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Yolanda Araujo stood at the front of a crowd of marchers today in downtown Los Angeles carrying a cardboard sign bearing the words "Resident Alien" and having a large cutaway for her own face, as if the card was her own she herself was an immigrant who had received legal status. In Spanish, Araujo declared she was marching to send a message to President Barack Obama, who has called for legislation that would allow many of the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally the possibility of acquiring citizenship Making her declaration, Araujo stood in front of...

"Attorney general promises government working to protect illegal aliens"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in remarks that largely have escaped notice, has claimed that “creating a mechanism for [illegal aliens] to earn citizenship and move out of the shadows… is a matter of civil and human rights.” Holder also said that the federal government will work hard “to safeguard the rights of language minorities.” These claims are likely to add fuel to the growing controversy over the Senate amnesty proposal developed by the so-called “Gang of Eight.” Holder made these remarks in an April 24 speech to the Mexican American Legal...

SAN DIEGO — For the first time in more than a decade, a U.S. Border Patrol agent will go on trial today on a charge of beating an unauthorized immigrant who was in custody after being caught trying to enter the United States. Agent Luis E. Fonseca has pleaded not guilty to the single charge handed up in an indictment last year: deprivation of rights under color of law. Prosecutors say a videotape shows Fonseca kneeing and choking into unconsciousness Adolfo Ceja Escobar just before 8 p.m. on July 26, 2011.

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones was in federal court Tuesday, facing charges he violated an illegal immigrant's constitutional rights. Our partners at the Journal News report the charges stem from a lawsuit filed after a 2007 incident when Luis Rodriguez and others were rounded up at a construction site on Port Union Road by Butler County deputies and a former immigration specialist hired by Jones, according to reports. Officials said they were at the site to talk to a supervisor about undocumented workers, but while there Rodriguez and others were interrogated and asked to provide identification, said Rodriguez's attorney,...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A judge in Connecticut says federal agents violated the rights of four illegal immigrants during a raid in New Haven two years ago and has put a stop to deportation proceedings. Federal Judge Michael Straus ruled recently that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents went into the four men's apartments without warrants, probable cause and without their consent. He says the immigrants' rights were ``egregiously violated.''

The Obama administration on Wednesday reversed a Bush administration rule that immigrants rights groups had criticized as unfair. Attorney General Eric Holder said he is vacating an order, issued by predecessor Michael Mukasey, which said that immigrants facing deportation do not have an automatic right to an effective lawyer. Holder said he is also instructing the Justice Department to begin working on a new rule. Charles Kuck, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, called the move "the beginning of the restoration of due process in the immigration system." Kuck said that Holder's decision "recognizes we can't treat immigrants any...

Chicago police say as many as 100,000 protestors are gathering outside the Chicago Federal Center to voice their concerns about a house bill that would tighten immigration laws. The massive demonstration has blocked many streets in the Loop. The border security bill would make it illegal to assist any undocumented immigrant. That measure is drawing the attention of numerous groups and lawmakers on both sides of the issue. Thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Chicago Federal Center to protest the house bill 4437. They believe the bill discriminates against undocumented residents and those who try to help them and it...

Last week, the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to place yet another multi-billion bond measure on the ballot. This $3.8 billion proposal is, of course, on top of the $9.5 billion in bonds that have been approved since 1997, the most recent, less than 18 months ago. Of course these figures do not include interest on the bonds which nearly doubles the taxpayers' obligation. It will be very interesting to see if voters, once again, allow themselves to be fleeced. To put into perspective the magnitude of these multi-billion dollar bonds, all one has to do...

DELHI - A 28-year-old San Jose man was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy here early New Year’s Day after reportedly firing a rifle in the direction of the officer. At 12:11 a.m., Lamberto Herrera was pronounced dead after being shot at least twice by the deputy. He was in the backyard of a home in the 9000 block of Phelan Street. Inside the home, a small gathering of family and neighbors was celebrating the new year while the shooting occurred outside. Herrera was not a guest at the home where he was shot, according to the sheriff’s department....