The U.S. Department of Education reaffirmed its position of welcoming new immigrant children to the classrooms. Based on data from the DOE, more than 840,000 immigrant students were in the U.S., with over 4.6 million learning English.
Some critics are calling Spain's immigration problem much worse than America's. Over the past few months, the U. S. has had a burgeoning immigration problem with the migrant children crossing the American frontiers.
Groups of young people made appearances before immigrant court judges in New York this week as part of a new accelerated program under the Obama administration to deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America.
A new study released by the Brookings Institution shows that more Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals applications have been approved in certain metro areas in the United States.
Latino civil rights group LULAC announced a national campaign to help immigrant children refugees, including a national day of action and a writing campaign for media editors and elected officials.
On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry defended his plan to send hundreds of National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight undocumented immigration.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday they charged 14 people in three separate indictments over identity fraud, theft and money laundering for their role in trafficking the identities and documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.
The Obama administration recently cautioned that unanswered questions regarding immigration status and the legitimacy of citizenship may result in hundreds of thousands of people losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance, which was recently granted to uninsured individuals nationwide under the Affordable Care Act.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's probe into Immigration and Customs Enforcement found thousands of immigrant detainees were released in less than one month in 2013. ICE's decision to release the immigrants was done for budgetary reasons and was finalized without the consent of the White House or the Department of Homeland Security.
A week after leaving a conversation between undocumented immigrant DREAMers and Rep. Steve King, R-IA, Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, spoke about his sentiments and plans for immigration.
Expedited deportation proceedings are in motion in Immigration Court, but New York elected officials are creating a legal task force to make sure children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador get proper legal counsel.
On Aug. 1, the House of Representatives passed bill H.R. 5272. The bill limits the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program just as thousands of unaccompanied Central American children have recently been caught crossing the border. Now, activists are sharing their views about the bill's message to immigration supporters and what politicians really hope to get out of it.
The Department of Homeland Security disclosed the number of unaccompanied undocumented immigrant children that have entered the southern U.S. According to Customs and Border Protection, more children from Honduras traveled into the U.S. than from Mexico and other Central American countries.
The immigration crisis has become an issue for U.S. states thousands of miles away from the southern border. In Alaska, three Republicans vying for the state's GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate debated immigration.
On Aug. 1, House Republicans voted on two bills concerning immigration policy after months of inaction. However, neither bill was the comprehensive reform bill immigration activists were hoping for.
President Obama said Wednesday that he is considering taking unilateral action to handle the immigration crisis at the border, as well as to ensure corporate fiscal responsibility.
Polling data revealed Americans are "threatened" by undocumented immigrants coming into the U.S. The poll, conducted by Reuters and Ipsos, found 75 percent of Americans view undocumented immigrants as a problem for the country's beliefs and customs.
The social media campaign is backed by many Latino celebrities. Political activism runs in the family. A few weeks ago, Lupillo Rivera was photographed standing up to those who oppose undocumented immigrant children being transported to California.
Immigration rights groups attacked North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory for his comments regarding the unaccompanied minors, mostly Central Americans, being sent to reside in his state.
