While many people found Sen. Mark Kirk's recent "bro with no ho" remark to be inappropriate and offensive, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended the controversial comment, saying "guys'll be guys."
President Obama's multi-million dollar request to grant legal aid to undocumented children who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border was shut down by a Republican-controlled Senate panel on Wednesday.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, one of three federal immigration groups within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), oversees the detention of hundreds of thousands of people charged with civil immigration violations, per year, but the detainment practices has been further criticized in a new report by immigrant rights advocates.
Republican Sen. Jerry Moran is continuing the push Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar started to end the Cuban embargo. On Thursday, Sen. Moran, with Sen. Angus King, introduced the Cuba Trade Act, a new bipartisan attempt to allow American trade with Cuba that will be more palatable to the Republican majority in Congress.
Speaking in front of Latino small business owners from all over the nation, Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie criticized his party for not doing enough to appeal to Latinos, an important voting bloc in next year's elections.
The immigration detention debate has heightened as more than 130 congressional lawmakers called for immigrant family detention to end, but U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defended the program and its progress.
Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo, currently serving for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, finally had his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to potentially serve on U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, Kara Farnandez Stoll is still waiting for the Senate's confirmation vote, nearly seven months after President Barack Obama nominated both Latinos.
More than a dozen immigration law attorneys have requested the American Immigration Lawyers Association (ALIA) to rescind White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz's keynote speaker invitation.
Nevada's Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, has announced he will not run for the Sen. Harry Reid's seat this coming election cycle. The governor will instead continue serving as the Nevada's chief executive.
From the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Regional Headquarters in Houston, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a "comprehensive" border security legislation, which will include the hires of 250 additional border troops.
Texas' second-largest city could soon be governed by a Latina if San Antonio's 1.4 million residents choose former state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte in a runoff election set for Saturday.
Lawmakers in Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature voted on Tuesday to repeal the state's 48-hour waiting period on handgun purchases. Gov. Scott Walker, a likely GOP contender for his party's 2016 White House nomination, plans to sign the bill, his office noted.
A right-leaning political group, the American Action Network (AAN), is using the popular social media app Snapchat to target young, hard to reach voters.
"I believe we will prevail," said U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about implementing the deferred action programs temporarily blocked due to a court order.
For many Americans, finances could make or break an individual, and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has been making his financials public.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, hit back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for potentially blocking President Barack Obama's federal court nominees, one including a Latino judge for an appeals court.
More than six million Americans may lose their health insurance pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision, but President Barack Obama is confident the highest court in the country will rule in favor of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Jeb Bush, a potential Republican contender in 2016, has announced who will be his campaign manager ahead of his June 15 announcement. Daniel Diaz has taken the honor of heading Bush's campaign, a potential nod to the Latino community.
