The American Immigration Council obtained more than 800 complaints of physical, sexual, and verbal abuse lodged by detainees between January 2009 and January 2012 and found that 97 percent of complaints resulted in no punishment. More than 80 percent of child detainees claimed receiving inadequate food and water and half reported verbal abuse, while one-in-four reported physical abuse.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the current House Republican whip, could be the next House Majority Leader after the "stunning" primary election defeat of Eric Cantor in the Virginia 7th District primary on Tuesday. McCarthy, who has already received Cantor's endorsement, has yet to confirm his intentions for the second-rank position in the House of Representatives, but he will need to deal with several hot-topic issues regularly being debated.
On Wednesday, immigrants rights groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging the sexual and physical abuse of 116 unaccompanied migrant children at the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss was a "shock" to many, but new polling figures showed the Virginia congressman was "deeply unpopular" within his own state. According to a Public Policy Polling survey Tuesday night, Cantor had a 65 percent disapproval rating in his district. Cantor's approval rating was only 30 percent.
Arizona has been getting a lot of attention since it was revealed that thousands of children attempting to immigrate illegally were being sent to shelters in the state. Despite reports that these shelters are overcrowded, Nogales, Arizona Mayor Arturo Garino is complimenting efforts.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his Virginia congressional seat to a Tea Party-endorsed professor. Cantor's loss is one of the most shocking primary election results in congressional history.
A new study shows that there is growing bi-partisan support among Americans who back a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
On Monday, Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill allowing students who came into the United States illegally to enjoy in-state tuition rates. Scott ran for governor four years ago with a tough stance against illegal immigration, leading some to believe that the governor is looking to sway Latinos before the impending election.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a bill into that allows undocumented students to qualify for in-state college tuition. Scott signed the bill in private but will hold a public signing at a campaign event in Fort Myers later in the afternoon, Fox News Latino reported.
Waves of undocumented children traveling from Central American countries without their families have been caught attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and are being transported to Arizona.
Influxes of immigrant populations aren't new in American history. In fact, just a little over a century ago, the U.S. experienced a urge of immigrants from Germany. From 1890 to 1919, 18.2 million immigrants, hailing mainly from Europe, entered the U.S.
Miami-Dade County in Florida, which is 64.3 percent Latino, is experiencing tidal floods because of fossil fuel emissions and the effects of climate change and global warming. Henry Briceño, a geologist and professor at Florida International University's Southeast Environmental Research Center, is concerned about the rising sea level around Miami Beach, especially when, even on a sunny days, seawater flood through the gutters and storm drains.
Even with all of the discussions and debates among policy makers over the last few years about immigration reform and the continual deportation of the immigrant community, immigration isn't the most important issue to the Latinos. In fact, Latino leaders say they believe that the hard-eyed focus on immigration reform is "crowding out other issues facing the Latino community." So what really concerns Latinos?
For Latinos, immigration reform has to happen before this year's midterm elections. According to new polling figures, Latinos believe the GOP will be "most responsible" if reforms are not passed.
On Monday, June 2, President Barack Obama released a presidential memorandum addressing the high number of unaccompanied migrant minors attempting to illegally cross the United States border.
In recent months, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has come under fire for treatment of immigrants it has arrested, and now public officials have raised concerns with agents in Texas who have been transporting detainees and abandoning them in other states.
Facebook, a platform where millions of Mexicans regularly connect, is playing host to the new trend of border-crossing documentation, where individuals snap photos of themselves as they attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, turning what is usually considered a self-involved act into digital activism.
A Chicago Public Schools official has apologized to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio after a seventh-grade performance test included an anti-immigration question based on fictitious comments from a character that resembled the controversial law enforcement agent.
The Obama administration is expected to announce a new policy initiative that would decrease the number of deportations of nonviolent undocumented workers.
