Immigration

Mid-term Elections 2014: 25.2 Million Latinos Registered to Vote, But Will it Affect November Election Results?

Three weeks remain until the mid-term elections and 25.2 million Latinos are registered to vote. There are contentious Senate races in a number of states but few with large numbers of Latino voters. Election watchers are curious how this will affect voter turnout.

DACA Deportation Relief Applicants Facing Uncertain Future

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) candidates are renewing their applications to avoid deportation, but with President Obama's failure to introduce executive action or back legislative reform, their future is uncertain as there are no obvious next steps to citizenship.

Border Patrol Agents' Dogs May Get Advanced 'Futuristic' Collars to Help Better Secure US Border

According to sources, the Border Patrol might eventually use dog collars to better protect the United States border, but how realistic is this?

Immigration Reform News 2014: Dozens Freed and Dozens Deported From New Mexico Immigration Detention Center

Sixty-eight immigrant detainees held at the Artesia Family Residential Center in New Mexico have been released, and more than a dozen were deported last week.

Obama Executive Actions on Immigration: 'Raw Politics' Behind Immigration Reform Delay, Boehner Says

When President Barack Obama announced a delay on his immigration executive action, he said politics was not behind the decision, but Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, disagreed.

Senate Election 2014: Kentucky Democrat Candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes Criticized for 'Illegal' Immigrant Statement

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes had their first debate ahead of midterm Election Day, but it's the Democratic Senate candidate that's receiving criticism for her latest immigration campaign advertisement.

Immigration News Today: Number of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Immigrants Apprehended by Border Patrol Up 77 Percent from 2013

U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated the number of undocumented immigrant children encountered on the southwest U.S. border.

Arizona Sen. Ricardo Lara's Immigration Political Cartoon Offends Group Who Says 'White Senator Wouldn't Even Dare' Such Action [Video]

We the People Rising, a group based in California, is demanding that Arizona Sen. Ricardo Lara remove a cartoon from his office that implies that current immigration law is racist.

Mid-term Election: Radio Ads Critical of Democratic Senators' Anti-Immigrant Policies to Run in Key Battlefield States

The largest online Latino organizing, Presente Action, is stepping up its education campaign to run radio ads in key battleground states. The first ads to run on Spanish FM radio target Senator Kay Hagan in North Carolina for anti-immigrant vote. Does the group think their actions will risk seat loses and lead to a Republican majority Senate - they say they are between a rock and a hard place but they want to exercise their right to vote but reject both parties for turning their backs on immigrants.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Expands Mobile App, Adds Support for Android, Available in Spanish

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expanded its mobile app, adding support for Google Android devices and Spanish-language users.

Immigration Reform News 2014: Federal Appeals Court Limits Mandatory Detention

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled against the government on Monday over its mandatory detention provision which prevents certain noncitizens from requesting release on bond during their immigration proceedings.

Immigration Reform Update: Deportations Hit Record High in 2013, Homeland Security Revealed

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released its immigration statistics for 2013 and revealed more Mexicans were removed from the U.S. than any other nationality.

Wilmer Valderrama Talks 'Dark Day' in Politics, Latinos Voting in November 2014 Elections and Running for Office

Following what he calls a disappointing decision by President Barack Obama to delay executive action on immigration reform until after Election Day, actor Wilmer Valderrama is urging fellow Latinos to vote this November.

Election 2014 Polls, Predictions & Results: Six Races Now Determine Control of Senate

There is a month to go until the midterm election, when election watchers will be studying the outcomes in six Senate races that could swing from Democrat to Republican.

Immigration Reform News 2014: Advocacy Groups, Politicians Respond to Sexual Abuse Allegations at Texas Detention Facility

Already at the center of sexual assault allegations, the Karnes County detention facility is also being criticized for its failure to deliver services to immigrant detainees.

President Obama Immigration Reform Options: Executive Action Provides 'Temporary Protection' for Undocumented Immigrants Unless Congress Acts

With midterm Election Day less than a month away, President Barack Obama's promised immigration executive action also approaches, potentially adding to the long list of executive actions on immigration enacted by American presidents since the 1950s.

Republican Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart Says President Barack Obama Cares About Immigration Reform Temporarily, 'Broke His Word' [Video]

Despite President Barack Obama's promise to enact immigration reform before the end of 2014, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart says change isn't likely to happen until the beginning of 2015.

Immigration News 2014: Allegations of Immigrants Being Sexually Assaulted Leveled Against Texas Detainee Guards

Central American women often running away from sexual violence in their home countries claim women are being sexually assaulted by guards at a Texas detention center, according to a civil rights group.

Presidential Elections 2016: Sen. Marco Rubio 'Not Quite Ready' to be President, Says Fellow GOP Senator

Immigration reform could factor the potential presidential run for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, but his recent stance on the issue has soured the view of a fellow Republican senator.

Immigration Reform News 2014: GOP Leaders Speak About Broken Immigration System

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Thursday urged his party to step past criticism of President Barack Obama's delay on Immigration Reform