President Felipe Calderon said Thursday he knows Barack Obama is committed to immigration reform, but that the best thing the American president can do — even for Mexicans — is to fix the U.S. economy.

Watershed elections lead to grand celebrations on one side, wakes on the other. But once all the balloons and confetti have been swept away, many issues congressional Republicans left unresolved are still just that - unresolved. Issues such as illegal immigration do not fade away; they just become a problem for the other side. Of the challenges facing both the new congressional leadership and potential presidential candidates, the illegal immigration issue stands out because it has become so divisive. Sadly, it appears leaders on both sides of the aisle missed the point during the election...

The Bush administration has launched a major overhaul of the nation's immigration services agency, selecting an industry consortium led by IBM to reinvent how the government handles about 7 million applications each year for visas, citizenship and approval to work in the United States, officials announced yesterday.

DENVER, Colo. -- The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation today praised an Administration plan to overhaul the nation 's immigration services agency, using a consortium of private-sector contractors to alter the way the government handles millions of visa applications, the citizenship process and work permits.  The five-year plan to convert U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services case-management system from paper to electronic systems –and outsourcing the implementation to private companies that can easily handle the workload – is part of a new plan the Foundation has been pushing for years.

DENVER, Colo. -- Rep. Mike Pence yesterday announced plans to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives that would simultaneously secure America’s borders and establish a temporary worker program to help fill jobs in America.

DENVER, Colo. -- A new national poll released today by the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation shows an overwhelming majority of Americans believe controlling U.S. borders requires a better system for handling foreign guest workers