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Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status

The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday the public should know which ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Homeland Security Department,  Janet Napolitano,  U.S. Congress

Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan

FORT HOOD, Texas - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a nation used by Muslim extremists as a base from which to raise funds and plan terrorists attacks, a ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan,  U.S. Republican Party,  House Intelligence Committee,  U.S. Congress,  US Marine Corps

Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has met many of the border security benchmarks Congress set in 2007 as a prerequisite to immigration reform and now it's time to change the law, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday. Napolitano, ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Vail Daily,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama,  Janet Napolitano,  Center for American Progress,  Lamar S. Smith

Report: Balance US labor law, border enforcement

Bush administration workplace immigration raids interfered with labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about them, labor groups said in a report released Tuesday. The stepped-up immigration enforcement came ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, eTaiwan News,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  AFL-CIO,  Labor Department,  Homeland Security Department

Groups call for balance in labor, immigration laws

WASHINGTON - Workplace immigration raids during the Bush administration interfered with ongoing labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about conditions on the job, labor groups said in a report released Tuesday. ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  AFL-CIO,  Labor Department,  Homeland Security Department

Senate OKs biolab money, bill heading to Obama

Published: 10/20/2009  5:36 PM Last Modified: 10/20/2009  5:36 PM WASHINGTON — The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety. The money and required ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Tulsa World,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  Agriculture Department,  Sam Brownback

Feds sign up locals to help enforce immigration

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has signed up 55 state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce immigration laws, including an Arizona county sheriff under investigation for racial profiling, the Homeland Security Department announced ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Morton,  Homeland Security Department,  Barack Obama,  Joe Arpaio,  George W. Bush

Feds cut enforcement powers of Arizona sheriff

The Homeland Security Department says it has completed agreements with 55 state and law enforcement agencies to help arrest and deport immigration violators. But one of those agreements would limit Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, TheNewsTribune.com,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Homeland Security Department,  Joe Arpaio,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Barack Obama

Feds officially cut Arpaio's immigration-enforcement powers

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department says it has completed agreements with 55 state and law enforcement agencies to help arrest and deport immigration violators. But one of those agreements would limit Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, AZ Central.com,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Homeland Security Department,  Joe Arpaio,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Barack Obama

US arrests hundreds in six-month gang probe

U.S. immigration officials say a six-month, 89-city operation focused on gangs led to the arrests of more than 1,700 people. The 1,785 arrests are of people suspected of gang and criminal activity or immigration violations. Immigration and ...

From SUZANNE GAMBOA, eTaiwan News,  15 Oct 2009

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