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Outlaws in the U.S., strangers at home

U.S. economic downturn strands illegal Latino immigrants between cultures Click here for full story

Immigrant smuggling raids hit Texas bus companies

Federal agents have raided more than a dozen bus companies in Houston they say dispersed illegal immigrants across the U.S. in wide-reaching smuggling networks.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 14 businesses were targeted this week, including one that used armed guards and pit bulls to hold immigrants in a stash house.

ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton says 22 people were charged with conspiracy to transport illegal immigrants, which carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence and $250,000 in fines. ICE agents also detained 81 suspected illegal immigrants.

Advocate for immigrants had fighter's spirit

B y all accounts José Lagos had a heart of gold and the spirit of a fighter, pressing for the rights of immigrants from his native Honduras and throughout the hemisphere.

On Sunday, as the land of his birth experienced democratic elections, Mr. Lagos died of cancer. He was 45.

South Florida has lost a champion for Central American immigrants, a generous man who often scrimped to help others who showed up at his Honduran Unity office in Little Havana desperately seeking assistance. Mr. Lagos and one of his brothers created the advocacy office 12 years ago to help give Honduran immigrants a voice in the often confusing maze of immigration law.

UM law students contribute to an international affair

There’s a saying that immigration is the most genuine form of flattery; by those standards America is the most-admired country in the world. And they make New York, Los Angeles and Miami the most-admired cities in America, so much so that many immigrants are here illegally and risk deportation. What does a city do when it is critical to uphold the laws and regulations of this country, while maintaining human rights and justice for immigrants? In Coral Gables, the recent launch of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law helps answer these questions. Opened in the fall of 2009, the Immigration Clinic provides an unusual opportunity for law students to help immigrants in South Florida, where many live in poverty. In the inaugural session, eight law students were given the chance to represent clients of various nationalities in court proceedings of various immigration matters, such as asylum claims and bond redetermination, which is when an immigrant’s jail bond is reset to an affordable

Editorial: Immigrants from Haiti should be allowed to stay in the U.S.

President Barack Obama recently issued an order that allowed Liberian immigrants to stay temporarily in the United States. Immigrants from Somalia, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras have also been granted TPS in recent years. Why are immigrants from Haiti, a disaster-wracked country that is the poorest in the hemisphere, less deserving? Click here for full story