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Oregon police are preparing to accept Mexican -issued cards as legitimate photo ID, now that tighter laws have spurred the state to reject an estimated 1,000 drivers license applications per month. The move, announced by Governor John Kitzhaber in a letter he wrote to human rights activists on May 1, will give Mexican migrants who are not legally in the country a way to prove their identities now that the state has stopped issuing drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. Advocates …

  The US Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in the immigration-law case that pits the state of Arizona against the US federal government. At issue are four key provisions in the state’s anti-immigration law, which a federal judge blocked from going into effect in 2010. Those provisions: Require police who conduct traffic stops to carry out immigration status checks on people they suspect of being immigrants Allow police to hold detainees until their immigration status is confirmed Require …

Two Japanese-born restaurant owners who lied on their taxes more than 20 years ago have been ordered by the Supreme Court to leave the country and never come back, in the latest decision to drive home the importance of following every letter of the law for immigrants to the U.S. Akio and Fusako Kawashima moved to the U.S. in 1984 as lawful permanent residents to found Cho Cho San, a small California restaurant chain. Their 1991 business tax return contained …

The Department of Homeland Security is shifting its resources away from low priority illegal immigration cases to concentrate on felons and foreigners posing national security risks, but immigration lawyers warn undocumented residents that the policy is no license to poke their necks out and announce their presence unnecessarily. Enforcement attorneys granted discretion to decide who to deport Immigration lawyers warn illegal immigrants to not approach authorities Record number of deportations last year   Not an Amnesty The new DHS policy, …

“Sheriff Joe” Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, is notoriously known for his harsh treatment of prisoners, such as his inmate “tent city.” He has systematically used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws and violated the US Constitution, according to the Justice Department. He is finally being held to account — from a loss of federal funding and resources to being sued by the US government. The Justice Department found that “Sheriff Joe” Arpaio systematically violated the civil rights of Latinos …