undocumented immigrants

Obama Executive Actions on Immigration: Immigrant Rights Groups Call for DACA Recipients' Families' Protection

National immigrant rights groups are calling for President Barack Obama to use his imminent immigration executive action to protect families of DACA recipients.

President Obama Immigration Reform Options: Executive Action Supported by Janet Napolitano, Former Homeland Security Secretary

While President Barack Obama is scheduled to announce an executive action on immigration policy in the next few weeks, former Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano proclaimed her support of the president due to inaction from Congress.

Immigration News Obama Administration: White House Defends Funds for Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors

With President Barack Obama scheduled to issue an executive action on immigration in the coming weeks, the White House reaffirmed its position on providing legal representation to undocumented immigrant children.

Immigration News Today: Number of Unaccompanied, Undocumented Immigrants Apprehended by Border Patrol Up 77 Percent from 2013

U.S. Customs and Border Protection updated the number of undocumented immigrant children encountered on the southwest U.S. border.

Immigration Reform Update: Deportations Hit Record High in 2013, Homeland Security Revealed

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released its immigration statistics for 2013 and revealed more Mexicans were removed from the U.S. than any other nationality.

New York City: Proposes Law to Protect Undocumented Immigrants from Deportation

New York City is setting a new precedent by proposing a law to turn down U.S. immigration authorities' requests to detain immigrants for deportation.

Undocumented Immigrant News Update 2014: Foundation to Help 70 Undocumented Chicago Students Attend College

A new partnership between a foundation and a charter school network is planning to provide $3 million in scholarships to 70 Chicago high school students to attend college who are currently undocumented immigrants.

Immigration News Update: Child Migration to US 'Neither Sin or Crime' Says Guatemala Foreign Affairs Minister at United Nations General Assembly 2014

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly's General Debate, Guatemala's foreign affairs minister said the influx of undocumented immigrant children to the United States should not be considered a crime.

California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill to Help Unaccompanied Minors from Central America

The bill would earmark $3 million to pay for attorneys that would represent the thousands of unaccompanied undocumented children currently in California.

United Nations General Assembly 2014: Immigration to US Needs to be Addressed by UNGA, Says El Salvador President

El Salvador's president spoke before the United Nations about decreasing poverty levels, quality of life and migration of children that's also affecting Central America.

Immigration Reform News, Laws, Update: Undocumented Immigrants Find Safe Zone in Churches

Undocumented immigrants hiding out in churches are in safe zones Congregations around the nation have recently been hosting undocumented immigrants as immigration reform has continued to stall in Congress.

President Obama Immigration Reform Options: Executive Action Will Do 'An Awful Lot' After Midterm Elections, Says Joe Biden

President Barack Obama soured relations with immigrant rights groups with his immigration executive action delay, but Vice President Joe Biden reassured Latinos that comprehensive reform will come.

NYC I.D.'s For Undocumented Immigrants Offer Free Memberships to Cultural Institutions

NYC I.D.'s geared to undocumented immigrants offer free memberships to cultural institutions New York City is debuting new government ID cards that will do more for residents than offer a form of I.

Immigration Lawyers 2014: San Francisco to Vote on Aiding Immigrants with Legal Counsel

San Francisco to vote on aiding immigrants with legal counsel The San Francisco government is close to approving a $2. 1 million legal representation program for undocumented minors and parents facing deportation.

Immigration Reform Update: Registered Voters Split on Congressional Candidates Supporting 'Path to Citizenship'

In a CBS News and New York Times survey, registered Republican voters overwhelmingly will not support a congressional candidate favoring a path to citizenship. Fifty-eight percent of registered Republicans are less likely to support such a candidate, while only 18 percent would be "more likely" to vote for the candidate.

Immigration Reform Update: Obama Administration 'Aggressive, Coordinated' on Immigration Numbers, Says US Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner

Commissioner Richard Gil Kerlikowske of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency reported on the situation at the southwest U.S. border, stating that the country's border "has been and remains more secure than it has been in decades."

Immigrant Rights Advocates, Attorneys Highlight Abuses at Immigration Family Detention Facilities as DHS Plans Expansion

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is set to expand detention facilities housing apprehended undocumented immigrant families. Immigrant rights advocates and lawyers have called the DHS decision "controversial" due to existing detention facility conditions.

Immigration and Marco Rubio: GOP Attack Ad Paints Rubio's Senate Immigration Bill as 'Amnesty'

The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a new advertisement targeting a Democratic Georgia senate candidate, but it may have paired Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, with an "amnesty" immigration bill.

Immigration Reform Update: Obama's Executive Action Delay is 'Betrayal' for Latinos, Say Immigrant Rights Groups

With President Barack Obama confirming that execution action on immigration won't come until November, likely after Election Day, national Latino and civil rights groups expressed anger over his "betrayal."

President Barack Obama Defends Delay in Immigration Executive Order

President Barack Obama has delayed announcing any potential executive action on immigration until after November's midterm elections. According to Obama, the reason for the delay was not to benefit Senate Democrats hoping to hold onto their narrow majority in the chamber.

President Barack Obama Immigration Executive Action Options: Law Experts Say Obama Has 'Legal Authority' to Expand Relief

Immigration law experts have sent a letter to the White House reassuring President Barack Obama that he has the legal authority to issue executive orders on the immigration crisis.