"A coalition of civil rights organizations today filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Arizona’s unconstitutional policy denying driver’s licenses to a specific class of immigrant youth even though they have grown up in the United States and are authorized...
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"On Monday, October 22, Esteban Tiznado was supposed to be attending his hearing in an immigration court in Florence, Arizona. And his pro bono attorney David Ouimette was supposed to be presenting evidence of his client's U.S. citizenship. But it's...
"Young undocumented immigrants who receive work permits through President Barack Obama's deferred-action program will be eligible to pay lower in-state tuition, Maricopa Community Colleges officials said Wednesday. The decision goes against the wishes...
"A federal immigration-enforcement employee has been arrested and accused of using her home in Douglas to stash [unauthorized] immigrants smuggled across the border into the U.S. Stella Peterson was arrested Aug. 31 after three [unauthorized] immigrants were...
"Death stalks the borderlands. But the dead aren't considered worthy of much notice. By the end of August, the bodies of 122 illegal border crossers had been found in Arizona's southern deserts. Border Patrol apprehensions dropped 75 percent in...
"Plaintiffs have not shown that they are likely to succeed on their facial challenges to Subsection 2(B) as a result of the Supreme Court’s opinion in the related case. Plaintiffs have shown that they are likely to succeed as to the merits of their claim...
"A federal judge in Phoenix heard oral arguments Tuesday about whether a key provision of Arizona's immigration law should go forward. Though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the provison could take effect, a coalition of civil rights groups is raising new...
"Under current state law, Arizona residents can present a work permit, a Social Security Number and one other form of ID to receive a state driver’s license. But the governor’s office asserts that there is a difference between the young people who would qualify...
"In late April, a Vista father of five children died in the Arizona desert trying to re-enter the country illegally and became one of the nearly 200 people who die each year in that stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. Authorities recovered the remains of 191...
" I am hopeful that this decision is fully utilized for what it actually stands for: embracing the executive's power to fashion an intelligent and targeted approach to immigration enforcement. There should be no doubt that the president's power to...
A new chapter in civil disobedience is being written, rooted in resistance to Arizona's SB 1070 and similar state laws. Links: Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National Convention https://twitter.com/undocubus http...
"Many Latinos surely avoid any contact with the sheriff and his deputies. But Maricopa is also home to a brave corps of people who have tirelessly and stubbornly resisted the sheriff’s campaign of fear. They are a diverse group — Latinos and Anglos...
"[T]he majority warmly reaffirmed a constitutional doctrine, known as obstacle preemption, that will favor the federal government’s interests in a wide swath of future cases. It also strongly endorsed the primacy of the federal government in immigration control...
"It appears that President Obama’s decision to grant relief to the Dreamers was passed in anticipation of the Court’s decision in Arizona. The various opinions and the context in which the case was decided thus raise important issues regarding...