Several Latin American governments have been challenging various approaches to the war on drugs, traditionally pushed by the United States. Countries like Colombia, Chile, and Bolivia are "just saying no" to -- or at least severely modifying -- long held U.S. anti-drug strategies employed in the region like prohibition, the eradication of narcotics-producing crops, and presenting a unified militarized front against growers.
Republican supporters of NSA surveillance are pushing to stop Congress from passing legislation that would curb the U.S. government from prying into the lives of its citizens.
A new report reveals that the backlog in the overburdened federal immigration courts has increased by 68 percent since 2014, bringing the number of pending cases to an all-time high of more than 445,000.
Despite the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency’s new enhanced oversight announcements on its immigrant detention facilities, congressional lawmakers and immigrant rights’ advocates are still voicing their disapproval.
President Barack Obama called on the U.S. government to increase funding for the nation's infrastructure in light of the Amtrak train derailment that killed 8 people earlier this week.
Like big oil and gun lobbying groups, the multi-billion dollar private prison industry is using capital power to gain influence in the political arena by donating large amounts of cash to elected officials.
Immigration reforms advocates encountered another setback from the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. Lawmakers voted to not include an amendment that would allow recipients of President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to enlist in the military.
From the Islamic State militant group, climate change and finances millennials have a varied view on the issues based on polling data from Harvard University Institute of Politics (IOP).
Clinton has just tapped just Xochitl Hinojosa to be the new director of coalitions press, placing her in charge of Hispanic, black, and women-related media.
The U.S. House of Representatives delivered a clear message on Wednesday when it voted overwhelmingly to end the federal government's phone-metadata collection program revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
A recent poll requested by Bloomberg Politics and Saint Anselm College and conducted by Purple Insights found that New Hampshire voters have yet to decide on whom to vote for among the Republican presidential contenders.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a "series of actions" to enhance the agency's oversight on family residential facilities, also referred to as detention centers. ICE’s announcement comes as congressional lawmakers called for the end of such detention facilities.
Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the Republican Party's favorites for the presidential nominee in 2016, unveiled his foreign policy platform, making him the first of the growing list of contenders to outline his foreign policy goals.
Conservatives whistled and cheered at a recent GOP event when the mother-in-law of Citizens United Foundation President Dave Bossie likened immigrants to "rats and roaches."
