There are currently between 7 and 8 million permanent residents in the United States who could become citizens. There are those who do not apply, even though they are eligible, and there are also those who do apply for citizenship but are denied by the government. Many of those who are denied citizenship ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has enabled telephone hotlines to answer questions about how people can report possible civil rights violations in Arizona and if they have additional questions for DOJ about the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona law S.B. 1070. This is ... Read more
In a decision handed down yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that three sections of Arizona's anti-immigrant law S.B. 1070 are unconstitutional, but approved the most controversial section and the one that many fear will lead to the implementation of racial profiling of Latinos in Arizona. In a 5-3 vote, the ... Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to stop the implementation of an immigration law in the state of Utah. According to the DOJ, H.B. 497 is unconstitutional because it attempts to set immigration policy at the state level, something that, according to the U.S. Constitution, is only incumbent upon the ... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-3 vote, this morning upheld an Arizona law that allows the state to severely punish companies that hire undocumented immigrants and authorizes the mandatory use of the federal E-Verify program to verify the immigration status of employees. In its resolution, the majority of ... Read more
A federal judge ruled that Juana Villegas' civil rights were violated when prison authorities kept her handcuffed to a bed during the final stages of her labor and postpartum recovery. U.S. District Court Judge William Haynes Jr. must now set a hearing to determine the ... Read more
The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals today decided to uphold restrictions against the implementation of sections of S.B. 1070, including the most controversial - the one that would force law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of all persons they "suspect" to be unlawfully present in ... Read more
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court today ruled that some undocumented immigrants will be able to continue to pay the same tuition offered to in-state high school students to attend public community colleges and universities. The ruling upholds California's law, known as AB 540, which allows undocumented ... Read more
Three Georgia immigrants have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows local authorities to enforce federal immigration law. They are also seeking to have the lawsuit declared a class action so that many other immigrants will also be represented. According to experts, the lawsuit, filed last week ... Read more
The date has been set for the hearing in the case of the controversial Arizona law, S.B. 1070. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, announced that it will hear arguments for and against the law on Monday, Nov. 1, beginning at 9 a.m. ... Read more
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