Following four years of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) struggles, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) obtained thousands of documents disclosing the information of immigrant detention centers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has launched a new ad campaign in an effort to warn potential migrants of the struggles they are likely to face while trying to enter the Unites States.
President Barack Obama and his administration are facing criticism for continuing immigrant detention policies despite a court ruling stating the detention of immigrant women and children violates a 1997 settlement agreement.
Support for increased immigration levels into the U.S. has increased, based on new polling data. Gallup's Minority Rights and Relations survey, which included an oversampling of Latinos and blacks, looked into the opinions of minority groups who are often "too small for statistical analysis" in a standard poll.
Policy makers in Sacramento have created "a kind of California citizenship" in an effort to integrate tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants living in America's most populous state.
The Department of Justice is petitioning a federal judge to reconsider her ruling, which ordered the immediate release of undocumented mothers and children from U.S. family detention centers.
It came as no surprise that the GOP candidates running in the 2016 presidential election spent an ample amount of time discussing immigration reform, an ongoing hot button issue in national discourse, during the first Republican primary debate on Thursday.
In continuing our mission to amplify the voice of the Latino community, Latin Post captured the reactions, thoughts and opinions of people following the first Republican presidential debate, which occurred on Aug. 6, from Cleveland, Ohio. The GOP debate covered topics including immigration, the economy and jobs, the Islamic State militant group and electability.
The first Republican presidential primary debate concluded, and while many GOP campaigns are claiming victory, everyone definitely has an opinion about the issues -- or the lack thereof - and the participating candidates.
The first primetime Republican presidential debate was highlighted by the issues, but the 10 GOP candidates also took the spotlight including businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Cuban American Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.
The first Republican presidential debate covered heavy topics ranging from electability, the Islamic State militant group, immigration and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The first debate occurred at 5 p.m. EST with seven Republican candidates who did not meet the top 10 criteria by Fox News Channel. The top 10 would debate at a later timeslot of 9 p.m.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson has asked to be excused from an immigration court hearing. Ahead of the Aug. 19 court hearing, a motion was filed on his behalf as Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas' Brownsville Division ordered his appearance and explain why he should not be in contempt of court.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has joined the call to cease so-called "sanctuary cities," and said he would hold elected officials criminally accountable for not complying with federal law enforcement.
Immigration advocates are criticizing California Democrat Dianne Feinstein over her proposed crackdown on so-called "sanctuary cities." Feinstein, the oldest currently serving U.S. senator, has said that she would soon introduce a bill forcing localities to comply with federal immigration requests or face cuts in appropriations.
House Democrats haven increased their call for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to end family detention after a federal court ruled against the policy.
The deadline has arrived for DACA recipients who mistakenly received a three-year employment authorization document to return it to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office.