Tom Tancredo justified his presidential campaign's TV ad connecting illegal immigration to terrorism.

ICE executes federal criminal search warrants at Koch Foods and arrests more than 160 on immigration charges
Simultaneous criminal search warrant executed at Koch corporate office in Chicago, IL

A Mexican whose fight to stay in the United States became a cause celebre for pro-immigration activists was deported without her young son, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Contractors doing business with a Maryland county in USA will be required to certify they have no illegal immigrants on the payroll, according to an executive order issued by the County Executive.

1. MYTH: A comprehensive approach to immigration reform is not necessary.

* FACT: Mass deportation is not a workable solution. Deporting the millions of illegal immigrants who are already in the country would be impractical, harmful to our economy, and potentially devastating to families with deep roots in their communities.

The Senate heads for a make-or-break vote on Thursday on President George W. Bush's plan to overhaul immigration reform laws after Senate leaders battled to fend off efforts by opponents to derail the bill.

The Los Angeles Police Commission appointed Chief William Bratton to a second five-year term on Tuesday, six weeks after his officers clashed with protesters and journalists at a 1st May immigration rally.

President Bush - in an effort to revive an immigration reform bill that has stalled in the Senate - has expressed support for a Republican plan that would use fines and fees collected from illegal immigrants in the United States to pay for border security.

President Bush Tuesday made a rare visit to Capitol Hill to press senators of his own Republican party to support legislation overhauling the nation's immigration system. Opposition Republicans, concerned about border security and guest worker provisions in the bill, blocked the measure from coming to a vote in the Senate last week. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.

President Bush says a primary goal of immigration reform is to bring millions of illegal aliens "out of the shadows" and provide a path to legal residency and eventual U.S. citizenship.

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate have rejected a handful of amendments that could have derailed a controversial immigration reform plan. By a vote of 66-29, senators rejected an amendment by Republican Party legislator David Vitter to eliminate a provision that offers legal status to most of the 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.

The U.S. Senate late Monday used a procedural vote (69 to 23) to clear the way for debate on an immigration reform compromise that was announced by a group of senators from both major parties and the White House last week. Prospects for passage of the deal are unclear, as there are opponents on both sides of the political aisle.