illegal immigration
President Obama's previous pledge to enact comprehensive immigration reform looks to be gaining steam, the Obama administration reportedly planning to push an extensive overhaul in immigration to Congress that would include a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants.
The arrest of a well-known immigration activist's mother during a nighttime raid in Arizona has drawn attention and a huge outpouring of supporters calling for her release.
The new immigration law that allows certain undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States while applying for permanent visas is drawing mostly positive reaction, but immigration experts and critics say that more is needed if there is to be true reform to the broken immigration system.
Lines in the sand are expected to be drawn in Washington in the battle to reform immigration.
A new law modeled after Arizona's controversial S.B. 1070 law could have a direct impact on Kansas immigrants if legislators in the Sunflower State decide to pass it.
Just days after a new law passed designed to make it easier for immigrants with family members in the U.S. to be reunited with their loved ones, the new regulation is drawing reaction from both supporters and critics.
Immigrants with spouses, children and parents in the U.S. may not have to wait much longer to get their much sought-after green cards, thanks to a new change in immigration policy.
Starting next year, federal immigration officials will be cutting back its support of programs that give local police the authority to question individuals about immigration statuses and arrest them based on that.
Arizon'a SB1070 law effectively makes it a state crime to be an illegal immigrant to the United States and gives police the power to check anyone's immigration status, so long as they suspect that the individual does not have the proper documentation to reside here.
The official numbers are in, and according to them, federal officials have deported more immigrants in the past fiscal year than ever before.
With a federal judge lifting an injunction this week, Georgia law enforcement officials can start enforcing the controversial "show-me-your-papers" law.
Barely a month after GOP candidate Mitt Romney was dealt a stinging defeat in the race for the presidency, signs are beginning to show that more Republicans are taking immigration reform as a more serious priority.
Critics are split on whether the U.S. House of Representatives did the right thing days after voting to pass a bill granting green cards to immigrants with advanced degrees in science in technology fields.
With immigration reform on the forefront of Congress's priorities after the election, Democratic leaders from both the Senate and the House Wednesday outlined the nine principles they want to guide immigration reform and help the economy recover.
