Immigration + Community Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 21, 2009

ICE audit plan for employers includes El Paso, draws criticism from rights group

November 19, 2009

Members of Franklin County’s Hispanic community meet with Immigration officials to discuss becoming legal residents – Pennsylvania

November 18, 2009

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has launched its 13th immigration and crime sweep and reported 27 arrests by Monday night.

November 13, 2009

Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville

November 7, 2009

George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County

November 5, 2009

Coalition calls for public oversight in new San Bernardino 287(g) agreement

November 4, 2009

Tom Wolfe’s upcoming book explores immigration in Miami

October 30, 2009

San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law

October 29, 2009

Immigrant Hispanic community protests law-enforcement action in Ohio’s far northeast corner

October 28, 2009

Sanctuary journey ends – 1st Elvira Arellano left y now Flor Crisostomo has left the church in Chicago

October 17, 2009

The Homeland Security Department said Friday that it has revamped pacts that allow for greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement in 55 states and cities, including Carrollton and Farmers Branch.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched a sweep in Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.

October 12, 2009

Latinos march in Indio for immigration reform – California

October 9, 2009

Immigration advocates protest 287(g) – Mayor attempting to move forward a proposal to deputize local police as federal immigration agents – Morristown, NJ

October 7, 2009

ICE Should Terminate Maricopa County 287(g) Agreement – Scaling Back Sheriff Arpaio’s Immigration Enforcement Authority Does Not Go Far Enough, Says ACLU

October 6, 2009

“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”

October 5, 2009

Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics

September 28, 2009

Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.

September 21, 2009

Tension flares over ID requirement at Grand Prairie mobile home park – Texas

Save Our Trailer Parks from Immigrants!?

September 17, 2009

End the 287(g) Program in Nashville

New Study Finds Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Led to Racial Profiling – UC Berkeley

September 8, 2009

Town hall meeting hits on 287(g) program – Albertville

Immigration activists urge census boycott – Hope effort spurs legislation – Massachusetts perspective

September 1, 2009

Rio Grande Valley sheriffs ponder federal immigration enforcement program – 287(g)

L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees

August 27, 2009

Albertville’s request that its police officers be federally certified in enforcing immigration law is scaring Hispanic people into moving away, according to an advocate for the local Hispanic community. -Alabama

August 24, 2009

The North Alabama Hispanic Committee is upset over letters concerning the 287(g) program sent from the city of Albertville to leaders in Washington, D.C.

August 18, 2009

How Brazilian migration transformed Martha’s Vineyard

August 12, 2009

Immigrants Are ‘Greening’ our Cities, How About Giving them a Break?

August 11, 2009

Joe Arpaio-Supporting, Gun-Toting Nativists Menace Children’s March for Family Unity

August 5, 2009

Hostage house in Compton an example of the increasing dangers for illegal immigrants

July 23, 2009

Do immigrants make cities safer?

July 20, 2009

A documentary by a Denver-based film company brings the now-fading raids at Swift & Co. back to the fore, delving into a spectrum of issues surrounding both the raid and the wider subject of immigration reform. – “Swift Justice”

July 15, 2009

The decision by Bashas’ Supermarkets to close three Food City stores illustrates how much businesses that cater to the Hispanic community are suffering as the economy and immigration crackdowns have driven Latinos out of Arizona.

June 29, 2009

Huge immigrant population brings blessings and challenges to Catholics in Arkansas, part 2

June 25, 2009

Immigrant Treatment in Phoenix Reminiscent of Slavery – By Rev. Al Sharpton

June 18, 2009

Dalton State College faculty contribute to book on Latino immigration: “Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia”

June 15, 2009

Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated – No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month

June 11, 2009

Illegal immigration’s fallout in Detroit: Families split as deportations grow

June 6, 2009

A bill that aims to curb illegal immigration by prohibiting local governments from enacting “sanctuary” ordinances, or policies that make it difficult for law enforcement and other local government employees to comply with federal immigration law, was approved in the Tennessee’s state House on Friday morning.

June 5, 2009

How an immigration raid changed a town – Tiny Postville, Iowa, struggles to regain its footing one year after the largest immigration sweep in US history.

