Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence, plans to announce he is abandoning his long-shot bid for the presidency, a person close to Tancredo said Wednesday. The five-term Colorado congressman planned to make the announcement today at a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to speak for Tancredo or his campaign. ...more

December 20, 2007

With his status as GOP presidential front-runner in question, Rudy Giuliani made a speech here Saturday intended to mark a turning point in his campaign, but which relied heavily on past themes - his role after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, cleaning up New York City, and an aggressive stance on terrorism and homeland security. ...more

December 15, 2007

Contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, who have taken a tough stance on immigration issues affecting many Hispanics, were called upon Sunday night to defend their positions in front of viewers of the nation's largest Spanish-language television network. ...more

December 10, 2007

Republican Mitt Romney, ridiculed by rival Rudy Giuliani for employing illegal immigrants at his "sanctuary mansion," said Tuesday he had fired the landscaper for his suburban Boston home after learning for a second time about undocumented workers laboring on the property. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Republican presidential primary front-runners, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, took a pounding from each other and their competitors on red meat GOP issues including immigration, gun control, crime and abortion in the CNN/YouTube presidential candidates debate at the Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday. ...more

November 29, 2007

How illegal immigration was stopped in 1954 Many of our citizens believe that we cannot get rid of the millions of illegal immigrants we now have in our country and eliminate the cost and problems they cause. Fortunately, President Eisenhower showed us how to do it in 1954 and it worked for many years. ...more

November 28, 2007

Focus On Mexico Regarding "Mexican President Blasts Treatment Of Migrants" (Nation/World, Nov. 15): ...more

November 24, 2007

To glimpse how migration is changing the world, consider Western Union, a fixture of American lore that went bankrupt selling telegrams at the dawn of the Internet age but now earns nearly $1 billion a year helping poor migrants around the globe send money home. ...more

November 23, 2007

My questions are: 1. Should our sheriff's officers be fighting crime by arresting criminals? 2. Is illegal immigration a crime? 3. Is hiring an illegal alien a crime? 4. Is identity theft a crime? 5. Is document falsification a crime? 6. Are any of our sheriff's officers arresting anyone for committing any of the above listed crimes? Why not? ...more

November 21, 2007

A large increase in Border Patrol agents, additional fencing and expanded prosecution of illegal border-crossers contributed to a 20 percent drop in apprehension of undocumented migrants this year at the U.S.-Mexico frontier, immigration officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 7, 2007