Immigration

Illegal Immigration News 2014: Noncitizen License Appointment Requests Shut Down Colorado DMV Website

Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles website shut down briefly Wednesday night as a result of an influx of noncitizens making appointments to get driver's licenses.

Immigration Reform: Senate Leader Harry Reid Hopeful for Reform but After Nov. 4 Elections

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told Hispanics that comprehensive immigration reform will not come to fruition this summer. Reid placed blame on House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for noting voting on an immigration reform bill within the House of Representatives.

Barack Obama Talks Immigration Reform at Annual Naturalization Ceremony for Immigrant Military Members

President Barack Obama continued a recent Fourth of July tradition at the White House by holding a naturalization ceremony, granting citizenship to immigrants who signed up to serve in the U.S. military as well as their spouses.

Florida's Farm Industry Asks Congress for Immigration Reform, Wants More Visas for Day Laborers

On Wednesday, workers from Florida's agricultural industry asked Congress to work on immigration reform so the businesses will have an adequate number of workers.

California Mayor Talks 'Send Them Back' Protests of Buses Transferring Undocumented Immigrants, Will Send Washington a 'Fat Bill'

Murrieta, California Mayor Alan Long has explained why he encouraged his residents to protest and force the turnaround of buses carrying undocumented immigrants, mostly Central Americans, to a U.S. Border Patrol station in the town on Tuesday.

Anti-Immigrant Protestors in California Block Buses of Immigrant Detainees

Hundreds of anti-immigration protestors in Murrieta, Calif. forced buses bringing undocumented immigrants into the city to turn around.

CNN Deportation Poll on Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas' Immigration Status Sparks Social Media Debate

With Independence Day around the corner, Pulitzer Prize-winning, undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, whose compelling film "Documented" aired on CNN this Sunday, couldn't have picked a better time to ask the country "How do you define American?"

Immigration Reform Back on Political Agenda, Poll Shows Strong Continuing Support Among Latinos

After nearly 50,000 unaccompanied children crossed the United States border, immigration reform is back on the political agenda.

Unaccompanied and Undocumented in America: Maria Hinojosa of NPR's 'Latino USA' on the Treatment of Migrant Children in Detention Centers

Maria Hinojosa has covered the story of unaccompanied, undocumented minors since 1999, watching the challenging reality unfold. She told Latin Post the U.S. government has known about these children for over a decade — back when there were as few as 1,000 crossing unaccompanied each year. The numbers "didn't jump up to 90,000 overnight."