Ghana's government says there are no religious conflicts in the West African country. They came for the World Cup, but now they're trying to stay in Brazil, saying that religious conflicts in their country make it a danger to return.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) receives tough criticism from the Latino community in regards to immigration and deportation policies. At the League of United Latino American Citizens (LULAC) annual national convention in Manhattan, ICE's San Antonio Field Office Director Enrique Lucero tried to clarify his agency's responsibilities during a session titled "Deportation Nation: Immigration Reform Crisis and Opportunity."
The White House is receiving pressure from both Republicans and immigrant rights advocates to address the immigration crisis on the U.S. border with Mexico.
The first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in her keynote address at the League of United Latin American Citizens luncheon on Thursday in New York, emphasized education as a tool of empowerment to lift up the Latino community. Her latest initiative, Reach Higher, encourages young to people to seek education after high school, and it was a concurrent theme in her address.
As the nation's border states continue to see an influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America cross the U.S.-Mexico border, filling up federal facilities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a $3.7 billion fund to process the undocumented minors and transport them back to their homelands.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the tens of thousands of undocumented and unaccompanied Central American minors who recently entered the U.S. will be get priority in immigration courts.
This week League City, Texas' city council passed an ordinance that bans shelters for any of the unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
At City Hall on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held a hearing on legislation that would create a municipal identification card for New Yorkers.
A class action lawsuit filed in New York federal court Wednesday accuses The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., "the nation's largest direct provider of individual life insurance," of discrimination when it blocked the hiring of a legal immigrant.
Officials from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees have explained their stance on the influx of Central American children illegally crossing the border into the U.S. illegally. In an interview this week, officials said that they want the U.S. and Mexico to treat the children as refugees. This means that the children would be protected internationally rather than being immediately deported to their home country.
Politicians and critics are battling the fate of hundreds of Central Americans months away from an election. The children are fleeing violent situations and current laws deal with those seeking asylum from other countries slower than those from Mexico and Canada.
On Monday Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chief Charlie Beck announced that the Los Angeles Police Department will no long adhere to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's requests to detain those suspected of being eligible for deportation.
Texas business Dynamic Travel Cruises and its owner Steve Cosgrove are holding a toy drive to benefit the undocumented and unaccompanied children being held by Border Patrol in the state.
President Obama requested authority to deport more undocumented immigrant children last week, and immigrant rights groups are fighting back against the pending authorization.
According to Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador, facts and solutions presented to the U.S. people regarding the thousands of unaccompanied Central Ameircan children illegally crossing the U.S. border, namely those shared by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, are faulty.
President facing mounting criticism over undocumented immigrants from Central America Protesters were out again in force in California on Friday, voicing their opinion on an illegal immigration crisis that appears to be getting worse.
