OMAHA, Neb. - Gov. Dave Heineman is targeting illegal immigrants in a proposal that would require state agencies to verify any resident applying for state benefits is in the United States legally.

The comprehensive package Obama supported ran into a firestorm of controversy, with opponents calling it "amnesty."

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon proposed legislation targeting businesses that hire illegal immigrants in response to a case against a lake area developer who evaded payroll taxes on undocumented workers he had hired. Just days after condominium devel

Arizona voters may be asked to decide whether to prohibit the state from issuing birth certificates to children of non-U.S. citizens and require hospitals to check the citizenship of parents of newborns. -- Those are key provisions of a proposed initiativ

The Rio Grande Valley could be the next place to implement a zero-tolerance policy credited with cutting illegal immigration rates by almost 70 percent in other parts of the state. But critics of the program fear the prosecution of every undocumented migr

THIS week executives from some of Arkansas's principal companies—Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor, Alltel, a wireless company, and Stephens, one of the biggest investment firms outside Wall Street—joined ministers, civic leaders and the

HR 3531 would: * Affirm and clarify that state and local law enforcement officials have the authority to apprehend and arrest illegal aliens encountered in the course of their routine duties. * Provide additional federal funding to cooperating law enforce

Social-service advocacy groups are fighting legislation to require Pennsylvanians to provide proof of U.S. citizenship before receiving government benefits because they believe the bill would deny critical services to the poor, the elderly and domestic-vi

Boxer’s amendment, SA 3246, is attached to the current spending bill up on the Senate floor. So, why is Boxer so interested in blocking aggressive immigration enforcement leading up to the 2010 Census?