Group affiliated with Voces de la Frontera heads to Madison to speak on three bills involving immigrant rights
MADISON -- A public hearing was held on Wednesday, January 20th in Madison on three bills involving immigrant and worker rights.On Wednesday morning, a group of people affiliated with Voces de la Frontera left Milwaukee on buses to head to Madison to voice their concerns about the bills.According to Voces officials, the bills being debated would encourage police to detain undocumented people for deportation, ban county governments from creating local ID cards, and impound the vehicles of those stopped for driving without a license.CLICK HERE to read Assembly Bill 450: Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments.CLICK HERE to read Senate Bill 533: Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government.CLICK HERE to read Assembly Bill 92: Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, and providing a penalty.The Associated Press says more than 100 people registered to speak at an Assembly committee hearing on Assembly Bill 450 -- a bill aimed at preventing sanctuary cities for immigrants living in the country illegally.The bill would bar local governments from prohibiting law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status or working with federal immigration authorities.
Scott Walker: Building wall along northern border with Canada "a legitimate issue for us to look at"
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says that building a wall along the country's northern border with Canada is a legitimate issue that merits further review.Republican candidates have generally taken a get-tough approach on deterring illegal immigration, but they usually focus on the border with Mexico.The Wisconsin governor was asked whether he wanted to build a wall on the northern border, too, during an interview Sunday, August 30th on NBC's "Meet the Press."Walker says law enforcement officials in New Hampshire brought up the topic of building a wall along the U.S.-Canadian border during a recent town hall meeting.
Walker calls on Pres. Obama to cancel visit by president of China; Rep. Gwen Moore has harsh words for Walker
SOUTH CAROLINA -- Scott Walker says President Barack Obama needs to have some "backbone" and cancel a planned official state visit next month by the president of China.
President Obama plans big announcements on United States immigration
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- President Obama is expected to make some big announcements about the immigration in this country Thursday evening.
Study: Wisconsin is home to an estimated 85,000 illegal immigrants
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin is home to an estimated 85,000 people who immigrated illegally, three-fourths of them from Mexico.That's according to a new study released Tuesday, November 18th by the Pew Research Center.
With days to go until the primary, hotly-contested Milwaukee Co. Sheriff's race focused on immigration
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Voters take to the polls next Tuesday, August 12th for the primary election, and perhaps the most hotly contested race in our area pits the outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke against Milwaukee Police Lieutenant Chris Moews.
"To welcome strangers & care for the vulnerable. This is our mission:" Catholic Charities could care for immigrant children
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Unaccompanied minors continue to cross the border into the United States -- but will they reach Milwaukee?
Effort underway in Milwaukee to find homes for children who have crossed the border into the U.S.
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors have crossed the border of Mexico and the United States, and an effort is underway in Milwaukee to find those children a home.The League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC held an event on Wednesday night, July 23rd to coincide with the Latino Carnaval.LULAC's Midwest Vice President Darryl Morin laid out what he believes should be done to help the young immigrants coming into the United States."We're working with a number of different agencies and within our own organization to bring these children to safe homes all across America, and with the grace of God, we'll be able to bring some right here to Wisconsin," Morin said.LULAC has set up the Border Child Relief Program to raise money to help safely house immigrant children from Central America.
Gov. Walker, others send letter to President Obama on minors journeying across U.S. border
MADISON (WITI) -- Following a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting, Governor Scott Walker lead a letter with five other governors, including Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, and Utah Governor Gary Herbert, to President Barack Obama urging him to quickly address the growing number of unaccompanied minors traveling into the United States.Dear President Obama: At the recent National Governors Association (NGA) meeting in Nashville, many of us had the opportunity to meet with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to discuss the issue of unaccompanied minors coming into our country.
Children crossing into the U.S. by the thousands; Could Milwaukee be called upon to help shelter some?
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Children are crossing the border into the United States by the thousands to escape violence in South America.
On "National Day of Action" on immigration reform, tempers run high over Congress' inaction
WASHINGTON/MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Ranting about reform.
Feds launch app in hunt for child sexual predators
(CNN) -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unveiled an iPhone app called Operation Predator that asks the public for help in gathering information on suspected child sexual predators, including those who are fugitives.The new app, created in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations' Cyber Crime Center, lets users submit a tip by phone or by filling out a tip form in the app.
Rep. Paul Ryan hosts immigration town hall meeting in Racine
RACINE (WITI) -- A proposed immigration law has passed the Senate and is now heading to the House.
Immigration reform passes key Senate test
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate signaled its support on Monday for a bipartisan measure strengthening border security in the comprehensive "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill, a sweeping blueprint that promises to overhaul America's immigration policies for the first time since 1986.The 67-to-27 vote was considered a key test of support for the bill as a whole, as the measure also includes language echoing most other parts of the legislation.The Senate kept the vote open for a significant amount of time for lawmakers who experienced travel delays due to bad weather in Washington.
Immigration bill shaping up, but fate still uncertain
(CNN) -- While the future of immigration reform is still in question, Republican Sen.
Senate immigration debate off to rocky start
(CNN) -- Procedural maneuvering bogged down action in the Senate Wednesday on the first full day of debate on the immigration reform bill.
Triggers vital for path to citizenship, Sen. Marco Rubio says
(CNN) -- A bipartisan proposal to revamp U.S. immigration policies will contain three policy steps that must be accomplished before undocumented workers can apply for legal status, an architect of the measure said on Sunday.Sen.
Possible compromise on immigration reform takes shape
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Undocumented immigrants would be able to seek legal status without first going home under a compromise framework floated Monday by a bipartisan group of senators, according to a source familiar with the plan.
28 arrested during five-day ICE operation targeting criminal aliens
MILWAUKEE -- 28 individuals were arrested during a five-day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in Wisconsin.
Program granting work rights for childhood immigrants begins Wednesday
(CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people who entered the United States as children but without documentation can apply -- beginning Wednesday, August 15th -- to remain in and work in the country without fear of deportation for at least two years.