Undocumented immigrants parents have an opportunity to avoid deportation with the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program initiated by President Barack Obama's executive action on Nov. 20.
Emboldened by President Barack Obama's recent executive order to spare some immigrants from deportation, Democrats, immigration groups, and health care advocates in California are pushing for expanding immigrant health care coverage.
Last week, President Barack Obama announced the administration's decision to restrain deportations of up to 4.5 million undocumented immigrants in the country and make them eligible for work permits.
President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action has paved the way for undocumented immigrants to be eligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits, the White House has confirmed.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has released detailed plans to improve security along the country's borders following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive orders.
The House Republican Conference will hold a closed meeting Tuesday morning where it might come to a consensus on how to respond to President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration.
President Barack Obama defended his immigration reform executive actions in Chicago on Tuesday while reiterating that his preference is for a "common-sense" law from Congress.
With President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, changes were made with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA, a program that deferred undocumented immigrant youths from deportation in order to focus on education or employment opportunities following a 2012 executive action by Obama, will be expanded and handled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.
Following President Barack Obama’s immigration reform executive action, undocumented immigrants should heed caution when applying for work permits and other documentation to stay in the U.S. as scam artists are set to take advantage of vulnerable victims, state and federal officials are warning.
Following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson published a memorandum for two agencies heavily affected by the executive order: the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Latino Decisions recently conducted a new poll of Latino registered voters around the time of President Barack Obama's announcement of executive action on immigration relief and found staggering support for his plan across political party voters and independents.
Several advocacy groups have praised President Barack Obama after he took to the stage this past week to speak to the American public about the deportation of millions.
Hillary Rodham Clinton stated public support for President Barack Obama's decision to use executive actions to protect roughly 5 million immigrants from deportation.
President Obama's immigration reform plan will ease the deportation for nearly 5 million immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal documents, and Mexico and Central American leaders have weighed in with praise for his reforms.
On Thursday, President Barack Obama imposed sweeping immigration reform during a nationally televised speech, where he announced that he will use his executive power to immunize nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Immigrant rights groups have fought long and hard to press for immigration reform in protests in the nation's capital, and across the nation. On Thursday night, in a 15 minute speech, some families finally heard of plans that will provide some relief. The programs will take several months to implement but immigrant groups are calling the news a 'victory.'
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday that President Obama was "damaging the presidency itself" by using his executive authority to prevent the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants, and the house would act to counter the president.
Shortly after President Barack Obama delivered a speech unveiling sweeping reforms to the U.S. immigration system on Thursday, a young woman was arrested for carrying a gun during a demonstration outside of the White House.
On Friday, President Obama outlined his executive action plans on immigration reform to a crowd at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas. The actions, announced Thursday, will affect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., many of whom are the parents or spouses of legal residents.
