Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, who has sponsored a proposed Pennsylvania immigration bill similar to Arizona’s controversial law, has defended it saying that it will not result in racial profiling. The proposed immigration legislation – House Bill 2478 – will create new state offenses for being in the country illegally, for human trafficking and for applying for [...]

One of the most heated issues of concern as of late throughout the country circulates around immigration reform. Ever since Arizona’s new illegal immigration law was approved, debate and protest has increased along with other states examining their own legislation. Within what appears to be somewhat of a tug-of-war over immigration reform, some officials believe [...]

In what is being referred to as the harshest measure in the United States against illegal immigrants, SB 1070, Arizona’s new Illegal Immigration Act, has drawn much national and local support as well as much opposition. The bill was approved 35 to 21 on April 13, 2010 in the state House of Representatives and the [...]

The Hispanic immigrant population in Gwinett and Cobb counties is shrinking as stepped-up law enforcement and brutal economic conditions take their toll. Last year, Gwinnet County law enforcement officials began screening prisoners on immigration status, becoming the fourth county in the state to do so. Undocumented inmates are being held for processing by federal immigration [...]

Border agents from the U.S. and Mexico are devising strategies to curb the drug trade through a new program in Arizona. A new report from the Director of National Intelligence examines the scope of the problem. About 90 percent of cocaine that comes into the U.S. from South America passes through Mexico first, the report [...]

An Arizona sheriff will deny the federal government’s attempt to rein in his strict enforcement of illegal immigration. Last year, a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security took away Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ability to use 100 of his 881 deputies to enforce U.S. immigration laws within the boundaries of his jurisdiction. [...]

Attorneys in Nassau County, NY, are educating the local Haitian community on ways to avoid deportation. At a program at their Mineola headquarters, the Nassau County Bar Association informed Haitians about the Temporary Protective Status program, a government-run initiative that allows immigrants to stay in the U.S.

Chief Executives of Church World Service and the National Council of Churches are pushing for comprehensive immigration reform, in response to what they referred to as a divine mandate. The leaders sent letters to the 36 communions of their groups stating that immigration reform should be a primary concern of the Christian community.

In the aftermath of the January 12 Haitian earthquake, the Department of State has been bombarded with inquiries from concerned Americans who want to help orphaned children by adopting. However, the Office of Children’s Issues, United States Department of State advises that adopting may not be the best way to help at this time.