Companies based in Nashville are making the case for immigration reform on the grounds that it is the smart move to facilitate business. They are advocating on behalf of the Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE), the initiative spearheaded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Similarly, they are pushing for more temporary work...Read More

Outrage erupted in Alabama as countless families were denied basic utilities services not because they couldn’t afford them, but because they were undocumented. This is the criterion Decatur Utilities in Alabama has decided to use when determining who gets necessary home utilities from their company. According to the local newspaper, Decatur Utilities is now prohibiting...Read More

The residents of Arizona have rebuked the hard-line politics of the state Senate President Russell Pearce who was the author of the state’s tough anti-illegal immigration law that has given rise to copycat laws in several other states. The Senator has been forced out of office in a recall election. His defeat puts a different...Read More

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) have found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and attorneys across the country are applying different standards on prosecutorial discretion despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a specific policy to follow. In their report, which includes information...Read More

Image via Wikipedia The Justice Department has urged the Supreme Court to stay out of a lawsuit involving Arizona’s immigration law, saying lower courts properly blocked tough provisions targeting illegal immigrants. The department’s solicitor general said in one of his filings to the justices that the state law is a challenge to federal policy and...Read More