White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal – Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Obama administration to do anything in the near future about immigration reform, or yanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) authority

April 20, 2009

Father and son arrested: the other side of Utah’s stab at immigration reform

April 10, 2009

The mayor-elect of a North Shore suburb said Wednesday that he would drop many restrictions against illegal immigrants imposed by his predecessor. “The current mayor was not open to listening to what the community really needed,” said Robert Sabonjian, who on Tuesday defeated the incumbent mayor of Waukegan

April 7, 2009

ICE continues targeting Hawaii’s undocumented community with worksite and home raids

Texas Mayor Caught in Deportation Furor – Mayor Herbert Gears of Irving

March 24, 2009

A Year Without a Mexican – Undocumented workers were the economic lifeblood of small towns like Postville, Iowa—until the immigration cops showed up.

‘They moved away’ Immigrants leave area amid legal crackdown, economic lag – Northwest Indiana

March 23, 2009

The recession may have reversed the flow of immigration in northeastern Indiana as immigrants, both legal and illegal, leave the area to look for jobs, a newspaper reported.

March 15, 2009

Tour aiming to change immigration policy stops in Dallas

March 10, 2009

State and local leaders on Monday defended a $40 million federal program used by Mecklenburg County that identifies jailed illegal immigrants – after a congressional report criticized it for targeting minor offenders instead of serious criminals. – North Carolina

Mixed signals along South’s ‘Immigrant Highway’ – The strip of Buford Highway that runs through Chamblee and Doraville has attracted a huge influx of immigrants

March 3, 2009

Activists Protest Immigration Raids In Phoenix – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area.

February 16, 2009

Some states, cities and counties that plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts. In Texas, Alabama and elsewhere, lawmakers have repealed or modified measures that cracked down on illegal immigrants or made English the official language. In Iowa and Utah, legislators are proposing similar reversals.

February 1, 2009

Judge Prohibits Anti-Immigrant Measure from Taking Effect in Columbia County, Oregon

December 28, 2008

City of Immigrants Fills Jail Cells With Its Own – Central Falls, Rhode Island (a mostly Latino community) :: look into the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago. The system operates without the rules that protect criminal suspects, and has grown up with little oversight, often in the backyards of communities desperate for any source of money and work. – In a sinking economy, immigration detention is a rare growth industry. – (A MUST READ)

December 8, 2008

Two years after Swift raid: Latino community still reeling – Utah

December 5, 2008

Inmigrantes tienen menor acceso a vivienda en Nueva York

November 18, 2008

Living in the Shadows-Illegal Immigration In Indiana Part 1

November 6, 2008

Postville streets empty as immigration officials return – Iowa

October 15, 2008

A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the city’s plan to issue municipal identification cards to residents regardless of immigration status does not violate state and federal law.

Immigrants integral to Nebraska state economy, UNO study finds – If immigrants vanished and weren’t replaced in three of its key industries, Nebraska would lose 78,000 jobs, including some filled by U.S.-born workers. Production throughout the state would drop nearly 9 percent, or by $13.5 billion.

October 6, 2008

There is controversy at the Tulsa State Fair. The President of an immigration advocacy group says Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are targeting Hispanic fairgoers.

September 30, 2008

Border visits no longer will be day at beach – The federal government’s effort to slam the door on illegal immigration, drug smuggling and the threat of terrorism means a new secondary fence will be built in the park, creating a 90-foot-wide no-man’s land of patrol roads and security lights that extends to the sea. – Southern California

September 25, 2008

Immigration polarizes small-town America – Some communities are angry about immigration, but the candidates aren’t spending much time on the topic.

September 23, 2008

Hispanic Leaders Upset Over Opening Of Immigration Office – New ICE office in Tulsa

September 22, 2008

blankFarmers Branch, Texas Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Is Blocked While Challenge Continues

Tennessee’s Hamblen County considers blocking construction jobs from undocumented workers

September 15, 2008

Mexicans in Alaska: The Last Immigration Frontier – Alaska, along with many other states in Middle America, has changed dramatically since my family lived there in the ’70s, and a good part of the growth in diversity has been due to immigration

Immigration raids worry small towns

September 9, 2008

Crackdown leaves Mexican border town with nothing but ghosts – Sásabe, on the Arizona-Mexico border

What’s called the new sanctuary movement is growing in Kansas City, too, where faith leaders have created an organization called Immigrant Justice Advocacy Movement. KC Currents’ Sylvia Maria Gross has this story of a Kansas City Kansas family who turned to a group of church pastors when they thought they were about to be turned in.

