Following the influx of undocumented immigrant children entering the U.S. during 2014, the latest rate during the fiscal year, thus far, has been lower than last year.
One of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) immigration agencies announced "enhanced" oversight and release procedures for custody determinations for immigrant detainees with criminal convictions.
Federal agents arrested more than a dozen recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for alleged crimes, which violates a core principle of the deferred action's eligibility requirements.
President Obama and congressional lawmakers are praising Congress after they finally passed legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the 2015 fiscal quarter, expiring Sept. 30, the bill to have no adverse affect on the president's immigration executive actions despite conservative lawmakers' efforts to block its implementation.
Following the fourth failed vote to debate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fund bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced a new standalone legislation to block President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions.
Actor Sean Penn stirred a social media debate this weekend with a Green Card comment toward film director Alejandro González Iñárritu, a Mexican national. In the U.S., however, millions have tried to receive a Green Card but only thousands are available.
Reports about Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, calling for Republicans to pass a "clean" bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which would implement President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, has been clarified by the senator’s office.
Federal Judge Andrew Hanen this week delivered a temporary delay to President Barack Obama’s deferred action programs, which would affect approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants. Hanen’s judicial history, however, has resulted in mixed opinions even ahead of his decision on Feb. 16.
Following Judge Andrew Hanen’s temporary injunction ruling to pause President Barack Obama’s deferred action programs, the president addressed the delay to his immigration executive actions, saying he was confident his actions would eventually proceed despite the ruling.
With the renewed diplomatic relations between the United States (U.S.) and Cuba, the U.S. State Department disclosed updates on supporting the island's "nascent" private sector.
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he is set to left the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's funding expire and it would not be the fault of the Republican Party.
Two U.S. representatives, each who represent states with large immigrant populations, have introduced legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without negative impacts to President Barack Obama's deferred action programs.
Approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants are eligible for President Barack Obama's deferred action programs, which would temporarily avoid their deportation, but it could cost at least $20 billion to deport them all.
