Foes of Farmers Branch Law Delay Petition: Opponents of Illegal Immigrant Rule Plan to File Papers Wednesday
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By Stephanie Sandoval, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 12--A group of residents hoping to force a public vote on a Farmers Branch ordinance banning apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants didn't turn in their petition Monday as they had hoped.
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Ever since Colorado passed tough immigration laws last year, farmers have worried that the immigrant laborers they depend on to plant and harvest their crops will not  show up in the fields this season. So, a state legislator has proposed a novel idea: Send in the prisoners.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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Backers of a measure to force Phoenix   police and other employees to enforce federal immigration law   on Saturday vowed to fight a judge's ruling that knocked the   initiative off the November 7 ballot in the Arizona capital.
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Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.
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By Brian Lee, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Mar. 6--The fight of the small farmer is everybody's fight, said the president of an agricultural organization that represents black growers in California.
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By Mick Hinton, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.   Rep.
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Tighter U.S. border enforcement is worsening a nationwide farm labor shortage, forcing states to compete for workers who may be illegal, industry officials said on Thursday.
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Senators urging the passage of a bill that would legalize millions of illegal immigrants hope to revive bipartisan support for the embattled measure and push it to passage by week's end.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Possible neighbors of the proposed hog farm in eastern Yuma  County aren't quite ready to accept an animal feeding operation in their  backyard even though the company intends to break ground this week.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers union protested the online grocery delivery company's decision to let go of scores of immigrant workers. A unionization vote is planned this weekend.
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HAMILTON, Ohio  - Miguel Garcia owns a Mexican grocery and would like to open a bakery too, but the illegal immigrant is waiting to see if the U.S. Congress will pass immigration reform before he invests in a new business.
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Last June, U.S. immigration officials were presented a plan that supporters said could help slash waiting times for green cards from nearly three years to three months and save 1 million applicants more than a third of the 45 hours they could expect to spend in government lines.
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Lawmakers are bracing for political blowback from liberal and conservative critics of a broad immigration reform measure that's on hold as they head home for a weeklong break
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A request to be filed with the U.S. will seek the apprehension of Gonzalo S&#225;nchez de Lozada to face charges over the killing of protesters. But Washington may be in no hurry to comply
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Colorado is considering letting prison inmates work on private farms after farmers complained that an illegal-immigration crackdown has left them short-handed, officials said.