News Analysis: Immigration Vote Leaves Obama’s Policy in Disarray

A Senate vote blocking a bill to grant legal status to illegal immigrant students set back an emerging movement and rebuffed the administration’s policy.

Senate Blocks Bill for Young Illegal Immigrants

A bill to grant legal status to young illegal immigrants fell five votes short of 60 votes, but advocates saw it as a litmus test for voters in 2012.

Bill to Grant Legal Status to Immigrant Students Heads to a Vote in the Senate

A bill to grant legal status to illegal immigrant students is expected to fall short of 60 votes, but advocates see it as a litmus test for voters in 2012.

House Backs Legal Status for Many Young Immigrants

The vote supporting the Dream Act gave President Obama an unexpected although largely symbolic victory in the final days of Democratic control of Congress.

Justices, Minus One, Hear Challenge to Arizona Law on Hiring Immigrants

A coalition challenging an Arizona law that aims to further crack down on the hiring of illegal immigrants faces an uphill battle with Justice Elena Kagan disqualified from hearing the case.

Groups Make Late Push to Salvage Bill Aiding Illegal Immigrant Students

Supporters were pressing for passage of the Dream Act while Democrats still control both houses of Congress.

California Court Backs Illegal Immigrant Students

The California Supreme Court ruled that illegal immigrants can be eligible for the same reduced tuition at public colleges and universities as legal residents of the state.

Federal Appeals Court Weighs Arizona Law on Immigrants

Gov. Jan Brewer defended Arizona’s strict new immigration law in federal appeals court, while lawyers from the Justice Department called it unconstitutional.

Arizona Immigration Law Divides Latinos, Too

Lawyers for the Justice Department and for the State of Arizona will square off in federal court this week over the immigration law.

In California Bid, Whitman Spends Record but Struggles

Meg Whitman has had trouble mastering the state’s vast and convoluted electoral landscape despite spending $119 million of her own money on the race.

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