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A White House plan devised in weeks of closed-door meetings with Republican senators would grant work visas to undocumented immigrants but require them to return home and pay hefty fines to become legal U.S. residents. The draft immigration legislation is the first stab by the White House and Republican senators this year at addressing the […]

The number of immigrants detained in Orange County has more than tripled in recent months, overwhelming the Mexican Consulate. The surge comes as Orange County jails and police in Costa Mesa have begun checking the immigration status of inmates. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement records show 187 immigrants were detained in Orange County for possible […]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has abruptly walked away from her responsibilities with the Senate Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee after a report linked her votes to the financial well-being of her husband’s companies, which received billions of dollars worth of military construction contracts she approved. As reported in Metroactive, an online report from the Silicon Valley, […]

NASHVILLE – Republican and Democratic legislators have reached a so-called “gentlemen’s agreement” – there are ladies involved, too – to resolve a partisan dispute blocking passage of two bills that affect illegal immigrants. Under the arrangement, as outlined by some of those involved, two things will happen: A Republican-sponsored bill killed in a Democrat-dominated House […]