Immigration

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana state senator is proposing a bill that he says would implement an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration. The bill proposed by Republican Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel would require police to ask for proof of...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Republicans gathering in South Florida to improve the party's outreach to Hispanic voters will tackle trade, education — and the elephant in the room, immigration — at a conference organized by the new...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says three police officers in a Pennsylvania town obstructed a federal investigation into the beating of an illegal immigrant to protect the white football players accused in the case. Opening statements began...

  NEW YORK (AP) — A new memoir of tough parenting, Chinese style, from a self-proclaimed tiger mother has unleashed a ferocious roar. Fallout was swift for Yale law professor Amy Chua after she published a stark essay in The Wall Street Journal...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Jury selection is under way in the trial of three former Pennsylvania police officers charged with obstructing the investigation into the fatal beating of an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Prosecutors say former Shenandoah...

PHOENIX (AP) — A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a federal court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage. Public...

President Barack Obama found out years ago he had an Irish ancestor who fled the potato famine in Ireland in 1850. He can now claim 28 living relatives who also descended from that Irishman, including a Vietnam veteran, a school nurse and a displeased...

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A contentious Arizona-styled immigration bill that would allow Indiana police to stop drivers if they have a reasonable suspicion that they're in the U.S. illegally is drawing opposition from the Mennonite Church USA. Church...

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Leaders of Elkhart-based Mennonite Church USA have come out against an Arizona-style bill that would crack down on illegal immigration in Indiana. The leaders are calling on church members to write state lawmakers and Gov....

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement report concludes that new federal immigration policies would have prevented the release of an illegal immigrant who was subsequently charged with killing a nun in an alleged drunken driving...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- As Michigan's population shrinks, it's also becoming more racially diverse. Census data released this week show that the number of Hispanic and Asian residents in Michigan increased by more than one-third over the past decade,...

SOUTH BEND -- Alberto Juarez talked and listened as he joined a group of residents talking to candidates running for mayor and other city offices. Juarez said that he has plenty of concerns. He lost his job at AJ Wright, and he wants to know what the...