On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the tens of thousands of undocumented and unaccompanied Central American minors who recently entered the U.S. will be get priority in immigration courts.
This week League City, Texas' city council passed an ordinance that bans shelters for any of the unaccompanied minors who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
At City Hall on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held a hearing on legislation that would create a municipal identification card for New Yorkers.
A class action lawsuit filed in New York federal court Wednesday accuses The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., "the nation's largest direct provider of individual life insurance," of discrimination when it blocked the hiring of a legal immigrant.
Officials from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees have explained their stance on the influx of Central American children illegally crossing the border into the U.S. illegally. In an interview this week, officials said that they want the U.S. and Mexico to treat the children as refugees. This means that the children would be protected internationally rather than being immediately deported to their home country.
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.
On Monday Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chief Charlie Beck announced that the Los Angeles Police Department will no long adhere to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's requests to detain those suspected of being eligible for deportation.
Texas business Dynamic Travel Cruises and its owner Steve Cosgrove are holding a toy drive to benefit the undocumented and unaccompanied children being held by Border Patrol in the state.
President Obama requested authority to deport more undocumented immigrant children last week, and immigrant rights groups are fighting back against the pending authorization.
According to Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador, facts and solutions presented to the U.S. people regarding the thousands of unaccompanied Central Ameircan children illegally crossing the U.S. border, namely those shared by Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, are faulty.
President facing mounting criticism over undocumented immigrants from Central America Protesters were out again in force in California on Friday, voicing their opinion on an illegal immigration crisis that appears to be getting worse.
Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles website shut down briefly Wednesday night as a result of an influx of noncitizens making appointments to get driver's licenses.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told Hispanics that comprehensive immigration reform will not come to fruition this summer. Reid placed blame on House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for noting voting on an immigration reform bill within the House of Representatives.
President Barack Obama continued a recent Fourth of July tradition at the White House by holding a naturalization ceremony, granting citizenship to immigrants who signed up to serve in the U.S. military as well as their spouses.
On Wednesday, workers from Florida's agricultural industry asked Congress to work on immigration reform so the businesses will have an adequate number of workers.
Murrieta, California Mayor Alan Long has explained why he encouraged his residents to protest and force the turnaround of buses carrying undocumented immigrants, mostly Central Americans, to a U.S. Border Patrol station in the town on Tuesday.
