Immigration Reform News

Immigrants and their supporters in Michigan are fasting for 24 hours to support immigration reform, one of several efforts that have taken place across the U.S. About 45 people in Michigan started fasting Wednesday night in Dearborn at the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services and will break their fast at 6 p.m. today at the 555 ... (more)

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The flashpoint for the open hostilities is a bill that would provide two years of budget-making stability on the heels of one U.S. government shutdown and multiple debt-ceiling showdowns that risked damaging the American credit rating.

Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Keith Alexander speaks at a congressional hearing about the NSA on Wednesday.

The mayor's office says the 54-year-old will announce his fast during a Thursday evening event at a church on the city's South Side.

Rep. Steve Stockman's moment as a viable Senate candidate lasted exactly 13 hours 47 minutes.

A group of Hispanics on Wednesday in Joliet, southwest of Chicago began a two-day pilgrimage through eight Illinois cities with a image of the Virgin of Guadalupe to ask that the U.S. Congress approve immigration reform.

New Jersey's two U.S. senators are planning a 24-hour fast in solidarity with protesters in Washington, D.C. pushing for immigration law changes .

As the recent federal budget impasse came to a close, the president made news by announcing that he was prepared to restart efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform .

Rep. Steve King insists that immigration reform will "erode the law" by allowing immigrants to vote for Democrats.

Rudy Lopez of East Chicago, Indiana, co-founder of United Farm Workers of America, and Medal of Freedom recipient Dolores Huerta of California, Emilia Gonzalez Avalos of Minnesota and Allen Rose of Bethesda, Maryland, all fast for immigration reform inside a tent on the National Mall in Washington DC.

Just released video shows a clash between Border Patrol agents and more than 100 people who tried to cross the border at the same time.

In this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, the Capitol in Washington, is seen after sunrise.

Mexican migrants are frequently subjected to physical abuse and verbal mistreatment while in custody of U.S. border authorities, according to a new study.

It was the briefest of moments, just seconds, two presidents shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries amid a gaggle of world leaders together to honor the late Nelson Mandela .

During the early days of "Abenomics," U.S. businesses were optimistic they could convince Japan's government to make a small change to the nation's tight immigration rules to let more household helpers into the country.

John D. Podesta, who co-chaired of the transition team of President-elect Obama in 2008 and once served as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff, will return to the White House as an adviser in January.

While Noel has been dubbed the "Christmas City" and "Canoe Capital of the Ozarks", it's actually the Tyson plant that is keeping Noel on the map.

The aggressive, uncivil, and in-your-face ways in which amnesty advocates have recently harassed lawmakers in Congress to pressure them to pass comprehensive immigration reform have backfired, according to the inside-the-beltway publication Politico .

More than 170 Syrian and Palestinian refugees held since October in Egyptian police stations were released on Tuesday and granted temporary permits to stay in Egypt, a government spokesman said.