Border Patrol roadblock rattles small Washington town

Dallas suburb’s move on illegal immigration being fought – Measure to keep illegal immigrants in Farmers Branch from housing has some seeking restraining order

September 8, 2008

A large pro-immigrant billboard in Old Town Manassas is being dismantled before a court hearing could have forced a man to remove it from his property. – Virginia

Mayor Randy Chastain minced few words in saying that an increasing illegal immigration presence is sapping his city of resources and adding a heavy burden on the backs of Oconee County taxpayers. – Walhalla, South Carolina

September 5, 2008

In what’s being hailed as an important victory for South Florida immigrants, Lake Worth has reached a settlement with seven Guatemalan families left homeless from a nighttime raid by city officials in 2006.

Sheriff’s immigration training plan delayed over grant – Allen County, Indiana

September 3, 2008

Opponents of a Dallas suburb’s latest effort to force out illegal immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a city ban on apartment and home rentals to tenants who can’t prove they are legally in the country. – Farmers Branch

Illegal immigrants opted to stay during Gustav – New Orleans

August 26, 2008

Howard Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic transformers and transportation equipment. Early Monday morning, the Laurel facility was swarming with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After hours of interviewing all the employees on site, 350 illegal immigrants were identified. – Mississippi

August 23, 2008

Undocumented Immigrant Upset After Arrest At Car Dealership – Irving, Texas

August 19, 2008

Fremont Leaders Continuing Push For Immigration Law – Nebraska

August 17, 2008

Tucson’s police chief is revising his department’s policy on dealing with illegal immigrants officers encounter.

Arpaio’s West Valley sweeps netted 102 arrests – Arizona

A teacher visiting from Mexico, who was arrested and jailed after a traffic accident last year, is suing the Southeast King County town of Pacific, saying actions by police officers there demonstrate a pattern of unreasonably detaining people to determine their immigration status. – Washington

Eight people serving on Gov. Don Carcieri’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs have resigned to protest Carcieri’s immigration crackdown in Rhode Island.

A small town struggles after immigration raid – Postville, Iowa

August 14, 2008

Some groups of immigrants leaving Utah

August 11, 2008

Republican state lawmaker Doug Bruce blasted the El Paso County Sheriff’s office last week for booklets Bruce said tell suspected illegal immigrants how to avoid law enforcement officers. – Colorado

August 10, 2008

Holding suspected illegal immigrants in jail in Prince William County has cost nearly $800,000 more than expected in the previous fiscal year, officials said.

August 7, 2008

Another California Community Colleges board member steps down – Randal Hernandez withdrawals his application for reappointment. He is the fourth to leave in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by supporting illegal immigration legislation.

Illegal workers get help from fund – Group assists in posting bond for immigrants held in ICE raids – Houston

Raid rumors roil undocumented community – Burlington, North Carolina

August 6, 2008

Hispanic activists are accusing Chicago police of turning over suspected illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency despite city and county bans on such activity.

August 3, 2008

Immigrants joining the ranks of New Jersey’s homeless

July 30, 2008

Fremont’s City Council voted to kill a proposal targeting illegal immigration at the end of a hearing that drew more than 1,000 people. – Nebraska

Activists and several Chicago aldermen are investigating dozens of claims that city and county authorities violated immigrant rights, including federal immigration laws affecting jail inmates.

Hispanics profiling victims by Border Patrol in West Palm, group says

Inmigrantes, activistas y funcionarios electos participarán en una audiencia pública con el objetivo de asegurar que empleados municipales y la Policía de Chicago respeten las ordenanzas municipales que prohíben denunciar a inmigrantes indocumentados antes las autoridades de Inmigración.

July 29, 2008

Hispanics to combat perceptions of illegal immigrants – Beaufort County, South Carolina

July 28, 2008

About 1,000 people, including rabbis, Hispanic immigrants and Catholic clergy, marched through Postville, Iowa on Sunday, protesting working conditions at Agriprocessors Inc.

July 27, 2008

Three members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus listened Saturday to tales of children working long hours at kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors Inc., of fractured families and the emptiness left behind after nearly 400 people were swept up in the largest federal immigration raid of its kind May 12.

