Immigration News

==More charges filed in Iowa plant immigration raid

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A supervisor arrested after a large immigration raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant was hit with new charges Tuesday including conspiring to hire illegal immigrants....

==Just 6 sign up for self-deportation in 1st week

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Just six illegal immigrants volunteered to leave the United States in the first week of a pilot program inviting nearly a half-million people to self-deport, federal officials said....

==Sudanese can stay longer in US, continue working

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigrants from Sudan granted temporary legal status can stay and continue to work in the U.S. if they reregister with the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government said Thursday....

==Jury finds self-proclaimed Indian chief guilty

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The leader of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was convicted Wednesday of defrauding immigrants by falsely telling them tribal membership would make them U.S. citizens....