U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detained 595 suspected illegal immigrants after a raid at a Mississippi electrical parts plant on Monday. The raid targeted Howard Industries, one of the largest employers in Laurel, Miss., a city of about 18,000. Eight of the immigrants are facing federal charges of using stolen social security numbers, according the [...]
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In Largest Raid Ever, ICE Arrests Almost 600 Suspected Illegal Immigrants
August 27, 2008 – 10:04 am
Controversial Ariz. Voter ID Law Upheld by Federal Judge
August 25, 2008 – 9:18 am
Last week, a federal judge in Phoenix upheld Arizona’s 2004 voter ID law, which mandates proof of citizenship for anyone registering to vote. U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver acknowledged that some citizens, especially Latinos and Native Americans, will have trouble registering to vote, but she said that the impact would not be significant. Nina Perales, [...]
New Fund Helps Detained Immigrants Pay Bonds
August 21, 2008 – 7:24 am
Illegal immigrants held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement often have trouble paying the bonds necessary to get out of detention centers. But now they can turn to the National Immigrant Bond Fund, set up by the liberal non-profit Public Interest Projects last year. This week the chairman of the fund, Boston financier Robert Hildreth, announced [...]
Immigrant’s Death Leads to Calls for Detention Center Reform
August 20, 2008 – 12:20 pm
Hiu Lui Ng, a 34-year-old Chinese immigrant who had lived in the U.S. for his entire adult life, died of cancer in a Rhode Island detention center on August 6. When Ng, who had been healthy when arrested a year ago, began losing weight and complaining of excruciating pain in April, detention officials accused him [...]
Immigration a Big Issue in Arizona State Senate Race
August 19, 2008 – 6:04 am
Arizona State Rep. Russell Pearce (AP Photo) Illegal immigration may have fallen from the national spotlight during this election season, but in some places it’s still a big local issue, as News 21 found in Pennsylvania. Now, according to the East Valley Tribune, the Republican primary candidates in a state Senate race in Mesa, Ariz., [...]
Anti-Immigration Measures Get Micro-Local
August 12, 2008 – 12:54 pm
Over the past two years, towns and suburbs around the country (Hazleton, Pa.; Farmers Branch, Texas) have cracked down on illegal immigration with local ordinances. These laws are usually designed to make it hard for illegal immigrants to find jobs or rent homes, and they have had mixed success. Now, it looks like the Washington, [...]
