The 10 months of the 2015 fiscal year saw the rate of unaccompanied undocumented immigrant children drop by 51 percent compared to 2014. Through Mexico and Central America, most unaccompanied children have come from Guatemala.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) reinforced their mission as the political party for comprehensive immigration reform during its summer meeting in Minneapolis.
Proposals limiting U.S. citizenship to select individuals are a serious threat to Latinos' civil rights, according a coalition of 40 Latino organizations to all presidential candidates.
Political observers the world over were shocked when Donald Trump told veteran journalist Jorge Ramos repeatedly to sit down before kicking him out of an Iowa press conference. Ramos' Univision boss, Randy Falco, has since released a statement.
Speaking Spanish at a campaign event amounts to "pandering" to the Hispanic community, Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.
Following the incident between GOP hopeful Donald Trump and Univision reporter Jorge Ramos, conservative commentator Ben Ferguson tells CNN's Don Lemon that Latinos who watch Univision probably didn't understand Trump anyway.
The Democratic and Republican presidential frontrunners will be absent from an Iowa immigration forum this weekend. In fact, all Republican presidential hopefuls were invited but made no confirmations. The only Democrats attending: former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Sen. Lincoln Chafee, D-R.I.
Ted Cruz on Tuesday refused to say whether he would deport a family of undocumented immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens and instead accused Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly of posing a "liberal journalist" question.
Univision journalist Jorge Ramos confronted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a press conference on Tuesday evening, which resulted in the anchorman’s removal from the event. The scene, broadcast live, fueled outrage among Latinos and Latinos in media.
LGBTQ, civil and immigrant rights advocates are mounting the pressure on President Barack Obama regarding the abuses of detention facilities. Several dozen national, regional and state level organizations wrote to Obama about news regarding transgender women transferring to the Adelanto Detention Facility in Southern California.
Although there's still plenty of time before the first primary vote, Latinos appear to have formed opinions for at least two Republican presidential candidates, namely Donald Trump and Jeb Bush.
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, who the Washington Post says enjoys "outsized influence with Latino viewers of nightly newscasts," on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's immigration plan as "absurd."
The immigration debate - dominated this summer by White House hopeful Donald Trump's controversial comments - could take on a more serious tone if Pope Francis decides to tackle the issue during his September visit to the United States.
The Latino electorate will once again be the key in the 2016 presidential election, according to Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, who has long observed and understood the hurdles of the voting bloc.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday to meet with local officials and discuss immigration policy and border security in McAllen, Texas.
