Opponents of illegal immigration have cause for celebration: data from law-enforcement agencies show that the number of people trying to enter the United States without documents by crossing the border with Mexico has fallen sharply. more>

In examining the problem of illegal immigration – the topic which provokes the greatest number of comments from readers – I have never hidden my skepticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on American businesses. more>

According to the Census Bureau and recent demographic studies, the immigrant population in American suburbs is growing faster than in the cities that traditionally have been a draw fro immigrants. more>

A recent report claims that among homeowners whose mortgage payments are over 90 days in arrears, 0.5 percent holds ITIN mortgages – or loans issued to undocumented immigrants. more>

“As future voters, they [children of undocumented immigrants] will probably not forgive politicians who wanted to kick their parents out of the country," writes Richard Nadler. more>

The rules of the game changed this past September 14. “Employers who do not obey the new rules [regarding hiring if undocumented workers] will have to pay fines of up to $12,500 for each violation, and they will also be subject to criminal prosecution," said Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. more>

While members of Congress were debating immigration reform, officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were busy developing their own policy towards undocumented immigrants. more>

A National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) report shows that, from January to April this year alone, a record of 1,169 bills concerning immigrants were proposed in all 50 states. Most of these bills greatly limit the ability of immigrants to find work, receive public assistance, and get driver's licenses. more>

“Buying a house is part of the American Dream," said Timothy Sandos, president of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). "Unlike borrowers who were born in the United States, these people will bend over backwards to make sure that they do not lose their property." more>

The press has reported widely on the campaign instigated by authorities in Hazelton, PA to toughen local laws against illegal immigration. But there is another trend that is also gaining momentum: More and more cities, including large ones like Seattle and Cambridge, MA, are passing legislation to ease the lives of undocumented residents. more>

The tragedy that occurred this past November 25 in Queens (when police officers unloaded 50 bullets into three unarmed men) was entirely predictable to the community, despite government efforts to conceal the numbers of casualties of such incidence. more>

In 2001, U.S. Border Patrol officers detained 98,000 undocumented minors. Last year that number reached 115,000. One can only guess how many children slipped through their hands more>

Now that the Abramoff scandal has exposed the enormous influence of lobbyists in Washington, there is finally talk on Capitol Hill about the need to carry out fundamental reforms to limit the power of the Fifth Estate. But, asks the author, will congressmen and senators really use their own hands to slaughter the goose that lays the golden egg? more>

Critics of the recent crackdown policy point out that not only are considerable funds needed to run immigration detention centers, but that laws regulating prisoner care are imperfect. more>

“What is the point of these grand, twenty-first century feats of engineering if millions of potential illegal immigrants will reach us if not through the back door, then through the front?” asks the author. more>

Politicians usually collect a wad of donations during “crackdown” campaigns. After an avalanche of loud proclamations and frenetic chest beating – “Now we’ll show them!” – inactivity returns fairly quickly. more>

New York City’s legislation Local Law 1 mandates the removal of wall coverings and window frames containing lead; however, if the residents did not make the request, then landlords are able to wash their hands of their responsibility. more>

In the United States, a federal government-funded system of child care centers has gotten little chance to take root. This is why child care centers in our country are largely privately-owned. Their monopoly is a result of policies put in place more than half a century ago by conservative groups. more>

There are up to 150 different fraudulent insurance plans and discount cards disguised as medical insurance, deceiving hundreds of thousands of people into paying for phony insurance. But legitimate insurance companies are now beginning to take on the phoneys. more>

The campaign in the United States against prostitution has grown so much that, at the end of last year, the House of Representatives amended a law directed at intensifying the fight against this social evil. According to the author, however, prosecution is uneven, leaving women most vulnerable. more>

The Deficit Reduction Act will certainly spoil the mood of millions of Americans, especially the access to medical care for poor, low-income people and senior citizens. But it seems that Republicans have taken it too far, and this will return to haunt them in the 2006 elections, because the elderly electorate, as noted in the past, does not forgive a wrong. more>

The findings of the Center for Immigration Studies, which were corroborated by the 9/11 Commission, show that out of 94 terrorists, 20 were able to become U.S. citizens. more>

To date, only a small fraction of employers have been tried for violating U.S. immigration laws; most have escaped with paltry fines. But Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff says the U.S. government will no longer tolerate such employers. more>

In this era of personal and professional electronic communication, many of us ask the same question: do we maintain our personal privacy rights when we go to work? more>

New York is a multi-ethnic city after all, and a substantial part of its population gets their news not from English language media, but from their respective ethnic publications. But, Mayor Bloomberg's press office does not read and ignores ethnic journalism; even when translated into English. more>

Reliability, less costly training and willingness to stick to the job is making elderly workers a sought-after commodity for big corporations. Not bad for a group that cannot make ends meet alone on Social Security benefits and can’t afford to retire. more>

In the past year, 16 million documents have been classified as secret by the federal goverment. This is a 75 percent increase from 2001. Vital activities of the federal, state and local governments have overstepped all reasonable bounds of secrecy. more>

With identity theft at an all-time high, paper shredding companies stand to profit from a new law mandating that all employers destroy any confidential information – written or electronic – before throwing it out. more>

It is obvious to many service men and women that the so-called "Bush Doctrine,” of inflicting preventive strikes on presumed enemies, will require considerably more troops than the Pentagon currently has at their disposal. The President’s assertions to the contrary are, to put it mildly, incongruous with reality. How will he make up the shortfall? more>

A recent study conducted by the Center for the Study of Labor Market Issues at Northeastern University highlights several times the positive effects immigrants have on the job market. The data gathered, however, has the potential of becoming a dangerous weapon in the hands of those who not only oppose amnesty measures but even limited legalization of undocumented workers. more>

Information gathered by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights points to irregularities beyond Florida in the 2000 presidential election. Thousands of minority students and ex-offenders were caught in the web of supression. more>

Although the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and early studies conducted by the National Cancer Institute claim that there is no danger posed by ambient radiation surrounding nuclear plants, a growing number of scientists categorically disagree. Through the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP), these scientists’ alarming findings indicate something very different. more>

Can citizens be forced to answer a law enforcement officers’ questions against their will? For example, providing the police with your first and last name if an officer asks for it? The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a case. more>