Immigration

Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam

2013-06-19 17:55:00

WASHINGTON -- Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without jeopardizing a...

Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal

2013-06-19 18:25:00

WASHINGTON — About once a week, like clockwork, House Speaker John A. Boehner insists in a Capitol news conference that jobs and the economy are the "No. 1 concern" of his GOP majority. But from week to week, there's often another priority in the...

Chinatown House in Inland Empire named endangered historic site

2013-06-19 11:54:00

The Chinatown House in Rancho Cucamonga -- one of the last vestiges of the Inland Empire city's Chinese American history -- has been named to the list of America's most endangered historic places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The two-...

Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill

2013-06-18 20:13:00

WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...

Arizona law denying bail for some immigrants wins appeal

2013-06-18 20:16:00

SAN FRANCISCO — An Arizona law that denies immigrants who are in the country without legal permission the right to post bail for a wide array of felonies won approval Tuesday from a divided federal appeals court. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...

As Little Saigon turns 25, family and heritage mark the path ahead

2013-06-18 21:31:00

In a conservative Orange County town, where the strawberry fields were still plentiful and the population solidly white, Danh's Pharmacy stood out when it opened its doors after the Vietnam War came to an end. Yet the business was just the beginning...

Senate immigration bill could slash federal deficit, report says

2013-06-19 09:01:00

A Senate bill meant to offer a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. who entered illegally or stayed on expired visas could trim the deficit by about $175 billion over the next 10 years, according to a federal report....

L.A. Mayor-elect Garcetti picks longtime aide as chief of staff

2013-06-17 20:18:00

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti on Monday named a former community organizer as the first hire of his administration, picking his longtime City Council aide Ana Guerrero as chief of staff. Guerrero, 42, has been working for Garcetti since 2001,...

Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID law

2013-06-17 20:16:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of...

Immigration enforcement head John Morton announces resignation

2013-06-17 14:46:00

WASHINGTON – Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced his resignation Monday after more than four years at the head of the agency. A senior Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the matter said that...

Court upholds Arizona law that denies bail to certain immigrants

2013-06-18 12:44:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court decided 2-1 on Tuesday to uphold an Arizona law that denies bail to immigrants who entered or remain in the country without documentation if they are arrested in connection with a felony. The ruling by the U.S....

Feds sweep East Coast 7-Elevens in alleged immigration scheme

2013-06-17 13:31:00

Federal agents raided 7-Eleven stores across the East Coast on Monday after prosecutors revealed felony indictments accusing franchise owners of operating an immigrant-exploitation scheme from at least 14 of their convenience stores for more than a...

If the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act passes, undocumented immigrants would be designated as criminals and states would be allowed to enforce their own immigration laws over and above federal laws.

2013-06-18 00:00:00

A rally was held in South Bend Friday to push the U.S. Senate to pass immigration reform. (WSBT photo)

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Phil Healing (left) and Kindall Goble are pictured in this recently contributed photo. They lived in Allentown together but had to move to England when Healing lost his job and thus lost his work visa.

2013-06-11 13:04:38