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PHOENIX An Arizona congressman urged the Obama administration on Sunday not to cooperate when illegal immigrants are picked up by local police if a tough new state immigration law survives legal challenges. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, and civil ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) The Obama administration faced mounting pressure on Sunday to overhaul immigration policy, as prominent Hispanic politicians and street protesters decried a new Arizona law as a violation of civil rights. Immigration reform is a ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Thousands of people have marched in Phoenix, Arizona to express their opposition to a controversial immigration law signed by the state governor. Television images showed the protesters converging on the State Capitol, where they held ...

A US Border Patrol officer keeps watch over the border fence that divides the US from Mexico in the town of Nogales, Arizona on April 22, 2010. (Mark Ralston/AFP/) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer passed the strictest immigration bill in the country on ...

He will not push for a climate bill if the Obama administration insists on an immigration vote first, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S. C., said on Saturday. The Washington Post has reported that aides to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, ...

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called on President Barack Obama to fight a new law signed Friday in Arizona that gives police power to request ID from suspected illegal immigrants. Grijalva, speaking ...

Brewer, a Republican facing a stiff primary challenge, said Washington's failure to address the issue had effectively left border protection to the states, forcing her hand. Phoenix: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law the most ...

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WASHINGTON D.C.: Authorities in the US state of Arizona faced new protests on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) after the governor signed a tough new law targeting illegal immigrants, which critics claim enshrines racial profiling and President Barack Obama ...

PHOENIX Activists called on President Barack Obama to fight a tough new Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants, promising Sunday to march in the streets and invite arrest by refusing to comply if the measure goes into effect. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva ...

PHOENIX Opponents who fear that Arizona's tough new immigration law will lead to police harassment of legal immigrants and U.S. citizens who look Hispanic rallied against the measure at the state Capitol Sunday afternoon. The protest comes two days ...

Cotton seed bug found on an island in the Florida Keys. The cotton seed bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa), has been found on cotton in a residential area of Monroe County by a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector, according to a new release from ...

PHOENIX Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration bill in the country into law on Friday, aimed at identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants. The governor's move unleashed immediate protests and reignited ...

Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday that the sputtering economy and a longer-than-expected healthcare reform debate sidetracked immigration reform. The immigration issues has arguably been pushed the forefront as the next issue to consider after ...

Senator says if Obama "doesn't like what the Arizona Legislature and governor may be doing," then he should dispatch the National Guard. ...

WASHINGTON Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship. What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the ...

A stringent new Arizona law aimed at identifying and prosecuting illegal immigrants drew harsh criticism Saturday from New York politicians and activists. 'We do need comprehensive immigration law in this country but not like this,' said Sen. Chuck ...

NEW YORK The Rev. Al Sharpton says he's ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state's new immigration law. Sharpton joined Lillian Rodriguez Lopez from the Hispanic Federation in New York City on Sunday to speak out against ...

So what did President Obama mean when -- responding on Friday to Arizona's new immigration law -- he said that he'd 'instructed members of my administration to closely monitor the situation and examine the civil rights and other implications of this ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's tough new immigration law has renewed calls for Washington to reform federal immigration laws, and protesters decried the state's action as a violation of civil rights at a rally on Sunday in the state's capital. ...