House Passes Tightening of Laws on Immigration
2/11/2005. New York Times
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a bill tightening immigration laws in the name of border security. The main provisions of the bill, which passed 261 to 161, block states from issuing standard drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants and make it easier for judges to expel asylum seekers....

Groups support AgJobs measure
2/11/2005. Fresno Bee
Half a million illegal aliens now picking America's crops could become legal residents and, eventually, U.S. citizens under sweeping legislation reintroduced Thursday. ...

After rally, teacher granted reprieve: Students back his deportation fight
2/10/2005. Boston Globe
Federal officials granted a beloved Fenway High School teacher a reprieve from deportation to his Ivory Coast homeland yesterday afternoon, shortly after hundreds of supporters rallied downtown....

House Passes Bill to Limit Driver's Licenses for Immigrants
2/10/2005. Los Angeles Times
In the first move of what is expected to be a bruising congressional debate this year on immigration reform, the House today passed a bill that would virtually bar states from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, tighten asylum criterion and close a hole in the border fence between California and Mexico....

Chertoff nomination stalls over Guantanamo Bay questions
2/10/2005. GOVExec.com
Michael Chertoff was on the fast track this week to become the next Homeland Security secretary, but debate on class-action overhaul and a holdup over a contentious FBI memo has pushed back the vote to Tuesday....

Chertoff Denies Advising on Interrogation Tactics
2/3/2005. Washington Post
Michael Chertoff, President Bush's nominee for secretary of homeland security, said at his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday that he did not give intelligence officials any specific advice in 2002 when they asked him which interrogation techniques used on alleged terrorists might someday be prosecuted as illegal torture. ...

Immigrants Lost in the Din: Security vs. the Dream
9/20/2004. New York Times
Passers-by glanced curiously at the few dozen young people rallying on the sidewalk outside the Interfaith Center of New York on Thursday, immigrant students wearing bright orange stickers saying "Ask Me Why I'm Fasting." But no one stopped to ask, and as student speakers addressed a handful of reporters, their words were often muffled by the roar of midday traffic in Midtown. ...

Uniting African-Americans and Immigrants
9/11/2004. Resource Center of the Americas
If you listen to President George Bush, the only way Mexicans can avoid the deadly and illegal trip across the US border is to come as guest workers - temporary contract laborers for US industry and agriculture. The 8-14 million immigrants already living in the US without visas, he says, must become guest workers themselves if they want to get legal documents....

Immigration Reform Legislation 2004: All Talk, No Action
7/15/2004. PR Newswire
According to an article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the White House took an active role in opposing the passage of Senate legislation to reform the agricultural sector's immigration policies. Legislation known as the AgJOBS bill ("The Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003," S. 1645) was poised to move as an attachment to legal reform legislation on the Senate floor last week until it was derailed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN)....

Florida, Arizona voter drive kicks off
6/27/2004. Pioneer Press
About 100 college student and labor union volunteers are heading to Florida and Arizona to register immigrant voters in a drive that they say is reminiscent of the racial segregation-battling 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi....