Detained in an immigration raid and subsequently released, the Figueroas were among the thousands who protested in Phoenix on Saturday.

Yet another children’s character has been roped into the immigration debate. This time it’s a thinly disguised Kermit the frog, sponsored by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Sarah Palin.

The suit by a broad coalition of civil rights groups is the latest move against Arizona’s new law, which has also prompted civil disobedience demonstrations.

SB 1070 has energized the immigrant movement in Arizona, and many women formerly in the shadows are stepping up to fight against the bill.

Arizona’s tough new immigration law, and the debate over immigration reform continue to dominate the headlines of Spanish-language media.

The sights and sounds of the 31st annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival in New York City.

The MLB players union has openly criticized the law, and pro baseball and basketball players are speaking out.

FI2W interviews Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute about the impact of NY Gov. David Paterson’s plan to accelerate the granting of pardons for legal immigrants with old or minor criminal convictions.

Community organizers and census workers are trying to ease resistance to the census among Russian immigrants in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters marched in favor of national immigration reform and against Arizona’s new “anti-immigrant” law.