Although the number of immigrant residents has been falling across the nation, the Census Bureau reports that Massachusetts immigration is on the rise. Other states, such as California, Florida and Rhode Island have seen no where near MA's 2.5% increase in the immigrant population. It is estimated that 14% of the population in Massachusetts is [...]
SB81, the new immigration law recently passed in Utah is scheduled to take effect later this summer. The law, which is based on the Oklahoma immigration law, has many critics. Immigration attorneys with AILA, an immigration lawyer group, will file a lawsuit, claiming at least four of the provision of the law are unconstitutional. [...]
The New Jersey Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether an immigration detainer can be used as a factor to increase bail in state criminal court. Manuel Fajardo-Santos's bail in NJ criminal court was originally set at $75,000 for child molestation. When ICE discovered he was in the country illegally, they picked him up [...]
