WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Federal officials notified more than 650 U.S. businesses their records would be audited as part of an effort to weed out companies hiring illegal immigrants.
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Expansion of a program checking the immigration status of those booked in local jails likely will prompt a rise in deportation cases, U.S. officials said.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- Local law enforcement agencies across the United States are arresting illegal immigrants, saying they're working around federal enforcement rules.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. immigration officials said they doubled the number of deportation proceedings as enforcement increases in the nation's courts, The Washington Post said.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs agents have found 48 illegal immigrants at a Missouri jail since they began making daily visits there in October.
GLYNCO, Ga., May 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush called for conservative lawmakers to drop their opposition to an immigration reform bill working its way through the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Nearly 60 percent of UPI-Zogby International poll participants said enforcement of current U.S. laws is the best way to fight illegal immigration.
BALTIMORE, April 16 (UPI) -- Serious criminal charges typically used in drug trafficking and organized crime are being applied to U.S. businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Despite high divisiveness between the chambers of the U.S. Congress, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., wants a vote on immigration reform this week.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The world's largest group of law enforcement executives said Wednesday it opposes legislation to compel police enforcement of immigration laws.