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	House will return to a packed agenda Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43360&dcn=todaysnews Health care will have top billing on the House agenda when Congress reconvenes in September, but the clock is ticking on other big tasks - including deciding what to do about the Highway Trust Fund before it expires Sept. 30 and wrapping up work on fiscal 2010 spending bills. More... Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Police and church leaders seek immigration reform Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.northwestgeorgia.com/statenews/local_story_224092835.html Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson joined law enforcement and religious leaders Tuesday in calling for immigration reform to increase the security of local communities and improve the treatment of immigrants. More... Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Immigrants spend millions extra on tuition Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/08/09/20090809immigrationbenefits.html Phoenix (AP) -- More than two years after Arizona voters passed a law denying in-state college tuition and other state-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, thousands of people are still applying for those services and being turned away. More... Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Healthcare, illegal-immigrant debates merge: GOP pushes for 'citizenship verification tools’ Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.star-telegram.com/238/story/1527892.html The explosive issue of extending benefits and providing additional coverage for illegal immigrants is one battle Democrats are trying to avoid as they continue their hard push to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system. More... Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Latino Groups Criticize Obama On Immigration Raids Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111572284 President Obama is taking heat from a growing number of critics on several issues. Among them are Latino leaders who say Obama has not only continued, but expanded many Bush-era immigration policies and tactics — such as home raids — which some see as discriminatory. More... Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Roswell may soften immigration policy Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/crime_krqe_roswell_may_soften_immigration_policy_200908052138 Roswell, NM -- Roswell police may change a controversial immigration policy which sparked racial tension in the city in 2007 when a pregnant high school student was deported after being ticketed for a parking violation. More... Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/politics/06detain.html The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a 'truly civil detention system.' More... Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	ICE, local law enforcement hold closed door briefings Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/August09/05/ICE_mtg-05Aug09.html It was top secret. Officials of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) met with local law enforcement authorities in the 19th Congressional District in closed door sessions in Goshen and Carmel Tuesday. More... Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Feds give sheriff a tough choice on immigration enforcement Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/08/05/20090805sweepstats0805.html It was another sweep, with more arrests and complaints of racial profiling. More... Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share
	Staying Tough in Crackdown on Immigrants Immigration By: Jackie Chavarria http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/us/politics/04immig.html After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration’s tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by his predecessor. More... Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 By: jackie 0 Comments Share

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House will return to a packed agenda Immigration

Police and church leaders seek immigration reform Immigration

Immigrants spend millions extra on tuition Immigration

Healthcare, illegal-immigrant debates merge: GOP pushes for 'citizenship verification tools’ Immigration

Latino Groups Criticize Obama On Immigration Raids Immigration

Roswell may soften immigration policy Immigration

U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants Immigration

ICE, local law enforcement hold closed door briefings Immigration

Feds give sheriff a tough choice on immigration enforcement Immigration

Staying Tough in Crackdown on Immigrants Immigration