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Editor's note: Thomas A. Saenz is president and general counsel of MALDEF, the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (CNN) -- With her signature Friday on Senate Bill 1070, Gov. Jan Brewer launched Arizona into a maelstrom of national ...

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Mexico City Americans are accustomed to State Department advisories cautioning them to steer clear of dicey protests and political turmoil in developing countries, including their neighbor to the south. Since drug violence erupted in Mexico, the US has ...

CALEXICO, Calif. - Two small earthquakes have rattled the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, California, but there are no reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quakes are aftershocks to the deadly magnitude-7.2 earthquake that shook ...

President Obama states his opinion on this new Arizona law that allows police officials to be able to check anyone's legalization under any propel cause. On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, President Obama addressed the hazing and harassment to Hispanics under ...

WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday said he would not rule out a legal challenge to Arizona's new immigration law. ...

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain says Arizona had to pass a tough immigration law because the Obama administration has failed to 'secure our borders.' The Arizona Republican called the situation in his state 'the worst I've ever seen,' saying ineffective ...

WASHINGTON -- From the Arizona border to the halls of Congress, the sudden reemergence of the divisive issue of U.S. immigration reform poses significant risks for both parties heading into November's congressional elections. Republican efforts to regain ...

PHOENIX Federal authorities say 69 suspected illegal immigrants, including two children and an infant, have been rescued from a drop house in Phoenix. A neighbor called police Tuesday and said he'd seen a pickup dropping off about 30 people Monday ...

PHOENIX The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every "safe house" discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico. The tensions finally spilled over this month with passage ...

CHICAGOAuthorities in suburban Chicago say 24 immigration reform protesters have been arrested and cited for disorderly conduct after sitting on a street to block a van carrying deportees from a federal detention center. The activists say they're tired ...

I think that it is, I fear, subject to potential abuse, Holder said. Im very concerned about the wedge that it could draw between communities that law enforcement is supposed to serve and those of us in law enforcement. Holder said that ...

PHOENIX - The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every 'safe house' discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico. The tensions finally spilled over this month with passage ...

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog Washington is continuing to play ping-pong with the immigration issue. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who needs at least the lions share of the votes to be cast by Nevadas Hispanic community if he hopes to ...

OTTUMWA, Iowa -- Obama also offered fresh, stern criticism of a new Arizona law that allows police to question anyone about their immigration status if they have reason to suspect they are in the country illegally. The president said a comprehensive ...

WASHINGTON-Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that US officials are reviewing the constitutionality of a new Arizona law that critics fear may encourage racial profiling and other acts of discrimination. The law, signed Friday by ...

Amnesty International accuses Mexico of ignoring the abuse of south American migrants passing through to the US ...

OTTUMWA, IA -- Asked about his plan for undocumented workers at a town hall this evening in Ottumwa, IA, President Obama referred to this law that just passed in Arizona which I think is a poorly conceived law. The president said, you can try to ...

President Barack Obama says he can persuade most congressional Democrats to back an overhaul of immigration laws but that Republicans must join the effort. ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The top US Senator said Tuesday he was determined to pass sweeping bills to overhaul US immigration and battle climate change "Immigration and energy are equally vital to our economic and national security. And we've ignored both of ...