• In the forums, members discuss "Loyalty & Dual Citizenship"—a point of contention between the anti- and pro-immigration camps.
• Marisa Treviño, a MATT contributing writer, looks at the Hispanic vote in 2008.
• Learn about MATT.org's "Hecho en América" initiative to promote products made in the Americas as a pathway to creating more jobs throughout the continent.

Aired on CNN, July 5, 2007. (Note: Video quality is not great.)

• The BillT blog links to an article about Microsoft opening a research center in Vancouver to get around strict immigration rules in the United States.
• The National Center for Policy Analysis says that due to the declining fertility rate in Mexico, the influx of illegal immigrants to the U.S. will likely fix itself in time.

Commenter Maryst drew our attention to an interesting, very relevant question.

For those of you who read a lot about immigration online, you know that the blogosphere and forums often refer to the "ANTIs" and the "PROs".

So we want to know, from you, how you would explain either category. ANTIs: what are you against? PROs: what are you for? And how do you see the opposing group? Alternatively, do you feel you don't fit into either of those categories? Why?

• Daily video/Candidate tracker:

Ron Paul, Republican presidential candidate, speaks of immigrants’ "American" work ethic.

• Monday blog round-up
  • John Hawkins at RightWingNews’ blog looks at how illegal immigration has affected two GOP senators: Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
  • The Council on Foreign Relations’ blog compiles information on "Immigration: the Other Health Crisis".
  • About.com answers FAQs on green card marriage.
• Cartoon of the day

• The Boston Globe published a really well-written news-feature in Saturday's paper about a five-year-old girl who faces a deportation hearing that could potentially separate her from her family in the U.S. The article will surely pull heart-strings as well as fan some people's flames.
• The Austin American-Statesman reports that border fence construction in southern Texas may significantly damage the Rio Grande eco-system.
• USA Today published a news-feature today on illegal immigrants who seek refuge from the immigration authorities in places of worship.
• The Hartford Courant reports that 26 of 32 illegal immigrants arrested in raids in New Haven, CT last week are back home after their families posted bail.
• The Ashland City Times (Tennessee) published a profile of the Maury County sheriff who is either revered or abhorred for his illegal immigration crackdown.

The wife of a soldier missing in Iraq can strike one worry off her list: the Department of Homeland Security gave her a green card this weekend, FOX News reports. Having entering ilegally from the Dominican Republic, Yaderlina Hiraldo Jimenez had earlier been served deportation papers. Her G.I. husband, Alex Jimenez (right), has been missing since mid-May.

There's a great news-analysis piece in the Los Angeles Times today. The article by Nicholas Riccardi stems from the headline-grabbing story on how Nicholas Corbett, a U.S. Border patrolman, is now charged with murder for shooting Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, who was trying to cross into Arizona from Mexico.

The article gives us a pretty good run-down of how illegal border crossing from Mexico into Arizona has become increasingly dangerous for both the side trying to keep the illegal immigrants out, and those trying to come in. Here's an excerpt:

Assaults on agents are up 10% in southeastern Arizona over last year, and though the number is holding steady nationwide, the Border Patrol says attacks have become more violent. Officers say immigrants are more likely to run and throw rocks or, as happened near Yuma, Ariz., last month, Molotov cocktails.

The Border Patrol has seized nearly twice as much cocaine this year as last. The crossing is riskier for illegal immigrants too. Deaths among crossers are up 21% over last year. Bandits watch border-crossing routes, robbing immigrants and sometimes kidnapping entire groups. (...)