Immigration

January 4, 2010 - By Edward Alden, New America Media

July 13, 2009 - Gebe Martinez, New America Media Amid expectations that Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee starting Monday carry high stakes for the nominee and President Obama, but mostly for Republicans.

June 30, 2009 - Suman Raghunathan, Feet in 2 Worlds

April 17, 2009 - By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, New America Media

October 14, 2008 - by Jeff Winder, Guest Contributor Changing immigration enforcement policy has left federal authorities struggling to cope with rapidly rising numbers of detainees. A controversial partnership in Farmville, Va. proposes to address the crisis with a 1,040-bed, for-profit immigrant detention center.

October 9, 2008 - According to observers, Greenville, S.C. today looks like a ghost town.

October 9, 2008 - This week's large-scale immigration raid at Columbia Farms, a chicken processing plant near Greenville, S.C, where more than 300 were arrested, is just the latest in a stepped-up federal enforcement effort that has resulted in the deportation of thousands of illegal workers in recent months, re