Responding to a recent crackdown on illegal immigration, local Hispanic leaders met with Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner on Tuesday. – South Carolina

July 26, 2008

Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez has attended a meeting in Iowa where he heard stories from residents affected by a federal immigration raid in May. – Postville

Funcionarios de Escondido han propuesto un nuevo enfoque legal para combatir la percepción de que la ciudad, con una creciente población latina, se ha convertido en un destino para los inmigrantes indocumentados. – California

July 24, 2008

The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. – Connecticut

Hundreds of critics of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio packed the county chambers Wednesday to try to persuade the Board of Supervisors to put an end to his controversial immigration sweeps, to better monitor lawsuits related to his office, and to more closely examine his emergency response times and jurisdictional reach.

July 23, 2008

Lawsuit: End Services For Illegal Immigrants – Lexington, Kentucky

South Carolina county to vote English as official language – Pickens County

July 21, 2008

Immigration frustration stokes fury in Fremont – Nebraska – (exacerbated by the influx of workers with different customs, language and skin tone!)

Raid on meat plant haunts town, sparks debate – Postville

Mexican immigrant’s beating at hands of youths exposes racial tensions in Pennsylvania town – Shenandoah

July 17, 2008

New Report from Migration Policy Institute – Hometown Associations: An untapped resource for immigrant integration?

Immigration agents arrest 31 in courthouse sweep – Rhode Island

July 16, 2008

San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry

Border fence lawsuit will be heard in federal court in El Paso

July 15, 2008

Arpaio launches another sweep in Mesa

July 14, 2008

Special Sunday Post: Nashville-area police department’s abuse of ICE’s 287(g) program calls for federal review (Latina Lista)

Proposed Law to Keep Illegal Immigrants Out of Nebraska Town Causes Uproar

July 13, 2008

Immigrants Find Solace After Storm of Arrests – Postville, Iowa

Marchers pray for immigration reform, end to border fence – El Paso

July 10, 2008

Play portrays lives of illegal immigrants – Plaza Midwood show aims to offer particular insight into the experience of children. – North Carolina

July 9, 2008

Lutheran pastor: Postville’s returned to state it was in 15 years ago – Iowa

June 29, 2008

Illinois’ Bureau and Putnam Counties feel impact of Hispanic immigrants

June 24, 2008

Immigration activists content with recommendations to city – Austin

June 23, 2008

New Policy On Illegal Immigrants Questioned – ACLU Seeks Files From Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office

June 19, 2008

Lawman’s raids on immigrants spark fury in Phoenix – Sheriff Joe Arpaio

June 16, 2008

Hispanic advocates denounce Rhode Island immigration arrests – Newport

June 12, 2008

Immigration Bust Forces Restaurants to Close – Tallahassee

June 10, 2008

Packed jail tied to illegal immigration – Eagle County, Colorado

Sheriff gets go-ahead to deal with illegal immigrants – Beaufort County, South Carolina

June 9, 2008

States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration (online title) vs. (newspaper title) Local Officals Adopt New, Harder Tactics On Illegal Immigrants – New York Times

June 4, 2008

Tulsa parish establishes shrine to patron saint of immigrants – St. Toribio Romo

June 3, 2008

Illegal immigration issue surfaces in race for League City mayor – Candidate wants to address how illegal immigrants are handled by police – Texas

May 29, 2008

Judge rejects Farmers Branch ordinance on renting to illegal immigrants

May 28, 2008

Danbury congregation joins sanctuary movement – Connecticut

May 27, 2008

U.S. immigration agency to migrate from Portland to suburb – Oregon

Beaufort County in North Carolina tightening up on public services for illegal immigrants

Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute

Prince William’s county sees signs of change amid crackdown

May 22, 2008

Illegal Workers to Serve Time Outside of Iowa – Postville aftermath

Hard-Line Policies Prompt Immigration Meetings – Escondidio, California

Hispanics bracing themselves for more ICE raids – Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois

What will become of Postville’s undocumented students? – Iowa

May 21, 2008

Immigrants feel distress, shock, nun says – Postville, Iowa raid

May 20, 2008

Update: Latino community still under siege in Postville and Waterloo, Iowa (Latina Lista)

