Arizona Immigration

US President Barack Obama will hold talks Tuesday with Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two Republicans who have joined Democrats in proposing a plan for comprehensive immigration reform.

US President Barack Obama will hold talks Tuesday with Senator John McCain, one of four Republicans who have joined Democrats in proposing a plan for comprehensive immigration reform.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called key Senate Republicans, with whom he is at odds on other many top issues, to discuss the prospects for bipartisan immigration reform.

As the world digests the proposals put forth by President Obama and his rival Republicans, AFP is closing its Live Report on the State of the Union.

A bipartisan group of top senators proposed a pathway to citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, a plan hailed by the White House.

Bitterly divided US lawmakers on Sunday expressed optimism that they could unite on immigration reform that would provide a pathway to citizenship for more than 10 million illegal migrants.

President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to agree as early as January on a bill to lay a path to citizenship for the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama to hammer out a comprehensive deal on immigration.

US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama in hammering out a comprehensive deal on immigration.

The leader of the US Senate vowed Wednesday to put a top priority on reforming the immigration system after President Barack Obama's Democrats stormed back to power with strong Hispanic support.

The United States has 52 million Hispanic citizens, including 24 million who can vote -- and many are not happy about either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney's immigration policies.

Immigrant rights activists voiced anger Wednesday after a judge upheld Arizona's right to enforce a so-called "show me your papers" law which critics say will lead to racial profiling of Hispanics.

On the day undocumented migrants lined up across the United States to apply for deportation deferrals, Arizona's governor ordered state agencies to deny them driver's licenses and other benefits.

Lori Terraza, who at 17 was shocked to discover that she was not a US citizen, joined tens of thousands of illegal immigrants seeking to apply to a new deportation deferral program Wednesday.

Justice Antonin Scalia, an outspoken conservative on the US Supreme Court, admitted Sunday that he likes to push people's buttons but hit back at claims of political bias.

A key provision of a controversial Arizona immigration law upheld by the US Supreme Court this week requiring police spot-checks is "ridiculous" and could encourage crime, officials say.

The US Justice Department has launched a hotline to report any violations after the Supreme Court upheld a provision requiring Arizona police to check the immigration status of people they stop.

The US Supreme Court has struck down most of Arizona's new immigration law but let stand a key provision requiring police spot-checks that critics say amount to racial profiling.

The US Supreme Court struck down most of Arizona's new immigration law but let stand a key provision requiring police spot-checks that critics say amount to racial profiling.

The US Supreme Court struck down most of Arizona's new immigration law on Monday but let stand a key provision requiring police spot-checks that critics say amount to racial profiling.