MiamiHerald.com: Immigration

South Miami-Dade Guatemalans claim abuse by ICE during arrests

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:20 EDT

Two young undocumented immigrants claim federal agents punched and kicked them during a search for human traffickers. They have been ordered out of the country by May 18.

ICE makes record arrest in nationwide crackdown

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:03 EDT

During a nationwide crackdown, thousands of foreign nationals with criminal convictions were taken into custody. Of those 139 were living in South Florida.

Fraudsters gamed system to get driver’s licenses for migrants, court hears

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:39 EDT

A couple who pleaded guilty to immigration-fraud conspiracy face up to five years in federal prison. A judge is hearing testimony about their scheme before passing sentence.

Pembroke Pines countersues over planned immigrant detention center

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:07 EDT

The city refuses to provide water and sewer service to the site, prompting lawsuits and threatening to draw Southwest Ranches into the legal battle

DREAM Act will benefit U.S., journalist tells Miami audience

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:14 EDT

Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented journalist who helped the Washington Post win a Pulitzer Prize, said Thursday night in Miami that the DREAM Act would help not only tens of thousands of young immigrants like himself but also the country as a whole because it would benefit financially.

Undocumented journalist to address Miami conference

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:58 EDT

Jose Antonio Vargas, a one-time Washington Post reporter who revealed his immigration status last June, will headline the Americans for Immigrant Justice’s gathering Thursday night.

Daniela Pelaez goes to Washington

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:29 EST

The North Miami Senior High valedictorian became an immigration reform advocate on Capitol Hill, telling member of Congress about her fight to stay in the United States as a legal U.S. resident.

Violent Mexican drug gang, Zetas, taking control of migrant smuggling

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:10 EDT

One of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs has muscled into the migrant-smuggling racket, changing what had been a relatively benign if risky industry of independent operators into a centralized business that often has deadly consequences for those who try to operate outside it.

S.C. House approves immigration crackdown bill

Wed, 25 May 2011 07:41 EDT

Those suspected of being in the country illegally soon may have to prove they are U.S. citizens, at least in South Carolina. S.C. House members approved an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigrants by a 69-43 vote.

Police: Five migrants come ashore in Palm Beach

Fri, 13 May 2011 05:30 EDT

Palm Beach Police and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office are attempting to track five migrants who illegally came ashore near the Southern Boulevard Causeway Thursday night.

Undocumented dreamers won't give up

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:17 EST

When the Senate refused to pass the immigration bill known as the Dream Act last week, a bunch of undocumented young people in South Florida found themselves on the wrong side of the nation's contentious political divide.

Undocumented students devastated after U.S. Senate blocks DREAM Act

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:59 EST

A controversial bill that would have granted legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented students was blocked once again in the Senate Saturday.

Path to legal citizenship is blocked by restrictive policies

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:21 EST

Immigrants who want to come here can't simply get in line because often there isn't a line. The government has a guest-worker program designed to fill seasonal jobs, but California's Central Valley farmers say it's too difficult to use. So they keep hiring illegal immigrants.

Immigration ruling could send message to states

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:28 EDT

States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government.

Advocates vow challenges to Ariz. immigration law

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:08 EDT

Civil rights advocates vowed Saturday to challenge Arizona's tough new law targeting illegal immigration, saying it will lead to racial profiling of Hispanics despite the governor's assurance abuses won't be tolerated.

Haitian migrants caught in Pompano Beach

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:22 EDT

Ten Haitian immigrants were in custody Tuesday morning after coming ashore in Pompano Beach overnight, Border Patrol agents report.

Officials tracking down illegal migrants at Head Start

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:50 EDT

Immigration enforcement officials are now targeting migrant and seasonal Head Start centers in some states as part of efforts to track down illegal immigrants, the executive director of the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association says.

More charges against driver in Arizone migrant crash

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:55 EDT

A Mexican man who had been accused of transporting illegal immigrants after a rollover crash killed nine people faces new charges that could bring the death penalty.