President Barack Obama's latest immigration executive action is only temporary and could be expired in 2017 when the next president is sworn into office, but based on new polling data, immigration will remain an important topic for the Latino community during the 2016 presidential election.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appears to be unstoppable among potential Democratic Party presidential candidates to secure the political party's nomination based on new polling figures.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claimed approximately 50,000 less patients have died in hospitals due in part of provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare.
President Barack Obama's immigration executive orders addressed issues including border security, expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), work permit authorization for undocumented immigrant parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, but one topic left unanswered for many immigrant rights groups is the management of detention centers.
Politicians, pundits and law experts, have questioned the legality of President Barack Obama's Nov. 20 immigration executive action, but experts during a press call this week have reinforced the president's orders as lawful.
Undocumented immigrants parents have an opportunity to avoid deportation with the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program initiated by President Barack Obama's executive action on Nov. 20.
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party's job approval ratings have overall been over 50 percent among Latinos, but percentage rate is significantly lower with whites.
Following the results of the Keystone XL pipeline vote in Congress, Louisiana's U.S. Senate race could end in the hands of Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy.
President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action has paved the way for undocumented immigrants to be eligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits, the White House has confirmed.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has released detailed plans to improve security along the country's borders following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive orders.
The first full week of the second open enrollment period of Healthcare.gov, the federal health insurance marketplace, had a "solid" start, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
President Barack Obama defended his immigration reform executive actions in Chicago on Tuesday while reiterating that his preference is for a "common-sense" law from Congress.
With President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, changes were made with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA, a program that deferred undocumented immigrant youths from deportation in order to focus on education or employment opportunities following a 2012 executive action by Obama, will be expanded and handled by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.
Following President Barack Obama’s immigration reform executive action, undocumented immigrants should heed caution when applying for work permits and other documentation to stay in the U.S. as scam artists are set to take advantage of vulnerable victims, state and federal officials are warning.
Following President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson published a memorandum for two agencies heavily affected by the executive order: the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Leaders in Washington, D.C. have urged for peace following the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. While some protests escalated into violence, President Barack Obama called for restraint despite the grand jury’s outcome.
The U.S. Senate has been debating on the Keystone XL pipeline legislation following a vote push by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Landrieu has insisted the recent effort to vote on the bill is not political as she faces a runoff election following the midterm Election Day.
The Democratic leader in the House of Representatives has named a Latino representative from New Mexico to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). If approved by the Democratic caucus, Rep. Ben Ray Luján will be the first Latino to hold the position.
According to one Democratic lawmaker in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama has “attempted” to work with the Republican Party on comprehensive immigration reform.
Former President Bill Clinton said the low Latino voter turnout for the midterm elections might have been connected to the immigration reform executive action delay.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be put to the test once again as the Healthcare.gov federal health insurance marketplace starts its second open enrollment period of Saturday.
The Democrats have an opportunity to save a U.S. Senate seat in Congress, but the odds are not positive for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., despite an effort to pass the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in Congress.
President Barack Obama's alleged plan to defer approximately five million undocumented immigrants from deportation has, as expected, infuriated the Republican Party and could impact an upcoming spending bill for the 2015 fiscal year.
