2007: New York town defies U.S. on Hispanic voting rights (www.washingtonpost.com)
A dispute over voting rights reminiscent of the U.S. civil rights era has broken out in this New York town, where the federal government has thrust itself into the debate and a judge suspended an election.
Mar 14, 2007: Vote problems leave candidates confused well into evening (Miami Herald)
Technical difficulties produced inaccurate vote tallies for Palm Beach County local elections, leaving many candidates wondering who won well into evening before the results were corrected
Mar 14, 2007: Kennedy, Eager for Republican Support, Shifts Tactics on an Immigration Measure (New York Times)
Facing a rebellion from some crucial Republicans, Senator Edward M. Kennedy has abandoned efforts to produce a new immigration bill and is proposing using legislation produced last March by the Senate Judiciary Committee, then controlled by Republicans, as the starting point for negotiations this year, lawmakers said Monday.
Mar 14, 2007: Capitol Hill closes in on immigration reform (The Christian Science Monitor )
Proposed bills would create a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for illegal migrants.
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