Why is President Obama suing to invalidate the Arizona law on illegal immigration? Why is he incurring the enmity of even his own Democratic congressmen from the Phoenix and Tucson areas by trying to kill a law that two-thirds of Arizona and a similar proportion of America as a whole supports? The answer: It is a desperate, last-ditch attempt to rebuild his sagging popularity with America\'s Hispanic voters.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Top of Utah lawmaker will lead a legislative delegation to Arizona next week to hear firsthand experiences of border immigration issues, a legislative topic that has sparked a firestorm of controversy in some parts the United States. Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton, will head to the Arizona-Mexico border Monday, and with him will be Utah House Speaker David Clark and Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem. \"It\'s a fact-finding mission,\" said Sandstrom.

Former U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman’s 7-year-old son came home from school one day and asked his dad a question. “Is every Hispanic an illegal?” The boy’s classmates had told him that was the case, and he wondered why his father, who prosecuted criminals, wasn’t rounding up immigrants and deporting them. Tolman used it as an example of the potentially toxic effects today’s overheated political rhetoric can have.

SALT LAKE CITY — The right to migrate is an \"inherent human right\" that \"transcends national law,\" the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City said during a discussion on illegal immigration Thursday. The Sutherland Institute hosted a dialogue between the Most Rev. John C. Wester and Brett Tolman, former U.S. attorney for Utah, on the topic of illegal immigration.

With Nevada’s unemployment rate running at an unheard of 14 percent, the last thing the state needs is anything that will deter travel to and spending in Las Vegas, Reno and the state’s other tourism destinations. But a proposed Nevada immigration initiative, like Arizona’s controversial law requiring police to question anyone suspected of being in the United States illegally, threatens to do just that.

The Tennessee Department of Safety is facing a class-action lawsuit after at least two driver\'s license station workers confiscated a Hispanic woman\'s proof of citizenship, returning it so badly damaged it had to be replaced.

After emphasizing the Obama administration\'s commitment to comprehensive immigration reform, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano hit hard on the issue of border security during an address Thursday in Denver. \"We are going to be very tough about enforcing our law, but we\'re also going to be very smart about how we enforce our laws,\" she told attendees at the annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.

WASHINGTON - A federal database designed to identify non-citizens has helped authorities remove 31,000 convicted criminals from the United States in less than two years and is being aggressively expanded throughout Arizona and the nation by President Barack Obama\'s administration. The Secure Communities database already is in use at jails in seven Arizona counties: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma.

The Journal-World has published a number of articles recently on Kris Kobach, candidate for secretary of state and one of the primary authors of the infamous Arizona immigration law. None of these articles include any information on Kobach’s Arizona associates.

We understand that there\'s a push for your Administration to develop a plan to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States. We understand that the Administration may include aliens who have willfully overstayed their visas or filed for benefits knowing that they will not be eligible for a status for years to come.

FREMONT, Neb. — In the wake of a newly approved ordinance meant to crack down on illegal immigrants, some question whether Fremont has a problem with people in the country illegally — or immigrants in general. Supporters of the measure say illegal immigrants have flocked to the eastern Nebraska city of 25,000 to take jobs at two meatpacking plants outside of town.

The Kansas City lawyer who helped Fremont, Neb., petitioners put an immigration ordinance on the ballot apparently won\'t be defending the city against any legal challenge, despite his offer to provide services at no cost. That\'s because Fremont\'s insurance carrier opted to go with another firm over attorney Kris Kobach. “Let\'s cut to the chase: We don\'t even know him,” said Michael Nolan, who directs Fremont\'s taxpayer-funded insurance group, the League Association of Risk Management, or LARM.

About 500 non-U.S. citizens have Utah drivers\' licenses — something that\'s now illegal under a new law. \"Which is quite alarming when I\'ve talked to people,\" Nanette Rolfe, Utah Driver License Division director told the Transportation Interim Committee Wednesday. \"I don\'t think they realized there were that many individuals who maybe could have been voting or could have been getting benefits.\"

Eight Republican senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama this week asking for confirmation that the White House is planning to defer deportations or grant parole to millions of undocumented immigrants, pending congressional debate on immigration reform.

The Obama administration is considering suing Arizona to block implementation of its harsh new immigration-enforcement measure, SB 1070. The Justice Department doesn\'t have much time - barring a judicial stay, the law goes into effect July 29 - and a decision, to sue or not to sue, is expected any day.

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will station an aerial drone in Texas as part of its stepped-up surveillance of criminal trafficking along the Mexican border