The immigration court system in Illinois is swamped with more than 20,000 pending deportation cases, forcing immigrants seeking asylum to wait as long as three years simply to receive a hearing date for their cases to go before a judge.
A Texas judge has ruled officials from the state's Department of Family and Protective Services cannot license an immigration detention center as a childcare facility.
Former Telemundo President Nely Galán is promoting her new book, “Self Made: Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way,” and the former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant spoke against the term “illegal” immigrant and Donald Trump’s trouble in attracting Latino voters.
American citizens will have a third presidential option this November with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, former Republican governor of New Mexico, where Latinos currently comprise 47 percent of the state's population. One stance Latinos may want to keep an eye on is Johnson’s views on immigration.
A Chicago-based immigration reform activist is suing the government alleging that officials conspired to deny the renewal of her immigration status as punishment for her political activism.
A growing number of faith groups in Philadelphia are teaming up to man an emergency hot-line to help undocumented immigrants who find themselves the target of deportation raids.
The University of California has announced plans to annually invest $8.4 million to aid as many as three thousand undocumented students over the next three years.
House Appropriations Committee members voted on 12 bills Tuesday, one debating whether "illegal alien" should be used in legislation. Those opposing the measure won out, 25-24, ensuring lawmakers could propose bills utilizing the derogatory term.
While it's easier than to get caught up in the current contentious debate over immigration, a visualization of the past 200 years of immigration to the U.S., parsed by the countries that are the largest source of immigrants, provides a bit of perspective.
Donald Trump may campaign on strict anti-immigration laws, but he may not be the reason for a double-digit jump in U.S. citiizenship applicants. The Department of Homeland Security recently proposed fee increases that would make applying for naturalization upwards of $640.
ICE officials are preparing for what may be the largest immigration sweep under President Obama. The report of month-long raids come a week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection data revealed nearly 60,000 children crossed the U.S. Mexico border between October 2015 and March 2016.
A pair of immigrant rights groups has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) charging that as many as 60 detainees at the Hudson County Correctional Facility have been denied proper medical care.
"Stand Up To Hate" campaign members recently revealed they have aided some 12,781 people with their citizenship applications during the month of March.
The number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, either unaccompanied or with guardians, increased drastically over a six-month period beginning in October 2015. As one U.S. Customs and Border Protection official warns, the influx of newcomers may increase throughout the summer.
TheDream.US launched a new scholarship program hailed as "groundbreaking," in the way it seeks to aid immigrants "locked out" of the chance to pursue higher education.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has accused the Tucson Police Department of detaining people at traffic stops for an undue amount of time as an illegal tactic in order to investigate their immigration status.
The U.S. economy could shrink by as much as 2 percent if presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump gets his wish of mass deporting some 11 million immigrants.
Hillary Clinton used a recent California campaign speech to push for comprehensive immigration reform, vowing to keep all President Obama's executive actions on the issue firmly in place if she is elected.
