Illegal Immigration and Deportation

Why Don't Legal Mexicans Hate Illegal Mexicans?

Undocumented Immigrants: Illinois Driver's License Bill Now Law, Fourth State With Policy

Illinois law now officially says that undocumented immigrants can legally obtain driver's licenses -- a big win for advocacy groups that argue the change is a boost for public safety and law enforcement on the roads. Lawrence Benito, an Illinois immigration advocate, tells Daily RFT that this new ... More >>

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Ask a Mexican: Isn't DACA just a ruse to identify and deport DREAM Act students?

Ask a Mexican: Special Best Of Edition

Carlos Jamison Moser Will Stay in Carthage, Missouri, with Adoptive Parents

The story of Carlos Jamison Moser, the 5-year-old biological son of Encarnacion Bail of Guatemala and the adoptive son of Seth and Melinda Moser of Carthage, continues to drag through the American legal system. Yesterday Judge David Jones ruled in juvenile court that the Mosers could proceed with th ... More >>

Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Will Divide Nation

"Baby Carlos" Adoption Trial Kicks off Next Week

Some of you have been inquiring about the legal status of Carlos Jamison Moser, the five-year-old boy in Carthage, Missouri, who is the focus of a landmark adoption battle that's been waged over the past four years. We chronicled the story behind Carlos' adoption case in our Oct. 20 feature, The B ... More >>

Concentration Camp Con

Should Undocumented Sexual Predators Be Detained or Deported?

Missouri Department of Mental HealthHe came for the American dream, but this is what Javier Calleja will likely get.​In a unanimous opinion made public this morning, a three-member panel of judges with the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Eastern District sent a pointed -- some might say ironi ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Are more Mexicans becoming conservative?

In a tiny town just outside Joplin, a landmark adoption case tests the limits of inalienable human rights

Ask a Mexican: Why do so many homes have wrought-iron fences?

Ask a Mexican: Why do Mexicans come to this country illegally instead of legally?

Ask a Mexican! Special April Fools' Edicion

Second Round of Indictments for Locksmith Company Accused of Defrauding Missourians

Pinella County Sheriff via Angie's ListDavid Peer and Moshe Aharoni accused of defrauding Missourians.​The U.S. Attorney's Office of Eastern Missouri last week handed down another round of indictments last week against Dependable Locks, a Florida-based locksmith accused of extorting customers in M ... More >>

Schemers Plead Guilty to Running Fake Document Lab

​What's an illegal immigrant gotta do to get some false paperwork around here? Evidently, it's become more difficult now that feds have busted a trio of St. Louis-based Mexicans operating a fake-document mill that would seem to rival Kinko's in one-stop-shopping efficiency. Resident alien c ... More >>

Return to Sender: What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds got moving?

The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Fair-y Tales: Russell Pearce and other illegal immigrant populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans

Missouri Attorney General Goes to Bat for Arizona's Immigration Law

Koster: Como se dice "bandwagon" in espanol?​Two days after Republicans bolstered their numbers in the Show-Me State and across the nation, Missouri's Republican-turned-Democrat attorney general is out with a move that's sure to please the Tea Party masses. Chis Koster announced today he is leadin ... More >>

Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution and doesn't work

Pinalcchio: Forensics experts say a deputy's tale about getting shot by drug smugglers doesn't add up

Feds Crack Down on Undocumented Kitchen Workers

A San Diego restaurateur stands up for illegal immigrants working in kitchens. The New York Times goes in-depth on the hush-hush issue of illegal workers, the blind eye that's been turned, and the sudden upswing in crackdowns by federal investigators. Despite a federal indictment last April, San Die ... More >>

Justice Department Sues Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Early Endorser of Ed Martin

Sheriff Joe​The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit alleging that Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is blocking its investigation into possible civil rights violations within his Maricopa County Sheriff's Department. Arpaio is well known in Arizona -- and increasingly nationwide -- for his sweeps ... More >>

Seized: Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

Get Out!: Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

Illegal

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

Ask a Mexican: The Mexican facilitates a battle of the exes and some fact checking

Ronnie's Kids

Today, "amnesty" is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Cowboy Down

Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Ask a Mexican: Special Potpourri Edition

Readers speak up for Cecilia Velazquez, Glenn Beck, the Beautiful Kind and other controversial figures

State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal Has A Grande Problem With Mark Parkinson's Immigration Law

Image sourceMaria Chappelle-Nadal is smiling but really she's outraged.​Last week, we reported on HB 2449 and Rep. Mark Parkinson's plan to propose a strict new immigration law in Missouri similar to the one recently enacted in Arizona. On Monday, the Republican from St. Charles explained that he ... More >>

A Q&A With State Rep. Mark Parkinson, Supporter of an Arizona-style Immigration Law for Missouri

Image viaMark Parkinson: "95 percent of my constituents wanted me to get tough on illegal immigration"​Last week, Daily RFT reported on HB 2449, a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives that would stiffen penalties for people who "harbor" undocumented immigrants in Missouri and make ... More >>

The Next State to Pass an Arizona-style Immigration Law? It Might be Missouri.

Image viaThe flag in the background is all the proof of citizenship Mark Parkinson needs.​Arizona's strict new immigration law gives police the authority to check a person's documentation when "reasonable suspicion" exists that the suspect is in the country illegally. As public outrage against the ... More >>

St. Charles Representatives Team Up to Stop Foreigners from Driving in Missouri

Chuck Gatschenberger​So, just for fun, let's review how St. Charles state representatives are banning together to stop all those funny speaking foreigners (read: suspected illegal aliens) from driving in Missouri. First there's Chuck Gatschenberger (R - St. Charles County) who -- when not filing l ... More >>

¡Ask A Mexican!: The Mexican on swear words and health-care bills

Immigration Activists Can't Take Joke; Protest "Illegal Alien" Halloween Costume

​I subscribe to an email list-serve for immigration issues. The email thread can -- at times -- be helpful for discovering news bits on legislative concerns, law enforcement initiatives and social matters important to the foreign-born community. So when the following email showed up four time ... More >>

Ahh, Branson. Dolly Parton, Baldknobbers, Yakov and Honest-to-Goodness Human Slaves

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergBranson at night is a scary place. Especially when you're there against your will.Branson, to put it mildly, is an unusual place. As I reported back in 2007, the southwestern Missouri town is something like a '50s fantasy camp. Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff keeps the Cold ... More >>

"You're the Greatest, Asshole!"

The Mexican explains a Mex-centric phenomenon.

Turn Down the Damn Trumpets!

Why do Mexicans crank their music up so loud?

My hot Mexican girlfriend makes me hang out with her whole family.

Can't a guy get some one-on-one time?

Joe weighs in on the Valley Park controversy.

(And Mayor Whitteaker doesn't come out looking too good.)

"Our families immigrated here legally and respect the laws, customs, rules and norms of this great nation.

And we expect everyone else to do the same."

Hasta La Vista...Whitteaker?

Many Valley Park residents want their mayor to step down.

Valley Park to Mexican immigrants: "Adios, illegals!"

A small-town mayor's plan creates one big controversy.