For the first time, Houston leaders representing businesses, professions, unions, ethnic communities, religious communities and public institutions such as education, health care and law enforcement convened as a task force and held informed discussions to identify a positive, fair, humane and pragmatic community vision for immigration reform and create the leadership to help move that vision forward.

Only God ranks higher for this devout Catholic, husband and father of three. Everything else is a distant third on his priority list, even the American dream he began chasing 11 years ago when he left his native Mexico. He rose to the position of foreman for a commercial construction company, paid taxes and bought a small home on Oklahoma City\'s south side

TEMPE, Ariz. — Supporters and opponents of Arizona\'s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies in Phoenix, drawing thousands of people from around the country. Marchers carrying signs, banners and flags from the United States and Mexico filled a 5 mile stretch of central Phoenix, demanding that the federal government refuse to cooperate with Arizona authorities trying to enforce the law

LOGANDALE - In Mormon households, Monday night is \"family home evening,\" a time for studying the Gospel, singing hymns and engaging in wholesome activities such as playing board games. But on one recent Monday evening at the Marshall house, which Gary Marshall built with his own hands in the territorial-Victorian style of straight lines, wide porches and sturdy wooden posts, the topic is politics.

Not so fast Re \"Workplace raids go upstairs,\" May 25 I began reading about San Diego restaurant owner Michel Malecot thinking \"Good — they\'re finally targeting the business owners who hire illegal workers.\" I finished the article with the opinion that the potential punishment is too punitive. Is it wise to turn a successful businessman into a penniless ward of the state, serving a prison sentence?

SALT LAKE CITY — While a Utah \"driving privilege card\" allows undocumented immigrants to drive on the state\'s roads, some immigrants are surprised that it won\'t help them maneuver into clubs that serve alcohol — or the concerts staged in them. About 25 aliens discovered that the hard way last weekend, when they expected to see Spanish rock star Enrique Bunbury at The Depot but were told that their driving privilege cards were not legal proof of age in Utah.

WASHINGTON — Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank launched a two-pronged attack Wednesday against new laws that seek to convert local police officers into enforcers of federal immigration laws. First, he joined a delegation of big-city police chiefs who told U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that a new Arizona immigration law — requiring police to check for proof of legal residency if they have reasonable suspicion that people are illegal immigrants — will drive a wedge between officers and Hispanics, and hurt law enforcement.

Washington » Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank joined fellow law enforcement officials from across the nation in a meeting Wednesday with Attorney General Eric Holder to relay concerns over Arizona\'s new immigration law the cops say will dampen crime-fighting efforts.

Latinos in Salt Lake City are committing violent and drug crimes at a rate proportional to their population, while their involvement in identity-theft crime is significantly lower than the population, according to a report of crime statistics from five years of data in Utah\'s capital.

WASHINGTON — In deciding to deploy up to 1,200 National Guard troops to bolster security at the Mexican border, President Obama has stepped into one of the thorniest issues facing American presidents — illegal immigration — and has confounded allies who say he is squandering his chance to address it in a comprehensive way.

To win the endorsement of the Minuteman Project and its founder, Jim Gilchrist, you need to believe in federal troop deployments to stop illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. and stepped-up deportations of those who do. You may also need to pay several thousand dollars, according to documents from three Republican campaigns that sought Gilchrist’s endorsement.

Jim Gilchrist is the founder of the Minuteman Project and a committed anti-illegal immigration activist. He first made headlines when his Minuteman Project group decided to patrol the Mexican border for illegal immigrants. Over the years Gilchrist’s endorsement has become an important way to signal to conservative activists that a candidate is serious about stopping illegal immigration.

Despite the fact that we are a nation of immigrants -- or perhaps because of it -- immigration continues to be one of America\'s most contentious topics. The new law in Arizona authorizing police to arrest individuals who cannot show documents proving that they are in the country legally has set off a fresh bout of acrimony. But as in the past, much of the debate is founded on mythology.

In my office hangs a postcard depicting Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, but instead of Jesus looking longingly up at the sky as he kneels before a rock in the garden, Jesus is taking aim with an AK-47 at some enemy off in the distance.

PHOENIX — A veteran sheriff\'s deputy was shot and wounded Friday after encountering a group of suspected illegal immigrants who apparently had been hauling bales of marijuana along a major smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert — a violent episode that comes amid a heated national debate over immigration.

Texans narrowly oppose a \"pathway to citizenship\" for illegal immigrants, strongly favor an end to in-state tuition for non-citizens, would support a constitutional \"English-only\" amendment and overwhelmingly say businesses should verify the immigration status of their workers, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.