Coinciding with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's official presidential campaign announcement, a new advertisement has been released highlighting his stance on issues critical to the Latino community.
For-profit prisons benefit from minimum occupancy quotas at immigrant detention facilities throughout the nation, according to a report released Thursday, AP reports via ABC News.
When most voters think of Republicans they usually don’t think of immigration reform.
But a small yet determined group of the GOP are sure that that situation will soon be amended
An aide to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised that the former first lady would expand President Obama's executive actions on immigration if she is elected as the next Commander-in-Chief.
President Obama's multi-million dollar request to grant legal aid to undocumented children who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border was shut down by a Republican-controlled Senate panel on Wednesday.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, one of three federal immigration groups within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), oversees the detention of hundreds of thousands of people charged with civil immigration violations, per year, but the detainment practices has been further criticized in a new report by immigrant rights advocates.
The immigration detention debate has heightened as more than 130 congressional lawmakers called for immigrant family detention to end, but U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defended the program and its progress.
More than a dozen immigration law attorneys have requested the American Immigration Lawyers Association (ALIA) to rescind White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz's keynote speaker invitation.
From the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Regional Headquarters in Houston, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a "comprehensive" border security legislation, which will include the hires of 250 additional border troops.
"I believe we will prevail," said U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about implementing the deferred action programs temporarily blocked due to a court order.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter continued her tour of xenophobia and anti-immigrant fear mongering on Friday, warning white Americans that immigration will result in their daughters being raped.
Regarded as "one of America's great labor and civil rights icons," Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to advocating labor and civil rights, and her work continues as the Latino electorate brave the 2016 presidential election season.
In spite of recent setbacks, the Obama administration's case in favor of President Barack Obama's immigration executive orders could be improving because of a court's statement arguing it is not bound by the earlier decision.
In an exclusive interview, the head of the Republican Party in Iowa, Jeff Kauffman, commented on Sen. Marco Rubio and his prospects in the upcoming race. Kauffman especially pointed out the senator's stance on immigration reform, unsure of how the Florida senator could reach Iowans.
In light of Immigrant Heritage Month, President Barack Obama promised to continue his fight to overhaul the country's broken immigration system during his weekly address on Saturday.
Texas has received more attention during the immigration reform debate. The Lone Star State encountered an influx of undocumented immigrant minors last summer, and its current governor and attorney general has been leading the efforts to halt the implementation of President Barack Obama’s deferred action programs. U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, during an address on the House of Representatives floor on June 3, made Texas his focus.
Despite the innumerable contributions that immigrants have made in the U.S., a new Pew Research Center poll reveals that the majority of Republican voters view immigrants as a "burden" on the U.S. economy.
Republican Rep. Steve King introduced on Wednesday June 3 an amendment to an appropriations bill blocking government funds for the legal costs of the Obama administration's court case against on DAPA.
While the two major political parties remain divided about providing undocumented immigrants a pathway to U.S. citizenship, a majority of Americans have made their preference known.
