Oct 13 Watch Alabama’s Immigration Law: Assessing the Economic, Social Impact The economical and social effects of Alabama's new immigration law are starting to show. Judy Woodruff discusses the impact with Grow Alabama's Jerry Spencer, State Rep. Mike Ball, R-Huntsville, and the Rosa Toussaint-Ortiz of the Hispanic-Latino Advisory Committee. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Replay a Live Chat About New Documentary ‘The Learning’ For more on this story go to: http://to.pbs.org/pyHG9B… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch For Russian Performers, Trapeze Skills May Be Ticket to Landing U.S. Residency An obscure piece of immigration law targets uniquely talented individuals who want to live in the United States. University of California, Berkeley students Lauren Rosenfeld and Caroline Bins explore how it could help some Russian performers in Las Vegas gain… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Join a Live Chat about the New Documentary ‘The Learning’ For more information go to www.pbs.org/newshour… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Alabama’s Immigration Law: Radical or Within Reason? A federal judge in Alabama heard arguments Wednesday over whether to block the state's new controversial immigration law from going into effect on Sept. 1. Ray Suarez discusses the nation's toughest state measure on illegal immigration with the Southern Poverty… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Homeland Security to Focus on Deporting Criminals Under New Immigration Rules The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new immigration rules, which will allow the Department of Homeland Security to focus more on deporting criminals. Ray Suarez discusses the new rules with Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform and… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch News Wrap: Judge Blocks Parts of Georgia’s Illegal Immigration Law In other news Monday, a federal judge in Atlanta blocked parts of Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration from taking effect. The judge issued a stay against enforcing penalties against harboring undocumented people. Also, 200 Syrian opposition figures and intellectuals met… Continue watching
Jun 10 New Alabama Immigration Law Tougher Than Arizona’s SB-1070 Measure With the stroke of a pen, Alabama's Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law this week a bill described on all sides of the immigration debate as the toughest enforcement measure in the country to date. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on Patriot Act, N.Y. Race Upset, Medicare Politics, Palin Tour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the Patriot Act extension clearing Congress being signed by President Obama, the 2012 GOP presidential field and the Ryan Medicare plan's impact… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Employers of Illegal Workers In a split decision Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled federal law does not preempt an Arizona measure that punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Jeffrey Brown discusses the measure, which could strip businesses of licenses if they're caught hiring… Continue watching