Immigration News

Not-guilty plea in Calif. campaign mailers case

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A former congressional candidate in Southern California has pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice in the probe of a letter his campaign sent to 14,000 registered voters with Hispanic surnames....

Kan. tribal 'secretary of state' gets prison term

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The "secretary of state" of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for encouraging illegal immigrants to live in the U.S....

Senators push for immigration raid guidelines

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them....

Clarification: Immigration Raid story

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- In an Oct. 8 story about the aftermath of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a poultry processing plant, The Associated Press reported that an agency spokeswoman said the raid occurred because people were violating immigration law....