Pa. city OKs illegal immigration overhaul
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The City Council gave tentative approval Friday to an overhaul of an anti-illegal-immigration law considered to be one of the nation's toughest, hoping to put the measure on sounder legal footing.
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Some Prince William businesses fear that the county's recent move to cut public services to illegal immigrants could hurt their operations should the Hispanic community, one of the fastest-growing in the region, decide it is no longer welcome.
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Illegal immigrants lined up outside government offices and consulates, seeking documents to help them qualify for residency and work papers as Spain's biggest immigration reform ever went into effect.
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The measure would have made it much harder for many illegal immigrants to eventually achieve legal status.
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A Pennsylvania town's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration will be challenged by civil rights campaigners in a landmark federal trial beginning on Monday that could signal whether such local laws across the country can stand up to legal challenge.
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HAZLETON, Pa. - The Hazleton City Council formally approved a revamped immigration ordinance Tuesday, reworking the law it passed two months ago to strengthen it against legal challenges.
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The best chance to overhaul immigration this year -- depends in large part on how effective the Congressional "Gang of 12" is in insulating the plan from major changes
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The sheriff's department has developed a remarkably effective &#151; and controversial &#151; way of catching illegal immigrants: Deputies in patrol cars pull up to a construction site in force, and watch and see who runs.
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HAZLETON, Pennsylvania  - Officials in the   Pennsylvania town of Hazleton on Friday strengthened a local   law designed to drive illegal immigrants away in a bid to   defend the measure against legal challenges.
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President Bush's plan to liberalize the nation's immigration laws to allow millions of undocumented workers the opportunity for legal status appears to be on a collision course with newly aroused sentiment among House Republicans pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Proponents of a broad immigration measure narrowly beat back potentially fatal challenges Thursday, including an effort to phase out the temporary worker program
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Hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters assembled in this small Philadelphia suburb Sunday in response to the community's new attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Spain approved new guidelines on  immigration on Thursday, including a partial amnesty aimed at  giving papers to some of the 800,000 illegal immigrants  estimated to be living in the country.
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Senators are betting the U.S. would benefit from giving most illegal immigrants the chance to become American citizens &amp;#151; highlighting their resolve to pass a landmark immigration overhaul.
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Prince William County is moving to enact what legal specialists say are some of the toughest measures in the nation targeting illegal immigrants, including a provision that would direct police to check the residency status of anyone detained for breaking the law -- whether shoplifting, speeding or...
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Federal voting-rights enforcers on Monday authorized Arizona to implement new voter identification requirements required by a state immigration law approved by voters in November.
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Up to 600,000 illegal immigrants would be eligible for amnesty.