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Barack Obama to Send 1,200 Troops to the Border

President Barack Obama will send approximately 1,200 National Guard soldiers to the SW border of Mexico and seek increased spending on US law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from US Republican and Democratic lawmakers that Mexican border security be tightened. The decision was disclosed by a Democratic lawmaker and confirmed by US [...]

Many of the Dora images assume the Latina character is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Several websites have narrated Dora’s mock capture by immigration authorities. One picture circulating on Facebook shows an ad for a TV show called “Dora the Illegal Immigrant.” On the Facebook page “Dora the Explorer is soo an Illegal Immigrant,” there [...]

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The challenge of being unable to find people in detention centers, documented in the Human Rights Watch report, is worsened when one does not even know where to look. The absence of a real-time database tracking people in ICE custody means ICE has created a network of secret jails. Subfield offices enter the time and [...]

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New Immigration Law in Arizona Allows Questioning of Anyone

You need a passport to go to Arizona! Los Angeles officials on Wednesday approved a ban on future business with Arizona in protest against its crackdown on illegal immigrants, becoming the largest U.S. city to impose such an economic boycott. http://tinyurl.com/22rdg8c A tough new anti-immigration law in the US state of Arizona is facing its [...]

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Fingerprint Plan to Confirm US Workers Identity

The latest immigration legislation to pass this year would require US workers to verify their employment status through fingerprints or biometrics. The logic is sound, stop illegal immigration by stopping employers from hiring illegal immigrants. As part of broader legislation he plans to introduce later this year that would provide a pathway to legal status [...]

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