Buddy Witherspoon, a dentist and three-time Republican delegate to the electoral college, is seeking to replace the influential first-term incumbent, who has been the target of harsh intra-party criticism for his support of the illegal-immigration reform

With several high-profile raids on illegal immigration in the Tri-State, many local businesses wonder how far they need to check the background of their workers. In turn, local Hispanic groups worry those fears could lead to discrimination. Local 12's Ang

Five people may face criminal charges after shots were fired at Border Patrol agents during an immigration stop on the evening of November 4. The driver of a truck, suspected of being involved in illegal immigrant smuggling, sped away from agents as he wa

Changes Gov. Eliot Spitzer made during the weekend to his plan for driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants doesn’t have state Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco switching his stance on the issue. “The only way you stand up to a bully is stand u

The CNN anchor Lou Dobbs calls Gov. Eliot Spitzer “a genius.” But not in a nice way.

A pair of federal judges on opposite sides of the country handed the U.S. government’s efforts to curb illegal immigration serious defeats in separate rulings this week. On the same day that a San Francisco judge blocked the government from implementing

On Friday's "Good Morning America," reporter Claire Shipman fretted over the fact that local governments are aggressively fighting illegal immigration. An ABC graphic worried, "Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants: Have Communities Gone Too Far?"

A federal judge has refused to dismiss criminal charges against a union representative accused of protecting undocumented workers at the Marshalltown Swift meatpacking plant. U.S. District Judge Ronald Longstaff, however, also ruled Friday that Braulio Pe

Local Hispanic leaders have announced plans to announce a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new immigration law. House Bill 1804, the Taxpayers and Citizens Protection Act, is due to go into effect Nov. 1. It would make it a felon

Lawyers and Pennsylvania court experts are raising ethical questions about the appearance of a state appellate judge at a Capitol news conference yesterday on illegal immigration. Superior Court Justice Correale F. Stevens stood on the Rotunda steps with