immigration policy

June 28, 2012 - In the biggest union victory in right-to-work Alabama in a decade, 1,200 Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant workers in the small town of Russellville rejected management's efforts to divide them along racial and ethnic lines and voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

June 22, 2012 - Recent developments on U.S. immigration policy put to rest once and for all the popular but dangerous notion that enforcement and legalization are tied together, tit for tat.

June 19, 2012 - Southern states have seen the fastest increase in Latino immigration anywhere in the country. Will Obama's recent immigration decision activate Latino voters in battleground Southern states?

April 26, 2012 - The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance has stopped anti-immigrant legislation in one of the most conservative states by bringing together African Americans, immigrants and labor.

April 24, 2012 - Over the last decade, the South's Latino communities have grown faster than anywhere else in the country. But new studies show that immigration from Mexico has plummetted -- and is likely in net decline.

April 9, 2012 - The U.S. Senator from Florida is about to release his own version of an immigration reform bill that would offer legal status to undocumented students -- but without a pathway to citizenship.

April 5, 2012 - 2011 saw a record number of laws restricting abortion in U.S. states. It also saw a record number of state anti-immigrant laws. Coincidence? Maybe not.

March 8, 2012 - Nearly a year since Alabama passed the nation's toughest anti-immigrant law, community members say some immigrants are beginning to return.

January 10, 2012 - From the presidential primary to state legislatures, politicians are stepping up anti-immigrant rhetoric -- at a time when immigration may be at its lowest rate in 60 years.

November 16, 2011 - The Obama administration continues to deport Haitians despite knowing many will be illegally jailed and risk cholera exposure upon arrival.