For Latinos, immigration reform has to happen before this year's midterm elections. According to new polling figures, Latinos believe the GOP will be "most responsible" if reforms are not passed.
The Obama administration said Wednesday that it is willing to drop the lawsuit against the 'racial profiling' section of Arizona's immigration bill if Arizona agrees to halt specific practices.
The dream of owning an affordable home in the United States is becoming more difficult to achieve for many. Only 26 percent of Colombians own their own home in New York City, far below citywide and national rates of homeownership. Immigrants, in particular, were hit hard by the real estate crisis, and many still feeling the pain of lost homes.
Facebook, a platform where millions of Mexicans regularly connect, is playing host to the new trend of border-crossing documentation, where individuals snap photos of themselves as they attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, turning what is usually considered a self-involved act into digital activism.
A Chicago Public Schools official has apologized to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after a seventh-grade performance test included an anti-immigration question based on fictitious comments from a character that resembled the controversial law enforcement agent.
Members of Congress united with activist leaders, DREAMers, immigrant mothers and families on Thursday in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges facing those with immigration issues and their families.
GOP Tea Party voters and conservative Republicans have verbalized the need to press forward with immigration reform. In spite of this, President Barack Obama has delayed a review of deportation policies, which won’t be addressed until the end of the summer, in hopes that Congress will approve a complete overhaul of immigration laws.
The Obama administration is expected to announce a new policy initiative that would decrease the number of deportations of nonviolent undocumented workers.
Overcrowded city and county jails have lead the President Barack Obama and his administration to make changes to the Secure Communities program, which ranks repeat immigration violators as high as violent offenders on the priority list for deportations.
