U.S. sales of new homes declined in July for the third straight month, a sign of continued woes in the housing market.

Sales fell 0.7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, the slowest pace since February, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Sales had reached 316,000 in April before slipping.

The drop was a surprise to analysts. The consensus forecast of Wall Street economists was for a 1% gain in home sales to a 315,000 rate.

Terrill said there's no correlation between his bill and Edgar's death, noting that the child died in July, months before the law took effect, and that the law provides an exception for emergency medical care. "To the extent that these illegal alien paren

Mexican government officials are signaling a more active political presence in Orange County with the appointment of a career diplomat as the new Consul based in Santa Ana. "Naming a senior diplomatic officer speaks to the importance that the government o

State officials are taking public comment on a proposal that would make it tougher for illegal [aliens... criminals] to get a driver's license. -- The draft rules, released Tuesday, would require applicants to provide a valid Social Security number or oth

A Border Patrol agent working with a specially trained dog discovered about 15,000 pounds of marijuana and what appears to be the opening of a tunnel inside a shipping container near Tecate early Monday. The trailer-sized container is on a private lot abo

According to a new report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), How Many Illegal Aliens?, the illegal immigrant population of the United States now exceeds 13 million. In 2000, the now defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service e

Why are Arizona business groups fighting so fiercely against the state's new employer-sanctions law due to go into effect Jan. 1? Is it because they are concerned that legal workers will accidentally be flagged as unauthorized or because they are concerne

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has ordered the words 'temporary visitor' including the expiration date of foreign nationals visiting the U.S. removed from drivers licenses. Mr. Spitzer has also ordered a check-box inviting applicants to automatically reg

The biggest change is the Governor's plan to deputize all Missouri Highway Patrol officers to enforce federal immigration laws. Right now, only federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement workers have the authority to transport illegal immigrants into cus

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, stepping into a brewing battle between federal and state health officials over emergency medical care for illegal immigrants, called a new federal directive to limit coverage “morally and clinically and legally wrong” yesterday and

CHAPARRAL, N.M. — It was 10:30 p.m. when a sheriff's deputy started banging on Maria's front door. Startled, she came to the door and answered his demands to know who called 911. No one, said Maria, a 50-year-old illegal immigrant who asked that her las

Governor Spitzer's decision to allow illegal immigrants in New York to obtain driver's licenses is coming under increasing assault on several fronts.

New York joins eight other states (Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon and Washington) that do not require drivers to prove legal status in the country to obtain a license. The exemptions for illegal immigrants contradict a 2005 fe

Two days ago, I received a phone call from an MSNBC producer who asked if I could appear on his program to discuss the outrageous decision by several boards of education to teach the Mexican curriculum to students in their schools. Needless to say, I was

A little pre-Democrat-for-president vote seeding…? Sep 22, 2007 N.Y. Drops Citizenship Proof For Driver's Licenses Move Should Cut Down Unlicensed Illegal Immigrants

Time is running out for employers of illegal aliens in Arizona. A new state law takes effect next year that will harshly punish companies that hire illegal workers...one of Arizona's toughest sheriffs will help enforce this measure. Outrage tonight over a

Illegal immigrants in New York will be allowed to obtain New York State driver's licenses under a new policy that the Spitzer administration is expected to announce shortly, a source said. Starting in 2008, the Department of Motor Vehicles will accept for

MANCHESTER, Conn. -- The managing editor of the Journal Inquirer newspaper is asking the state Freedom of Information Commission to order New Haven officials to disclose the names of applicants for controversial municipal identification cards. The ID card

They were celebrating outside the governor's office Friday as Elliot Spitzer handed a landmark victory to a half-million illegal immigrants. The state will no longer require proof of citizenship for driver's licenses. "We're changing our policy with respe

Loading one set of replies sometimes loads as slowly as loading the page with all comments expanded. Dear Digg: we are not going to be force fed this POS. Get over yourselves and realize that this new system is not working out.