Judge Tosses Anti-immigrant Town Law

Pro-reform Hispanic evangelicals a growing political force

(NEWSER) - President Obama's push for immigration reform has brought him some allies he's not likely to partner with on many other issues: evangelical Christian leaders, many of whom embrace a path to legalization for illegal immigrants. Growing evangelical support for immigration reform reflects the recent work of politically active Hispanic pastors, who have convinced many across the evangelical movement that immigration reform is a moral imperative—and that Hispanic evangelicals are the future of the social conservative movement. More»

'Takes more than walk across border'

(NEWSER) - A California lawmaker wants US-born children of illegal immigrants deported, he told a Tea Party rally. "It takes more than walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's in our souls," Republican Duncan Hunter said in San Diego. Deporting American kids of illegal citizens is "not being mean," he added. "We cannot afford what we're doing right now." The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees citizenship to all people born in the US. More»

(NEWSER) - The number of children born to illegal immigrants is rising rapidly, a new study says, raising a host of economic and social concerns. The number of such children rose from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4 million last year, the Washington Post reports. More than a third of the children live in poverty, about twice the rate of other US kids. More»

Supports crackdown without guest workers, path to citizenship

(NEWSER) - White House hopeful John McCain has pulled a U-turn on immigration reform—backing a new bill which cracks down on illegal immigration and offers no path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already here. McCain had been a champion of a guest worker program and citizenship for many of the 12 million illegal residents, but that position, anathema to the GOP base, alienated campaign donors. More»

New Republic warns 'draconian' measures will follow if compromise fails

(NEWSER) - Calling the immigration bill currently fighting its way through the Senate "the best that liberals are likely to get," the New Republic's editors tepidly endorsed the legislation that would bring 12M laborers closer to US citizenship even as they condemned the implications of the bill's proposed guest-worker program. More»