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AR lawyer seeks release of illegal A lawyer representing a man detained in Faulkner County on a U.S. immigration agency hold is asking the county's circuit court to free his client. Oscar Castro-Gomez, a Pulaski County resident, was arrested April 12 in Conway on theft of property charges, according to an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in Faulkner County Circuit Court by lawyer Leonardo Monterrey. Though the theft charges were dropped, Castro-Gomez has been detained at the Faulkner County jail on an immigration hold ever since, the petition said. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)

Mexican farm workers sue AR employer Four Mexican workers are suing an Arkansas sweet-potato farmer, claiming labor trafficking and abuse from 2006 through 2008 when they worked on his farm near Austin in Lonoke County. The... Feds reviewing AR 287(g) program Rogers, AR -- Federal officials are in Fayetteville reviewing local government's participation in a federal immigration program. Ben Lipscomb and Jeff Harper met Tuesday with officials from the Office of... AR Senate rejects in-state tuition for illegals Little Rock (AP) -- The Arkansas Senate on Monday rejected letting the children of illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities after opponents questioned the offer's...

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AR Senate panel rejects in-state tuition legislation

Little Rock (AP) -- Despite an endorsement by the head of Arkansas' flagship university, a bill to grant the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition has been rejected by a Senate committee. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Chancellor David Gearhart...
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AR tuition bill receives skeptical response from State Senate

Little Rock (AP) -- Legislation to grant the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition faced skepticism in the state Senate on Wednesday, even with lawmakers who previously supported the idea. In a rare 'committee of the whole' meeting on the...
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AR employer crackdown bill fails in committee

An effort to require the state Contractors Licensing Board to punish contractors who knowingly hire illegal aliens failed by two votes in a state House of Representatives committee Wednesday. For the second time in a month, the bill failed to...
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