Postville Latino community leaders ask, “What good comes from tearing so many families apart?” (Latina Lista)

Danbury church joins movement to help illegal immigrants – Connecticut

May 19, 2008

Archbishop holds Mass in Postville, Iowa

Minnesota rights activists protest immigrant arrests in Iowa

May 15, 2008

Some illegal immigrants fear raids by federal agents – Suffolk County, New York

Illegal Worker Describes Escape from Plant – Postville, Iowa

May 14, 2008

What’s Next for Postville? – (update: near 400 arrested – town may dry up)- Iowa – (you should read the comments below the original article)

May 13, 2008

Immigration raid: State agency gathered student data last month – Postville, Iowa

Immigration raid: Workers take care, take cover – (in other parts of Iowa)

Immigration raid: Town’s Hispanics shutter businesses, scatter – Postville, Iowa

Postville plant reopens after raid – Iowa

Immigration raid: Proliferation of undocumented workers began in early ’80s – Iowa

Immigration raid: biggest kosher meatpacker started by Jews in 1987 – Iowa

History: Postville had recent influx of immigrants – Iowa

Claims of ID fraud lead to largest raid in state history – Iowa

May 12, 2008

New mayor says top priority is ridding Carrollton of illegal immigrants – Dallas suburb

Immigration raid draws protest – Richmond, Virginia

Does illegal immigration lead to more crime? – St. Louis area

May 7, 2008

Immigration enforcement: At what cost? – Frederick County, Maryland

ICE raids on homes panic schools, politicians – Berkeley and Oakland

May 6, 2008

Ski towns struggle with labor crunch as immigrant crackdown continues

Immigrants Feel Less Welcome in Frederick County, Maryland

May 5, 2008

Illegal immigration could shake up Lewisville council races – Texas

May 1, 2008

Mexican Consulate To Visit Mt. Pleasant After ICE Raids

Miami activists plan subdued march

Latino activists reach out to blacks with invitation to join immigration march – Chicago

April 30, 2008

Pr. William Softens Policy on Immigration Status Checks – Police Officers Can Question Crime Suspects About Their Residency Only After They Are Arrested

Radio Iowa: Panel probes 2006 immigration raids at Swift plants

Annual study finds Houstonians’ attitudes sour toward immigration

April 25, 2008

Illegal immigration issues roil Iowa town – Marshalltown, where a quarter of residents are Latino, is seeing rising anti-immigrant sentiments, especially after a deadly car crash involving a woman in the country illegally.

Refusal to investigate housing complaints for illegal immigrants an ‘embarrassment,’ EOC says – Nebraska

Mesa on edge as it awaits promised Arpaio sweeps – Arizona

Salvation Army Helps Local Hispanic Families – after the raids at Chattanooga’s Pilgrim’s Pride

April 24, 2008

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James’ Controversial Comments Stir Up Latino Community – “Illegal immigrants do pay taxes..so do prostitutes and drug dealers.” – North Carolina

Sheriff: Word is out there about new immigration program – Hall County, Georgia

April 21, 2008

Hispanic community rocked by plant raid – Chattanooga, Tennessee last Wednesday

Immigration’s place in community – Butler County, Ohio

April 16, 2008

Police Worry Immigrants’ Help in Cases Will Dry Up (after new immigration law) – Virginia

April 14, 2008

Phoenix Mayor Asks FBI to Check Sheriff Joe Arpaio

April 10, 2008

Local residents learn specifics of immigration law – Georgia

April 9, 2008

‘Jamiel’s Law’ Targets Illegal Immigrant Gang Members – Los Angeles

March 28, 2008

Suffern, New York Cops May Soon Be Immigration Officers

March 13, 2008

Crackdown on Illegal Immigration Quiets Soccer Fields in Prince William – Virginia

March 6, 2008

A year after raid, immigration cases drag on for many – New Bedford, Massachusetts

Ruben Navarrette: The role of local police in immigration – Phoenix

March 5, 2008

Measures on illegals to face council – Clarksville, TN

February 19, 2008

Sí se puede! Immigrants and allies march for immigrant rights – Minneapolis

Local company at center of illegal immigration investigation – Hampton, Virginia

February 18, 2008

Phoenix Police to Check Arrestees’ Immigrant Status

Winston-Salem wants illegal immigrants off private payrolls – North Carolina

February 14, 2008

Immigration debate gets emotional – Discussion in Topeka centers on Sen. Peggy Palmer’s proposed Kansas Illegal Immigration Relief Act.

