Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.

WASHINGTON - Putting aside party differences, Senate Republicans and Democrats coalesced Thursday around compromise legislation that holds out the hope of citizenship to an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.

Facts and figures are flying as debate heats up over a proposed new state law to discourage illegal immigration.

Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native - in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write - signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant.

I am currently a United States citizen and have lived in Arizona my whole life.  As illegal’s flood into Arizona, many rules, amendments, and regulations have been questioned and threatened. Not only are state leaders wanting to change the regulations of Arizona, they want to change the original 14^th amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868. Our founding fathers wrote this national document to classify the United States as an honorable, prideful, and respectable free country. Why would we want to change that?  The 14^th amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subjected to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”  Therefore we cannot take away a person’s citizenship based on their parent’s home country.  A child born from two illegal aliens should still have the same rights and citizenship as any other normal American family. The rights of the 14^th amendment declare, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the Unites States,” therefore, the urge to change original amendment would be unconstitutional and against everything the United States prides itself upon—the free nation.

Finally, our Arizona government has dared to protest that the 14^th amendment needs to be changed. Because of the direction our society is heading, the 14^th amendment does not correctly classify how the United States has evolved. The states on the border of Mexico are battling a highly complicated illegal alien issue. The 14th amendment states “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” although this has worked for hundreds of years, the flourishing issue of illegal parents with legal children by a new ratification of the 14^th amendment. If a child of illegal parents is born in the United States, the child should not be left here alone with citizenship while their parents are deported; therefore, the child should be sent back to his home country with his family. The United States cannot afford to provide and support these children with taxpayers’ money. In the long run, it would be most beneficial for both parties to adapt the amendment to our society’s changes. 

The president of Mexico defended the right of his countrymen to migrate to the United States and to be treated with dignity, no matter whether they arrive legally or not.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday the arrests of 35 suspected illegal immigrants.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico with ties to a violent street gang who had been deported more than two years ago was arrested by officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Mesa residence on Friday, the agency announced Friday.

WASHINGTON - Illegal immigrants are increasing despite tighter border security and now outnumber foreigners moving to the United States legally

A big Valley newspaper's editorial board expressed the usual disinformation and pretense of illegal immigration supporters in a recent editorial.

A “concentrated crackdown” on illegal immigrants started Friday night in Maricopa County. Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he’s dispatched more than 200 deputies and posse members to saturate valley cities and roadways known to be corridors for human smuggling.

Crimes committed by illegal immigrants dropped by 18.5 percent from 2007 to 2008 thanks to law enforcement's hard line against those in the country unlawfully, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said this week.

TONOPAH - About 75 illegal immigrants were found Tuesday in the desert about 50 miles west of Phoenix, many suffering from dehydration and exhaustion from triple-digit heat, authorities said.

The nation’s construction industry is becoming increasingly staffed by Hispanics, with the biggest growth among workers who are undocumented, according to a new report.

SAN FRANCISCO - The illegal immigrant parents of a toddler with a little-known genetic abnormality were granted a one-year stay in the United States, U.S. Customs and Immigration officials said Thursday.

MESA -- The Republican candidates say more must be done to combat illegal immigration.

The Tempe Chamber of Commerce has joined with 19 other chambers across Arizona to urge Congress to tackle immigration and seal the borders, respond to labor needs and address the issues of illegal immigrants already in the United States, according to a news release

PHOENIX - House Republicans rounded up missing members on Thursday and eked out enough votes to pass a bill prohibiting state and local government agencies from issuing business licenses and permits to illegal immigrants.

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said Friday that some of the more than 2,000 illegal immigrants recently released by the Homeland Security Department because of budget cuts may have been convicted of serious crimes, citing "local sources."

The fight to represent a far-flung congressional district could be determined by how Arizonans feel about whether children of illegal immigrants are entitled to U.S. citizenship.