Immigration Reform News

Former Gov. Jeb Bush has elicited the outrage of the anti-immigrant crowd with his recent comment that crossing illegally into the United States to find work to support one's family is an "act of love."

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 40 convicted criminal illegal immigrants during a three-day operation which concluded Saturday.

Obama will use his executive powers to push through reform. House Speaker John Boehner feels confident that doing so will tank what little support the President has among Republicans on immigration reform.

Conservative Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz tested the 2016 presidential waters at an event on Saturday in the influential state of New Hampshire at which potential opponents from the more moderate wing of the party did not appear.

President Obama has no plans to enact unilateral immigration overhaul by executive action, faith leaders from across the country said Obama told them Tuesday.

This Sept. 12, 2103 file photo shows women linking their arms and sit in a circle to block the intersection of Independence Avenue SE and New Jersey Avenue SE outside the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washingto to protest Congress' inaction on comprehensive and inclusive immigration reform.

Critics say he's ignored his responsibility to enforce the nation's laws and allowed undocumented immigrants to roam free.

President Barack Obama has told religious leaders that he has no plans to make unilateral changes to the nation's immigration laws.

Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on Sept.

Rep. Steve Israel said on a Sunday talk show that "to a significant extent, the Republican base has elements that are animated by racism , and that's unfortunate."

A prominent immigration reform advocate faces a prominent Republican hardliner on immigration reform Tuesday in a debate recorded for Spanish-language television stations statewide.

Lexington police arrested Gustavo Hernandez, 20, on Sunday in connection with the shooting, which occurred on Village Drive late Saturday night.

Marvin Garcia Salas eats breakfast with his son Jesus, 4, in Chiapas, Mexico. Marvin was once an undocumented immigrant in the United States, where he had moved without his family to better support them.

In America's battle to keep the foreign entrepreneurs it trains, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has thrown down a massive gauntlet.

Matthieu Aikins , Kabul-based journalist who just received the George Polk Award for his November 2013 Rolling Stone article, "The A-Team Killings."

Nothing makes an ultra-conservative more nervous because while they scream and moan that they aren't bigots who hate blacks, other minorities, homosexuals and anyone else who doesn't fit their lilly-white view of the world, they know down deep that racism drives their narrow focus view of the world and guides just about everything they do.

Sen. Kay Hagan has supported the federal health care law and called for comprehensive immigration reform that includes stronger border security, visas for high-tech workers and an agriculture component to help farmers get needed workers.

Immigration reform has become the Democrat's hot topic this election season largely due to the need to silence the Obamacare debate.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has drawn the ire of some of his fellow Republicans when he described illegal immigration in an interview as an "act of love" by people trying to provide for their families.

Over 50 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, the issue of race is back in the political headlines, after comments from Attorney General Eric Holder and events marking the anniversary of the law's passage renewed the dialogue over race relations in the 21st century.