A day after extending his unbeaten record in Arizona elections, Sen. John McCain on Wednesday looked ahead to his next battle _ a contest with a little-known Democrat that is likely to be a smooth ride to re-election. McCain easily dispatched J.D. Hayworth in Tuesday\'s Republican primary, extinguishing the biggest threat to his re-election in 24 years in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC.- La presentación de una iniciativa de ley en Utah que obligaría a las policías locales a arrestar indocumentados, ha desatado la presión de los activistas latinos para que la poderosa Iglesia Mormona aclare su posición públicamente. Considerada factor clave en la vida política y social del estado, la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días -su nombre formal- no ha podido escapar del álgido debate en torno a la iniciativa considerada antiinmigrante.

This year, Arizona became known as the state with the toughest policies against illegal immigration. That\'s why Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Eric Peters didn\'t think the Pima County coroner would see a surge in migrants killed while trying to cross Arizona\'s southern deserts. But despite beefed-up efforts to stem illegal immigration and an economy that makes work harder to come by, migrants are still trying to get into the country. And many are dying.

The lawsuit against the Arizona immigration law aside, Obama has devoted nearly all his efforts on immigration to ramped up enforcement, and his administration is on track to deport a record number of illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency explains:

One of the highlights in news publications covering this past weekend’s State GOP convention is the California Republican Party’s refusal to embrace Arizona’s immigration law as a legitimate approach in dealing with the nation’s “broken” immigration system. The Washington Independent writes, “The party skipped over a resolution that would have stated the party’s support for SB 1070 and Proposition 187, a 1994 effort to cut public benefits to undocumented immigrants.”

Reporting from Tucson — This year, Arizona became known as the state with the toughest policies against illegal immigration. That\'s why Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Eric Peters didn\'t think the Pima County coroner would see a surge in migrants killed while trying to cross Arizona\'s southern deserts. But despite beefed-up efforts to stem illegal immigration and an economy that makes work harder to come by, migrants are still trying to get into the country. And many are dying.

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Stephen Sandstrom on Wednesday began his formal drive to push his tough immigration enforcement bill through the Legislature, telling an interim committee that Utah cannot wait for federal action. \"The federal government has utterly failed to protect its citizens. The immigration system is broken,\" Sandstrom, R-Orem, told the Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee. The committee discussed the bill but took no action on it.

Supporters of Arizona-style immigration legislation made an emotional plea to legislators Wednesday to clamp down on illegal immigration, warning of drug cartels and terrorism if the state fails to act. Security was pervasive on Capitol Hill, as nearly 100 people filled the hearing room and dozens more listened from an overflow room nearby. A show of hands before the meeting indicated about 80 percent of those on hand were supportive of the bill.

Illegal immigrants who are victims of crimes are being denied special visas that aim to encourage their cooperation with police, Valley immigration attorneys say. Called U-Visas, the documents allow immigrants who have endured substantial mental or physical abuse from a crime to stay legally in the U.S. for up to four years if they cooperate with law enforcement. The aim is to encourage the victims, who otherwise may fear deportation, to assist in an investigation.

It hasn\'t been an easy few years for Arturo Morales. The Orem man is a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born and raised in Mexico, but as a staunch defender of conservative efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, he\'s come under fire from others of Hispanic descent. The first time came several years ago when he openly supported the re-election of Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem.

A federal investigation of a controversial Arizona sheriff known for tough immigration enforcement has intensified in recent days, escalating the conflict between the Obama administration and officials in the border state.

When I say some of my best friends are Mexicans, I mean it. It’s not a toss-away line, something I would say to endear myself to anyone, especially to other friends who (sadly) lack Mexican friends. I figure that if you grew up in Utah and you weren’t befriended by a Mexican family, you and I are not going to get along. To the chagrin of many small-minded Utahns who hate reading about it, I’m proud of my “dirty Greek” heritage. If I were forced to trade, though, I’d trade to Mexican.

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Just one day after he unveiled a harsh Arizona-style immigration proposal for Florida, Attorney General Bill McCollum was obliged to backpedal, conceding a need to consult with ``my supporters in the Hispanic community\'\' about the provisions in his punitive and potentially unconstitutional measure.

WASHINGTON — Daily life for Marlen Lopez sounds anything but easy: The undocumented worker cleans offices to pay her bills and hasn\'t seen her 8-year-old son since she left El Salvador three years ago. Yet Lopez is happy with her job, hopeful about the future and confident her son will one day graduate from college in the United States.

SAN DIEGO — Supposedly, elephants don’t forget. But these days, when it comes to the explosive issue of immigration, I wonder if they even bother to think. Not from the looks of it. Not when top Republicans in Congress are toying with the wacky and wicked idea of rewriting the 14th Amendment to eliminate so-called birthright citizenship.

The word ``immigrant\'\' conceals the truth. Nowhere in the world does anyone want foreigners, different people, except to exploit them. The democrats of Athens called them metekos and denied them almost all their rights