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.

WASHINGTON - White and Latino Americans are deeply divided over immigration, their allegiances to the nation’s political parties and their opinions about President Barack Obama, according to a new NBC/MSNBC/Telemundo poll. And in the wake of Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal immigration law, the survey suggests that Republicans could get an immediate political boost, but may face a long-term problem among Latinos, the nation’s fastest-growing demographic group.

Arizona\'s new crackdown on illegal immigration will increase crime in U.S. cities, not reduce it, by driving a wedge between police and immigrant communities, police chiefs from several of the state\'s and the nation\'s largest cities said Tuesday

The Arizona Republican Party, following hard-fought primaries, plans a victory dinner in Phoenix on Aug. 27. There is a perfect speaker: former California Gov. Pete Wilson. Arizona Republicans believe they’re riding a big anti-illegal immigration wave to success in November. Wilson can regale them with how he pursued a similar strategy in 1994, winning re-election with 55 percent of the vote after embracing Proposition 187 to cut off state-funded education and health programs for children of illegal immigrants.

Police chiefs from about a dozen cities are scheduled to meet with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday to talk about concerns they have with Arizona\'s new immigration law. The group includes police chiefs from Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona; Los Angeles, California; and Houston, Texas.

Jose Corral was seriously considering joining the LDS Church. For weeks, Corral, 45, a fourth-grade teacher, met with missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at his home in Laveen, Ariz., to read The Book of Mormon and prepare for his baptism. Corral, a Roman Catholic and the father of two preteen daughters, was especially drawn to the Utah-based church\'s commitment to family values.

Reporting from Phoenix —The day Arizona\'s governor signed the strictest immigration law in the country — tasking police with checking the immigration status of those they stop and suspect to be in the country illegally — Maria thought it might be the last straw for her family.

The public’s continued support for comprehensive immigration reform is being shunted to the side amid all the fuss about Arizona’s draconian new law allowing police to interrogate suspected illegal immigrants at will and detain them if they can’t produce papers. But it is there, as recent polling attests.

The debate over Arizona\'s new immigration law has sparked emotions across the country as people on both sides of the issue argue their points on television, in newspapers, on blogs and in the street demonstrations.

LOS ANGELES — Republican lawmakers and candidates are increasingly divided over illegal immigration — torn between the need to attract Latino support, especially at the ballot box, and rallying party members who support tougher action.

One of the most frequent arguments of supporters of Arizona\'s anti-immigration law is that it doesn\'t do anything different than what Mexico does with undocumented Central American migrants, or what most Latin American countries do with their own illegal immigrants. It\'s a powerful argument, and partially true.

From the political notebook: • In their glee over the political troubles of President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, and their eager anticipation of big gains in this year\'s elections, Republicans overlooked one very important factor: Voters don\'t like them, either.

The debate over immigration has degenerated into idiocy, with dueling boycotts and pickets outside basketball games. When Phil Jackson becomes Hitler it\'s time to pull the plug on the stupidity and solve the problem. Extremists demand either open borders or mass deportations. Tragically, our cowardly or pandering leaders have allowed the extremists to set the tenor of the debate by ducking the issue for decades. Here are the 10 points I believe would actually solve the problem:

As President Obama prepares to go to Senate Republicans hat in hand next week with passage of an immigration law overhaul on his wish list, some Hispanic lawmakers in his own party are blaming combative White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for the slow pace of progress.

A national anti-illegal-immigration group has pulled out of a planned June 5 rally in Phoenix to support Arizona\'s immigration law because of a key organizer\'s alleged links to neo-Nazis. The website for the \"Phoenix Rising\" Arizona Rally and Freedom March event scheduled for Wesley Bolin Plaza lists as \"confirmed\" speakers former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, state Sen. and Senate Bill 1070 sponsor Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, and GOP Senate challenger J.D. Hayworth, although a spokesman said Hayworth won\'t be participating.

When I hear impassioned debates about immigration policy or arguments over whether migrants are a benefit or a drain on the U.S. economy, I\'m often reminded of Antonio López, a farm worker I met not long ago in California\'s Central Valley. López and his family used to grow corn on their small plot of land in Mexico. But in the 1990s corn prices plummeted, and the family couldn\'t make a living.