Shawna Forde, leader of the Minuteman American Defense group, and two of her associates were arrested in connection with the murder of a 9-year-old girl and her father in Arivaca, Arizona.
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the County of El Paso, Texas, in a case that challenged construction of the US-Mexico border wall on environmental grounds.
On a Southwest tour, Obama administration members laid out their strategy for border security and narcotics control—emphasizing an enforcement partnership with Mexico’s President CalderĂłn.
Scott Roeder, arrested in the slaying of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, is a member of the Montana Freemen, and apparently chose to act on the anniversary of the arrest of Eric Rudolph.
A US federal judge sentenced the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) and five of its officials pursuant to their convictions of providing material support to Palestinian group Hamas.
The right-wing hate circuit is reaping a windfall from the “Swine Flu” scare. Talk radio hosts Michael Savage and Jay Severin both take the opportunity to contagion-bait “illegal aliens.”
Our April issue featured stories on the militarization of the Mexican border, the need for a general amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and the opportunity represented by the financial crisis to reboot America for the post-petroleum age. Our multiple-choice April Exit… Read moreOur readers write: How rad is Obama’s agenda?
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed former federal prosecutor Alan Bersin as special representative for border affairs, charged with overseeing enforcement efforts.
The number of immigrants detained by the US has drastically increased over the last decade, according to ICE figures released under the FOIA, with 32,000 now held—a fivefold jump since 1994.
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona’s Maricopa County following months of complaints of discriminatory immigration enforcement.
A judge upheld guilty verdicts against five men convicted of plotting to attack Fort Dix. The defense argued there was no plot, but the government paid informants to get the accused to discuss one.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Phoenix this weekend to protest Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and policies that critics charge violate immigrants’ basic human rights.
