Arizona Amends 1070

Immigration law scaled back Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services | Posted: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:00 am PHOENIX - State lawmakers voted late Thursday to repeal one of the more controversial provisions from the new law aimed at illegal immigration. It was among the last things lawmakers did before adjourning the regular legislative session about 11 p.m. HB 2162, approved by the House and Senate, changes the law to specify that when deciding whom to question about immigration statu...

Statement by the President on Senate Proposal Outlined Today to Fix Our Nation’s Broken Immigration System

“It is the federal government's responsibility to enforce the law and secure our borders, as well as to set clear rules and priorities for future immigration. The continued failure of the federal government to fix the broken immigration system will leave the door open to a patchwork of actions at the state and local level that are inconsistent and as we have seen recently, often misguided. The proposal outlined today in the Senate is a very important step in the process of fixing our na...

Obama Praises Immigration Plan

Obama Thursday evening praised the Senate immigration proposal outlined today, saying it "is consistent with the bartisan framework presented by Senators Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham last month," and warning that "we can no longer wait to fix our broken immigration system, which Democrats and Republicans alike agree doesn’t work." “It is the federal government's responsibility to enforce the law and secure our borders, as well as to set clear rules and priorities for future immigra...

Arizona police officer sues over immigration law

(CNN) -- A police officer in Tucson, Arizona, asks that local law enforcement be exempt from enforcing the state's new immigration law in a lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday. Officer Martin H. Escobar claims in the suit that the law will "seriously impede law enforcement investigations and facilitate the successful commission of crimes." He also says there are no "race-neutral criteria or basis to suspect or identify who is lawfully in the United States," including a person...

Mayor Villaraigosa Agrees to a Moratorium on Vehicle Towing – the Equivalent of Arizona’s SB1070

PRESS STATEMENT Wednesday, April 28, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Nativo V. Lopez E-mail: nativolopez@sbcglobal.net Telephone:  (714) 423-4800 Los Angeles, CA - The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) and the Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana have been at the fore-front of the advocacy to outlaw the illegal towing of vehicles of individuals solely due to the lack of a driver’s license.  This practice is rampant throughout California, and municipalities have been...

Hunter: Deport U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants

By UNION-tribune Rep. Duncan Hunter has roiled an already volatile immigration debate by saying that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants should be deported. The East County Republican’s comments surfaced Wednesday on a YouTube video of a tea party event in Ramona on Saturday. The video shows him speaking about the need to crack down on illegal immigration and then responding to a question from the audience about certain children who are born in the United States and, thus, au...