"A new report out this week from the Pew Hispanic Center confirms what many observers already suspected about the U.S. illegal immigrant population: It is made up increasingly of intact families and their American-born children. Nearly half of illegal immigrant households consist of two-parent families with children, and 73 percent of these children were born here and are U.S. citizens.
"Arizona officials pleaded this morning with members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to beef up security along the Mexico border to curb drug cartel violence that some fear has already seeped into U.S. cities.
Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard offered testimony and faced questions as part of the first panel of the day, while Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris joined other local law enforcement leaders in explaining the impact of the violence on Arizona communities."
"A Los Angeles federal court judge has issued a preliminary ruling ordering the Department of Homeland Security to reopen the immigration cases of nearly two dozen people who were denied green cards because their U.S. citizen spouses died during the process.
U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder wrote in the 35-page decision that the department must follow a 9th Circuit Court decision from 2006 saying that applicants don't lose their status as spouses because the government didn't rule on their cases before the citizen's death."
"Sen. Michael Bennet, potentially wading into a heated political debate a year before he runs for his first election, said Saturday that he supports a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally.Speaking at a news conference of four Colorado congressional Democrats touting efforts during Barack Obama's first 100 days in office and the new Congress, Bennet said a path to citizenship along with increased border enforcement should be part of comprehensive immigration reform.