February 13, 2008

Purdue and Ivy Tech to Discuss Immigration – Indiana

February 12, 2008

Sheriff’s hopefuls want jail to check for illegal immigrants – Dallas County

February 11, 2008

Year after raid, Cache mightily divided over immigrants – Utah

February 7, 2008

Council approves ICE plan – Danbury, Connecticut

February 6, 2008

Council to vote on ICE partnership – Danbury, Connecticut

Senator Ingebrigtsen leads meetings to get input about illegal immigration issues – Minnesota

February 5, 2008

Immigration Misfire

February 4, 2008

Marchers protest Minuteman conference – Kansas City, Missouri

January 24, 2008

Hispanic Chamber Sponsors Meeting About New Immigration Law – Nashville, Tennessee

January 22, 2008

Round Two: Farmers Branch Vs. Illegal Immigrants

Virginia Beach system for illegal workers would affect about 175 vendors

January 16, 2008

Virginia Beach OKs pledge to keep out illegal immigrants

January 15, 2008

Bill on Migrants Splits a Town With Few – What Some Called a Preventive Measure Seemed to Others an Effort to Fan Biases – Taneytown, Maryland

January 10, 2008

Businessmen grill Murphy on Danbury immigration – Connecticut

January 8, 2008

Danbury’s slippery road to ICE pact – Connecticut

January 7, 2008

Immigration raids hit Springfield hard – Tennessee -(up to 1,000 Hispanic residents flee the city)

January 4, 2008

Besieged Day Labor Center Stays Open – Phoenix

Danbury delays decision on ICE – Connecticut

January 3, 2008

Keeping up with day laborers not easy – Police officer in Orange devotes time to enforcing new rules that crack down on problems associated with day workers. – Orange, California

Latinos seek programs on citizenship, English – Appleton, Wisconsin

January 2, 2008

Police get tougher on immigrants – Waukegan, Illinois

December 13, 2007

Economy has recovered, but fears linger – Grand Island – (about last year’s swift raids)

December 12, 2007

Worthington still smarting one year after Swift raid – Minnesota

December 9, 2007

Latino Fears About Phoenix Police Policy Subside

Cobb sheriff praised for enforcing immigration law – Georgia

NC5 Examines Impact Of Illegals In Springfield, Tennessee – (Illegal is not a noun – still worth reading though)

December 5, 2007

Frankfort Mayor-Elect Talks about Plans for Solving Illegal Immigration – Indiana

December 4, 2007

Lake County applies to federal immigration, deportation program – Illinois

December 3, 2007

Minuteman executive director speaks in Indio – California

Immigrants gather to address arrests, other concerns – Dodge City, Kansas

Chief focuses on issues of immigration – Eugene, Oregon

November 25, 2007

Investigators Still Working To ID Illegal Immigrants Killed In Harris Fire – San Diego

Frankfort plans third forum on immigration- Indiana

November 19, 2007

Waukegan immigrants wary of city effort to enforce federal law – Chicago area

November 14, 2007

Law closes illegal immigrant driver’s license loophole – North Carolina

Taxpayers footing the bills for illegal immigrants – Danbury Hospital – Connecticut – (Yes, this is important but it is only part of the equation. It is like balancing your checkbook without every including your deposits)

November 12, 2007

Some cities reach out to illegal immigrants – Illinois

November 4, 2007

Immigration Debate Goes Digital – Prince William County’s illegal immigration debate has now reached YouTube

October 28, 2007

Agriculture sparked growth in diversity – Holland, Michigan

October 21, 2007

Prince William Crackdown Worries Some Merchants

Frankfort rolls up its welcome mat – Illegal immigrants, once accepted as needed workers, face uncertain future – Indiana

October 14, 2007

Even allies divided in Irving’s immigration fight – United in opposition to migrant policy, one group gets aggressive while other urges dialogue – Texas

October 10, 2007

Police union calls for change in Phoenix’s immigration policy

October 9, 2007

Billboard Supports Illegal Immigrants – (in the now infamous Butler County, Ohio)

October 8, 2007

Church goes Latino, takes up immigration reform – Hazleton, Pennsylvania

October 2, 2007

Immigrants stir up Greeley – Some say a forum hosted by the DA was more about politics. Others say the effect on crime is a real issue.

