WASHINGTON — This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. And this may be the week when a bipartisan group of senators makes public details of the overhaul plan it has been negotiating for months.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Many illegal immigrants who were facing deportation despite having no criminal record will be allowed to stay in the country and apply for a work permit under new rules from the Homeland Security Department. Republicans are balking at the change.

Joe Guzzardi, guest commentary

On 9/11 at about 3 a.m., I ended my all-night tour of the Arizona-Mexico border. With a retired border patrol agent, I had spent the previous evening driving from Sierra Vista along the San Pedro River to the Naco Border Patrol Station.

May 13, 2005

Seeking to shape the national debate over immigration reform this summer, three Arizona Republicans have reintroduced a guest worker proposal that could lead to permanent residency for 10 million people here illegally.

The rhetoric from Washington about “immigration reform” has stopped — for now. Tempers have cooled from their peak of last spring and summer.

Gov. Jan Brewer can't put a specific definition on what it means to have a secure border.

I’d be lying if I said I was not extremely disappointed by being voted out in a recall election. It has been an honor to serve the people of Arizona in the Legislature for the last decade and I am sad to go under these circumstances.

The way economist Dawn McLaren sees it, immigrants are essential to the Valley economy. They fill a labor void that exists because a larger number of 44- to 64-year-olds are demanding services from a smaller population of young people.

Transcript of President Barack Obama's address Thursday at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C.: