Congressional efforts to ease the immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border hit a snag as both House and Senate legislation failed to pass, and lawmakers and Latino organizations weigh in..
While the House GOP scrambled to pass the $659 million emergency immigration border bill, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., "quickly cobbled" legislation banning President Barack Obama from granting amnesty to undocumented immigrants.
Immigration rights groups found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement regularly violated constitutional rights and post-conviction relief for immigrant New Yorkers.
Mexico and Guatemala agreed to help prevent migrants from illegally getting on the train The U. S. has reached an agreement with Guatemala and Mexico to try and prevent migrants from getting on an infamous freight train in an attempt to illegally enter the U.
Ahead of the summer recess, the House of Representatives voted to grant House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, the authority to file his litigation against President Barack Obama, yet lawmakers continue to struggle to pass legislation for the border crisis.
Republicans of the House of Representatives have drafted their own bill to address the immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border, and it comes with a lower budget than President Barack Obama requested.
Following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's, R-NV, plans to add a comprehensive immigration reform bill on any legislation addressing the border crisis, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, stated he will reject such efforts.
Democrats' immigration reform bill thats aims to curb the high number of unaccompanied child migrants from crossing into the U.S. is unlikely to pass before summer recess, while Republicans are seeking to pass their own immigration bill.
U.S. Latinos are divided on how to address the influx of undocumented Central American children entering the country, but a majority gave low marks to President Barack Obama's handling of the issue.
On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown arrived in Mexico to discuss immigration and other issues. On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown arrived in Mexico to discuss immigration and other issues.
An interview with potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on "America with Jorge Ramos" will air on Fusion on Tuesday. The interview features the democrat discussing immigration.
A coalition of national Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations released the final immigration score card ranking the immigration progress of lawmakers in the House of Represenatives.
Leaders from three Central American nations met with President Obama late last week to discuss possible ways to curb the influx of unaccompanied child migrants from journeying to the United States, as well as how to manage those who already crossed the border.
Honduran President said that the issue is a humanitarian crisis and sprouted from the fight against drugs in the US, despite the fact that the US is the biggest consumer of drugs. And while the US only has to fight the public health and safety aspect, the backstage fight is the one affecting Central America and encouraging the migration.
With approximately 90,000 undocumented children projected to cross the Mexico-U.S. border, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are trying to address the topic with new legislation, and immigrant rights’ groups are observing.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said if the U.S. wants to solve the current border crisis it should give $2 billion in funding to Central American nations "to attack the root of the problem."
