Immigration Reform News

An Oval Office meeting with three Latino lawmakers brought about a late-night announcement from the White House on Thursday: Obama is directing his homeland security chief, Jeh Johnson, to review America's deportation program, with an eye toward finding more humane ways to enforce the law without contravening it.

Former Fiesta Bowl executive director John Junker gets into his car outside the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. courthouse after being sentenced in Phoenix on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

Now, Quebec multi-millionaire Pierre Karl Peladeau has become a key figure in the movement to make the French-speaking province an independent country.

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The White House says President Barack Obama will meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about efforts to overhaul the U.S. immigration system.

A group of Irish activists from across the United States travelled to Washington today, to lobby politicians on the issue of immigration reform.

The normally divided U.S. Senate moved forward on Wednesday with a new, bipartisan agreement designed to ease partisan gridlock.

Republican Jan Brewer, after being sworn in as the twenty-second governor of Arizona, addresses those gathered during inauguration ceremonies on Jan. 21, 2009, in Phoenix.

Crossing into the U.S. illegally is not a capital crime. Yet since 2010, some 20 people have been fatally shot by Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border.

As remuneration in the British Columbia public sector skyrockets, we bring you our annual database of who is making what in B.C.'s public service.

The House has approved a bill that would speed up congressional lawsuits accusing the president of failure to enforce federal laws.

It remains to be seen whether the United States Congress can muster the responsibility and will to do what is right and achieve comprehensive immigration reform this year.

Members of the Gil family gather Tuesday March 11, 2014 as their uncle and dad, Guillermo Gil, is held in the privately-run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center which houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.

Noor Jahan rocked slowly on the floor, trying to steady her weak body. Her chest heaved and her eyes closed with each raspy breath.

A man accused of mailing a homemade bomb to Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio last year was arrested after Postal Inspectors and FBI agents executed a search warrant on his Oklahoma residence.

Foreigners trying to get into the U.S. through specialized work visas are being denied at a higher rate, increasing nearly five-fold in the past six years, according to a report set to be released Wednesday.

From the moment Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed America's first minimum wage law in 1938 , conservatives have fought increases every time and everywhere they've been proposed.

Gov. Jerry Brown praised gay rights advocates Monday night for being on "the cutting edge" in pushing for equality over the last several decades, as he was honored with an award for what supporters said was his lifelong push to advance equal rights.

In 2008, the U.S. government changed the rules on student visas and allowed foreign STEM students to work in the U.S. for up to 29 months without an H-1B visa.

There's a congressional election in Florida Tuesday that's worth watching - even if you don't live in the Tampa Bay-area district where it's taking place.