Immigration News

Dutch court voids language test for some migrants

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A Dutch court punched a hole in toughened immigration restrictions, ruling an illiterate Moroccan woman cannot be required to pass a Dutch language test to join her husband in the Netherlands....

Federal immigration failures fuel state action

NEW YORK (AP) -- When Suffolk County passed a law requiring licensed contractors to prove their workers are in the U.S. legally, the county at the far end of Long Island suddenly had something in common with such states as Oklahoma and Arizona....

Clarification: Immigration sanctuaries story

CHICAGO (AP) -- In a story July 12, The Associated Press reported that federal immigration officials have ordered the deportation of Flor Crisostomo, a Mexican immigrant living in a Chicago church....

Study: Immigrants mistreated at detention center

SEATTLE (AP) -- From excessive strip searches and overcrowding to a lack of due process, an immigrant advocacy group alleges detainees are being mistreated at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, which houses illegal aliens in the process of deportation....