September 27, 2007

Riverside council candidates discuss immigration, Latinos – California

Suffern seeks police partnership with federal immigration authorities – New York

September 25, 2007

Sheriff’s Office to get a leg up on immigration problem – Cabarrus County, North Carolina

September 20, 2007

Surge of illegal immigrants causes changes for Frederick County – Maryland

September 19, 2007

Immigration forum draws standing room only crowd – Greeley, Colorado

September 18, 2007

Deputies Trained To Deal With Illegal Immigration – Tulsa

Town quietly rescinds tough law aimed at illegal immigrants – Riverside, New Jersey

September 12, 2007

Northern Virginia city cancels Latino festival, blaming activists – Manassas Park

September 11, 2007

Activists eye Palmetto for migrant service hub – Florida

September 9, 2007

Latino leaders meet with Attorney General Anne Milgram – New Jersey

August 29, 2007

Settlement Reached on Behalf of Detained Immigrant Children Underscores the Flaw in U.S. Immigration Law (Latina Lista)

August 28, 2007

Mexican consul general worried about NW Arkansas officers’ immigration training – Rogers

August 27, 2007

Judge Tells Illegal Alien He is “Unwelcome Undesirable” – Tennessee

Meeting addresses Latino questions about civil rights – Hazleton, Pennsylvania

August 20, 2007

Latino Group Vows To Sue if Resolution Isn’t Tempered – Prince William County

August 13, 2007

DPS tracked troopers encounters with illegal immigrants – Dallas

July 31, 2007

Immigration in Crawfordsville – U. S. Rep. Steve Buyer talks to local leaders – Indiana

July 30, 2007

Anger of immigrant debate bursts forth at rallies- Opposing sides go face to face in Morristown, New Jersey

July 17, 2007

Immigrants allegations to be examined – Irving, Texas

July 9, 2007

So Far, Both Sides in Suffolk Tax and Immigration Impasse Are Ahead – New York

July 2, 2007

Celebration of immigrant children is part fun, part politics – St. Louis

July 1, 2007

Leader of Hispanic church welcomes all, including undocumented – New Haven, Connecticut

June 26, 2007

Migrant workers in area trafficking case feel at home in New Haven – Connecticut

June 17, 2007

1,000-Plus Voices Call For “Justicia Ahora!” – New Haven

May 21, 2007

Immigrants Death Sparks Tensions in New York

May 9, 2007

Protesters Show Up When Hispanic Leaders Announce Plans to Boycott I-966 – Yakima, Washington

May 1, 2007

City preparing components of municipal ID card for documented, undocumented residents – New Haven, Connecticut

April 2, 2007

Immigration, education big concerns for Hispanic festival celebrants – Waco, Texas

February 25, 2007

Workshop pushes immigration reform – Moline, Illinois

February 16, 2007

Half Of Tennessees Hispanics Are Foreign-Born

February 15, 2007

Program Introduces Aliens to U.S. Justice System – North Carolina (I didn’t know Martians had landed)

February 12, 2007

A town that wants illegal immigrants – Lindsay, California

Effects of raid still felt in Iowa town – Marshalltown, Iowa

February 8, 2007

Richmond pledges to keep immigrants feeling safe – California

February 1, 2007

Latinos Unidos fires back – Ottumwa, Iowa

January 29, 2007

Tensions build after Weld’s social services threaten to take action against false documention – Greeley, Colorado

January 22, 2007

Hispanic Groups Charge Police With Random I.D. Checks – Virginia

January 16, 2007

Immigrants press courts for interpreters – Ohio

January 14, 2007

Immigrants reshape Hillsboro – Oregon

January 9, 2007

Immigration raids spark work on city emergency plan – Northfield, Minnesota

January 4, 2007

ICE raids, background on slaughterhouses – Greeley, Colorado

December 21, 2006

Swift donates $60,000 to United Way – Greeley, Colorado

December 17, 2006

Centro Civico trying to help families hit by Hyrum raid – Salt Lake City

December 13, 2006

Social service agencies evaluating possible role (after raid) – Grand Island, Nebraska