President Barack Obama's latest immigration executive action is only temporary and could be expired in 2017 when the next president is sworn into office, but based on new polling data, immigration will remain an important topic for the Latino community during the 2016 presidential election.
Central American migrants, especially unaccompanied minors, traveling north through Mexico on the freight train colloquially known as "The Beast" were repeatedly assisted by two male aid workers, Adrian Rodriguez Garcia and Wilson Castro; both who were recently murdered in Mexico.
President Barack Obama's immigration executive orders addressed issues including border security, expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), work permit authorization for undocumented immigrant parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, but one topic left unanswered for many immigrant rights groups is the management of detention centers.
Politicians, pundits and law experts, have questioned the legality of President Barack Obama's Nov. 20 immigration executive action, but experts during a press call this week have reinforced the president's orders as lawful.
Undocumented immigrants parents have an opportunity to avoid deportation with the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program initiated by President Barack Obama's executive action on Nov. 20.
President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action has paved the way for undocumented immigrants to be eligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits, the White House has confirmed.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has released detailed plans to improve security along the country's borders following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive orders.
The House Republican Conference will hold a closed meeting Tuesday morning where it might come to a consensus on how to respond to President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration.
President Barack Obama defended his immigration reform executive actions in Chicago on Tuesday while reiterating that his preference is for a "common-sense" law from Congress.
With President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, changes were made with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA, a program that deferred undocumented immigrant youths from deportation in order to focus on education or employment opportunities following a 2012 executive action by Obama, will be expanded and handled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.
Following President Barack Obama’s immigration reform executive action, undocumented immigrants should heed caution when applying for work permits and other documentation to stay in the U.S. as scam artists are set to take advantage of vulnerable victims, state and federal officials are warning.
Following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson published a memorandum for two agencies heavily affected by the executive order: the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
On Thursday, President Barack Obama imposed sweeping immigration reform during a nationally televised speech, where he announced that he will use his executive power to immunize nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS have chosen not to broadcast President Obama's immigration speech because they don't want to lose top ratings that could be won by popular network series, such as "Grey's Anatomy."
The United States is giving visitors from Ebola-ravaged countries temporary protected status, which allows them to remain in the country for up to 18 months.
"Jane the Virgin" and "Orange Is the New Black" actress Diane Guerrero recently opened up about her parents and brother being deported from her Boston home when she was just for 14-years-old.
The White House on Monday cited a 1986 immigration legislation that granted amnesty to many undocumented immigrants without accounting for their spouses or children, to justify its own plans to issue an executive order on immigration.
