Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, announced on Monday plans to deploy approximately 1,000 National Guard troops to the southern Texas border to help secure the border.
To ease the influx of undocumented immigrants from crossing the U.S. border from Mexico, music about the dangers of the immigration journey hit the airwaves in Central America.
Several hundred protests were held throughout the nation on Friday and Saturday regarding the influx of undocumented immigrant children fleeing their homes in Central America to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday during a visit to Iowa that he is open to reviewing requests to accept unaccompanied immigrant children into his state.
With the U.S. Latino population projected to hit 131 million by 2050, the representation of Latinos on the media has been changing notably on cable television.
President Barack Obama met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss the immigration system and crisis on the southern border of the U.S. on Wednesday.
President says drug violence is a primary reason for the current immigration crisis Juan Orlando Hernandez, the president of Honduras, has requested help from the U.
FWD.us, the Association for a Better New York and New York University hosted an "Immigration Reform for New York State in the 21st Century Economy" panel moderated by Time Warner Cable News NY1 Noticias' "Pura Politica" anchor Juan Manuel Benitz. "Right now, immigration reform is incredibly political," said FWD.us National Organizing Director Lisa Conn, adding, "It's one of those issues that you might offend someone if you talk about it because it's so political."
Thousands of immigrants remain in the U.S., including many children Undocumented immigrants, both adults and children, were sent back to Honduras from the U.
Republicans have called for the Obama administration to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to slow the influx of undocumented immigrants, but the Guard's responsibilities are limited.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Friday visited the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which opened in Artesia, New Mexico, on June 27 but has recently been used to house about 400 immigrants.
The mayor of Bell, California, who came to the United States illegally from Mexico when he was 4 years old, has been working alongside other city officials and the Salvation Army to set up a temporary shelter for the young immigrants from Central America.
House GOP leaders said immigration reform is effectively dead in the House, despite Senate passing a bill last year. The bill did receive bipartisan support in the House, but was not enough and leaders site a lack of faith in Obama to enforce the bill.
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.
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.
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.
