Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer visited the Border Patrol Facility in Nogales, Arizona Wednesday, and both shared stern views on the influx of unaccompanied children, mostly from Central American, crossing the U.S. -Mexico border illegally.
House Democrats introduced the Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act of 2014, legislation that would provide legal representation to unaccompanied minors and mentally disabled individuals during immigration proceedings.
Secretary Johnson tells Congress all legal means will be considered Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday told Congress that his department would "consider every conceivable, lawful option" to deal with the rush of illegal immigration in South Texas, according to a report from The Associated Press.
Secretary Jeh Johnson will travel to Arizona to visit detention facilities that have seen dramatic increases in children immigrants and are currently overfilled.
Latino lawmakers in California are pushing to repeal anti-immigrant proposals in California. A group of Latino lawmakers in California are seeking to reverse a string of anti-immigrant laws in an effort to gain more rights for immigrants in the state.
Sen. Ted Cruz blames the Obama administration for the increase in children immigrating illegally. On Friday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blamed President Barack Obama's administration for the increase in children illegally crossing into the United States.
On Friday, the Obama administration announced steps to crack down on the surge of women and children from Central America illegally crossing U.S. borders.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., received a promotion from his fellow House Republicans as the new House Majority Leader. McCarthy succeeds Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va, following the latter's "shocking" primary election defeat on June 10 against college professor David Brat.
President Barack Obama's approval rating continued to slip, according to new polling data. The poll also showed a majority of respondents believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Hillary Clinton said in an interview Tuesday that unaccompanied migrant children should be sent back to their home countries. The number of migrant children crossing the border unaccompanied has risen dramatically over the past year.
The recent surge in children crossing the border into the United States illegally has put stress on Rio Grande, Texas, where hundreds are being held in a Border Patrol facility. This stress has already begun to fall on Miami shelters as well.
Five Latino civil rights and voter engagement organizations released a scorecard for the members from the House of Representatives grading their actions on immigration reform. The scorecard was developed in anticipation of of the House's summer recess in July.
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is in effect across Washington State following a bipartisan vote in February. The law official made Washington the fourth state to approve state financial aid for college students with undocumented immigrant status.
The American Immigration Council obtained more than 800 complaints of physical, sexual, and verbal abuse lodged by detainees between January 2009 and January 2012 and found that 97 percent of complaints resulted in no punishment. More than 80 percent of child detainees claimed receiving inadequate food and water and half reported verbal abuse, while one-in-four reported physical abuse.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the current House Republican whip, could be the next House Majority Leader after the "stunning" primary election defeat of Eric Cantor in the Virginia 7th District primary on Tuesday. McCarthy, who has already received Cantor's endorsement, has yet to confirm his intentions for the second-rank position in the House of Representatives, but he will need to deal with several hot-topic issues regularly being debated.
On Wednesday, immigrants rights groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging the sexual and physical abuse of 116 unaccompanied migrant children at the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss was a "shock" to many, but new polling figures showed the Virginia congressman was "deeply unpopular" within his own state. According to a Public Policy Polling survey Tuesday night, Cantor had a 65 percent disapproval rating in his district. Cantor's approval rating was only 30 percent.
Arizona has been getting a lot of attention since it was revealed that thousands of children attempting to immigrate illegally were being sent to shelters in the state. Despite reports that these shelters are overcrowded, Nogales, Arizona Mayor Arturo Garino is complimenting efforts.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his Virginia congressional seat to a Tea Party-endorsed professor. Cantor's loss is one of the most shocking primary election results in congressional history.
