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A new federal regulation meant to prevent identity theft will require local utility departments to ask customers for social security numbers. The county has to make sure that people who apply for accounts are who they say they are, said Johnston Cou read more »
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A Jacksonville man pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of making and possessing counterfeit immigration documents, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Feliciano Ortiz-Cruz, 38, was arrested in November after U.S. Immigration and Customs read more »
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If you think the bad economy has "solved" America's immigration problems, welcome to a reality check. It's certainly true illegal crossings from the south are down and that many foreign workers are returning to their native lands as work dri read more »
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Education professionals sometimes call them English Language Learners, and increased numbers of ELL students in Nebraska is among the highest in the nation, according to Education Week magazine's latest edition. The number of ELL students in the read more »
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. - An immigration lawyer for a Mexican woman, who was mistakenly left in a county holding cell for four days, says his client will be able to stay in Arkansas to care for her sick daughter. Adriana Torres-Flores, 41, of Springdale ap read more »
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Border Patrol agents are hoping the high-tech and increased manpower is enough to curb an anticipated spike in illegal crossings. Agents working in the Rio Grande Valley told Action 4 News that many illegal immigrants return to Mexico and Central Am read more »
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Federal officials have released the identities of five men arrested Tuesday after a 70-mile car chase that ended in Tucson. Officials say the chase began after Mark Andrew Lopez, 49, allegedly tried to run over a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent during read more »
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The U.S. is being infiltrated by illegals, sold to foreign powers, and abandoned by its government. But are Americans enabling the dissolution of our economy and country as well by continuing to buy foreign goods? America literally is being sold out read more »
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A federal grand jury in Seattle has charged two people in an alleged immigration fraud conspiracy, saying they advised straight immigrants to claim homosexuality in applying for political asylum. Steven Mahoney and his wife, Helena, were arrested to read more »
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The federal government should open its fingerprint records to Colorado authorities to help them catch illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes, a state panel said today. The recommendation came four months after a suspected illegal immigrant wit read more »
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Outraged at his low pay and uncompensated overtime, an illegal alien in Boston filed a complaint with the Massachusetts attorney general's office against a supermarket -- and won his case. The illegal alien from Guatemala spoke to the Boston Glo read more »
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A 19-year-old man was arrested Sunday and is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for automatic deportation, according to an arrest report. His crime - tossing a lit cigarette into the bushes. Yony Donery Canales, who lives on Wash read more »
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A new report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that over the past three years dozens of well-known American corporations, representing virtually every sector of the economy, have committed extensive resources lobbying read more »
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YAKIMA -- Illegal immigrants are taking up space the Yakima County Jail, and taxpayers are paying for it. From July 2006 to June 2007, Yakima Jail housed 381 illegal immigrants, costing taxpayers two-million dollars for that year alone. Department o read more »
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BAY POINT -- A Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy was punched in the face while responding to a domestic dispute over the weekend but was not seriously injured, the sheriff's office said. The man suspected of striking the deputy was arrest read more »
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