“Illegal immigration” on The Daily Caller

The Obama administration has set up a toll-free hotline to help illegal immigrants detained by law enforcement at the state and local levels. (more)

Confirming the weekend’s reporting, on Tuesday “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” Joe Arpaio, endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for president at a diner in Amherst, New Hampshire. (more)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich touched on a local issue when speaking at a packed town hall meeting in Charleston, South Carolina Monday night. The GOP hopeful had harsh words for President Obama for allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to sue the state of South Carolina over its immigration law. (more)

(Reuters) – As Mercedes-Benz executive Detlev Hager negotiated the streets of Tuscaloosa last week, he drove right into the controversy over Alabama’s tough new immigration law. (more)

Although Democratic legislators say they’re allied and united in favor of “diversity” and immigration, their supporters are deeply split, former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis told The Daily Caller. (more)

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told The Daily Caller that “sovereign” countries refusing to accept the repatriation of citizens who committed crimes while residing in the United States illegally should face “real problems” with the federal government. (more)

If you’re an illegal immigrant who has lived in America for 25 years, built a family and followed the law, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich doesn’t want to “kick you out” of the country. (more)

Unemployment rates have fallen in Alabama amid new legal pressure on companies to comply with a popular immigration reform law. (more)

The White House’s immigration lawyers have issued yet another bureaucratic order that will curb the election-year deportation of illegal immigrants, and perhaps spur the supply of Hispanic voters. (more)

On Wednesday’s “Special Report,” libertarian-leaning Republican presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul took the “Center Seat” to be grilled by the program’s panel. (more)

During Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nev., Texas Governor Rick Perry resurrected an old scandal by accusing former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney of hiring illegal immigrants to work on his home’s landscaping. (more)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got into a fiery exchange over illegal immigration during Tuesday night’s CNN/Western Republican Leadership Conference debate in Las Vegas. (more)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. deported nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants last year, and an increasing number of them were convicted criminals, according to figures set for release Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. (more)

A top official from President Barack Obama’s Justice Department spent Thursday night and Friday in Alabama appealing for evidence that could strike down the state’s innovative immigration-enforcement reform, which business executives say could open thousands of jobs to unemployed Americans. (more)

ATLANTA (AP) — The federal government asked an appeals court Friday to stop Alabama officials from enforcing a strict immigration law that has already driven Hispanic students from public schools and migrant workers from towns, warning that it opens the door to discrimination against even legal residents. (more)

One of the major sticking points of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is what some GOP primary voters see as his moderate to liberal stance on illegal immigration. (more)

Employers in Alabama’s Marshall County are hiring new workers following the stepped-up federal and state enforcement of immigration laws. (more)

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has changed its approach toward arresting and deporting illegal aliens with criminal records. (more)

Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley, ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Tuesday that he has sent a letter to President Barack Obama questioning the administration’s immigration policies, which he says favor people who have broken the law. (more)

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is continuing to hit rival Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his stance on illegal immigration — saying he lines up on the issue with President Obama and other Democrats. (more)