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Record Number of Illegals Found Dead in Arizona

Authorities have found 252 bodies this year

(Newser) - Authorities have found the bodies of 252 illegal immigrants in the Arizona desert this year, an all-time high—even though the number of people crossing illegally is down. That’s in part because increased border security has driven would-be crossers to ever more remote and dangerous routes, NPR explains, and...

Whitman to Brown: You're Behind Housekeeper Story

Gubernatorial candidates let it fly in televised debate

(Newser) - Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown took the gloves off yesterday and went mano a mano over illegal immigration in a televised, Spanish language debate. Brown blasted Whitman for having employed an illegal maid, Nicandra Diaz Santillan . Whitman, in turn, accused him of being behind her sudden surfacing: "You...

Illegal Maid: Whitman Treated Me Like Dirt

Nicky Diaz says candidate ignored warnings on her immigration status

(Newser) - Meg Whitman not only employed her despite knowing she was an illegal alien , the candidate used that knowledge to exploit her, Whitman's former housekeeper says. Nicky Diaz says her duties expanded to include looking after Whitman's children and running errands, and she was never paid for the many extra hours...

Meg Whitman Knowingly Employed Illegal as Maid: Lawyer

Candidate says Gloria Allred is lying

(Newser) - A housekeeper who used to work for Meg Whitman claimed that the candidate for governor knew she was an illegal alien but kept her employed. Nicky Diaz, who worked for Whitman from 2000 to 2009, made the accusations during a press conference today with lawyer Gloria Allred , the LA Times...

Immigration Fight Threatens 9/11 Health Bill

House leaders will cancel vote if Republicans add amendment

(Newser) - Illegal immigration might scuttle a bill to provide health care for people who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. House leaders are considering canceling today’s planned vote if Republicans introduce an amendment barring illegal immigrants from benefiting from the bill, the Wall Street Journal reports. Democrats...

Stephen Colbert Entertains House Panel

Comedian testifies in character

(Newser) - Steven Colbert had barely sat down for a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on migrant workers today when Michigan Democrat John Conyers asked him to leave, the Boston Globe reports. Conyers objected to the media attention Colbert garnered, saying he hadn’t seen so many reporters at a hearing since the...

Move to Legalize Immigrant Kids Shot Down in Senate

DREAM Act dies with defense bill

(Newser) - A bill offering a path to legal residency for the children of illegal immigrants was blocked in the Senate yesterday. The DREAM Act—which was attached to the defense bill the GOP shot down —would have allowed people who came to the US when they were under 16, had...

Colin Powell: We Need Illegal Immigrants...

...Because they're always around to fix my house

(Newser) - Colin Powell thinks the GOP needs to change its attitude on illegal immigrants—because they do great housework. "We have millions of illegal immigrants … who are doing things we need done in this country," he told MSNBC . "They’re all over my house, doing things making...

Illegal Population to Boom if We Kill 14th Amendment

5M US-born illegal residents by 2050

(Newser) - It's commonsense math, says the author of a new illegal immigration study: If the right to citizenship for US-born children of illegal immigrants is repealed, it's not going to deter all illegal immigrants from entering the country. But it will make the children born to those who do so illegals,...

Jan Brewer: OK, I Was Wrong on Beheadings

She takes back statement on bodies in US desert

(Newser) - No more debates for Jan Brewer, but Arizona's governor is clearing one thing up: No headless bodies are turning up in the state's desert regions because of illegal immigration. "That was an error, if I said that," she tells AP . "I misspoke, but you know, let...

Illegal Immigrant Population Shrinking

Pew study finds dramatic drop

(Newser) - The number of illegal immigrants living in America shrunk last year for the first time in 20 years, according to a Pew Research Center report. The report estimates that the number of illegal immigrants fell by roughly a million to 11 million after peaking at 12 million in 2007, the...

Arizona Can't Afford Immigration Crackdown

Jailing immigrants costly for cash-strapped state

(Newser) - Arizona might have one little problem with its controversial new immigration law: It can’t afford to enforce it. The state already has a budget deficit of at least $368 million, and jailing illegal immigrants could expand that significantly. Holding, say, 5,000 immigrants would cost the state $182.5...

Reid Once Tried to Roll Back Citizenship, Too

Dem wanted to change 14th amendment rules in 1993

(Newser) - When Republicans started pushing to repeal or change the 14th amendment so that the children of illegal immigrants would not be citizens, Harry Reid said they’d “either taken leave of their senses or their principles.” Which is pretty awkward, because in 1993, Reid introduced an immigration reform...

Florida Tries to Outdo Arizona on Immigration

AG/gubernatorial candidate proposes even tougher law

(Newser) - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has proposed a sweeping new immigration bill that makes Arizona’s look tame. The bill would require immigrants to carry documentation at all times, or risk 20 days in jail, and would allow judges to more harshly punish illegal immigrants accused of the same crimes...

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's a Cowboy; Obama's a Pansy
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's a Cowboy; Obama's a Pansy
chuck norris
Aug 10, 2010 9:39 AM CDT

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's a Cowboy; Obama's a Pansy

Chuck Norris himself tackles illegal immigration

(Newser) - Who better to talk about securing our borders than Walker, Texas Ranger? In an essay for World Net Daily , Walker—er, Chuck Norris—calls Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer a “lone ranger” and says he agrees with Sarah Palin that President Obama " lacks 'the cojones' to deal with illegal...

Why Not Just Sell US Citizenship?

Professor argues that it's worth upwards of $100,000

(Newser) - If so many people want to be American citizens, Nobel laureate Gary Becker thinks we should just sell the privilege. He reckons you could price US citizenship at roughly $50,000 to $100,000, he explains, as part of Big Think's “Dangerous Ideas” series. Poor people could get a...

Lou Dobbs: Keep the 14th Amendment

He's fine with anchor babies

(Newser) - Even immigration uber-hawk Lou Dobbs thinks Republicans are going too far when they suggest repealing the 14th Amendment to prevent the children of illegal immigrants from gaining automatic citizenship. “The idea that anchor babies somehow require changing the 14th Amendment, I part ways with the senators on that, because...

Virginia Joins Arizona on Immigration Checks
Virginia Joins Arizona on Immigration Checks
who needs a law?
Aug 3, 2010 7:17 AM CDT

Virginia Joins Arizona on Immigration Checks

AG: cops can check status during any stop

(Newser) - Virginia’s Republican attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has issued a legal opinion stating that police may check the immigration status of anyone they stop for any reason. “Virginia law enforcement officers have the authority to make the same inquiries as those contemplated by the new Arizona law,” Cuccinelli...

Mitch McConnell Wants to 'Review' 14th Amendment

That pesky part about birthright citizenship

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell thinks Congress “ought to take a look” at changing the 14th Amendment so that it does not grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. That puts McConnell right in line with a growing Republican push on the issue, alongside Jon Kyl and Lindsey Graham, the Hill...

Jon Kyl: Illegals' Kids Shouldn't Be Citizens

Time to repeal the 14th Amendment

(Newser) - Screw the Constitution; Jon Kyl thinks it's time to stop automatically giving the children of illegal immigrants born on US soil citizenship. The Arizona senator yesterday got behind Lindsey Graham's call to repeal the 14th Amendment, reports CBS, saying, "the question is, if both parents are here illegally, should...

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