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

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution speaks in unusually emphatic language: \"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.\" Not most persons or only those who are white or who are born to citizens. All persons.

The immigration crisis is tearing the social fabric of our nation in ways that are far easier to rend than they are to mend. The furor roused across the country by the passage of the Arizona law is symptomatic of the passions raised and the mistrust sown by an immigration crisis that has reached \"critical mass\".

GOP blocking immigration reform, senator tells Latinos U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday slammed Republicans for blocking comprehensive immigration reform and told Hispanics they shouldn\'t be treated differently because \"their skin\'s a tone darker\" than that of America\'s early European immigrants.

More than one-fourth of illegal immigrants deported from the United States under a federal program that supporters touted as a way to identify and deport dangerous criminals were not convicted of crimes, according to government reports released Tuesday.

Denver, Colorado (CNN) - Colorado Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Tancredo, an outspoken critic of illegal immigration, told CNN he opposes altering the 14th Amendment calling the debate over it: \"almost a ruse.\" Describing himself as \"an outspoken critic of the anchor baby phenomenon,\" the former five-term Republican congressman said the question of who is a citizen should be resolved by the courts.

Immigration officials announced Tuesday that all 24 counties along the Southwest border are now part of a federal program designed to run fingerprint-based immigration history checks on suspects booked into local jails. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement program, dubbed Secure Communities, debuted in Harris County\'s jails in October 2008. Since then, the program has expanded to 544 jurisdictions and is scheduled to be used across the country by 2013.

Over the last few weeks, we have run a series of special reports on immigration in print, on television and radio, and on our multiple websites. We have tried hard to fairly represent all points of view. We have also tried to separate fact from fiction, hyperbole from reality.

SALT LAKE CITY — Now that Arizona\'s controversial immigration law is tied up in the courts, some Utah leaders think the time is right to look at other approaches to dealing with undocumented immigrants. \"Frankly, I don\'t really care about the Arizona bill,\" Gov. Gary Herbert told the Deseret News. \"I care about finding a Utah solution to the unique challenges of illegal immigration in Utah.\"

Rather than shout, I\'ll just ask the question in a civil way: Dear Republicans, do you really want to endanger your party\'s greatest political legacy by turning the 14th Amendment to our Constitution into an excuse for election-year ugliness? Honestly, I thought our politics could not get worse, and suddenly there appears this attack on birthright citizenship and the introduction into popular use of the hideous term \"anchor babies,\" children that illegal immigrants have for the alleged purpose of \"anchoring\" themselves to American rights and the welfare state.

It is apparent our government cannot come up with a workable immigration plan that can be supported by a majority of Americans. Perhaps a citizen can bring common sense to the issue. Here are the eight main elements of such a plan:

Like many other Americans, our family recently celebrated our country\'s birthday. We sang patriotic hymns during sacrament meeting. These beautiful hymns mean a lot to my family as we sing those hymns because I serve in our country\'s military and see the sacrifice my family makes on my behalf.

The scorched-earth TV ads, the defamation lawsuit, the trash talk, the not-entirely-gracious concession speech. All\'s fair in love, war and political primaries. But there\'s no time for any of it anymore if Republicans want to take back the Tennessee governor\'s office and win seats in Washington.

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- The breakfast coffee was starting to cool when Tom Tancredo wrapped up his talk on the evils of illegal immigration and President Barack Obama, and opened the floor to questions from his fellow Republicans. One of the first: Why are you ruining Republican prospects by jumping into the Colorado governor\'s race as a third-party candidate?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- While the death threats pour in against the federal judge who blocked key provisions of Arizona\'s controversial immigration law, the state is preparing to do battle to save those elements in the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals.

One of Theodore Roosevelt\'s most memorable speeches praised \"the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly ... who spends himself in a worthy cause.\" The person who deserves even more praise is the one who climbs into the arena to take on a fight that doesn\'t impact him directly but who engages it anyway because it\'s the right thing to do.