Immigration Reform News

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, said Thursday that allies of the United States want America to show strong leadership globally, and that he wants some of his congressional colleagues to stop shying away from immigration reform.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, putting them back on track to be executed as early as next week.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and 21 other Republican senators are accusing President Barack Obama of disregarding the rule of law and the Constitution by considering administrative changes to the nation's deportations policy.

The Center for Immigration Studies recently released a study demonstrating the way immigrants tend to filter through the U.S. political system and what that could mean for votes.

The incident occurred on Highway 213 in Oregon, according to OregonLive . Barragan was driving a silver Ford when he pointed his BB gun at a car belonging to a 21-year-old female.

The four leading candidates in North Carolina's Republican U.S. Senate primary differed little from each other on issues important to the conservative base Wednesday night during their second televised debate in as many days.

In this Feb 6, 2014 file photo, South Dakota state Rep. Scott Ecklund, R-Brandon, a sponsor of the bill to provide prenatal care to immigrant women who are not citizens, speaks during a committee hearing Thursday, Feb 6, 2014, in Pierre, S.D. Ecklund says the measure to provide prenatal care to immigrant women will save babies lives and save the ... (more)

The pissed off party wins midterm elections. Will the image of Ted Cruz chairing a committee or the Affordable Care Act getting gutted make the left show up? The angriest voters win midterm elections and the right is really mad.

The need for immigration reform has united individuals from various sectors, including business, education and religion.

Cooper, D-Nashville, not only co-sponsors a major immigration proposal, he recently signed a discharge petition to try and force House Republican leaders to move it out of multiple committees -- several have jurisdiction over parts of it -- onto the House floor for a vote.

When you allow unlawful acts to go unpunished, you're moving toward a government of men rather than a government of law; you're moving toward anarchy.

Oberweis gained notoiety for a a controversial television ad that ran in 2004. The spot featured Oberweis in a helicopter hovering over Soldier Field, warning that there were enough illegal immigrants to fill that stadium.

The state's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, State Sen. Jim Oberweis , has been a longtime opponent of offering a pathway citizenship to undocumented immigrants.

House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican leadership team are telling donors and industry groups that they want to pass immigration legislation this year, despite the reluctance of other party members to tackle the divisive issue before the November elections.

Julia Roberts , 46, is eloquent on her grief following the February death of her half-sister, Nancy Motes , of a drug overdose.

After years of mostly hedging any suggestion that racism has anything to do with President Barack Obama's ferocious opposition, there's a new racial etiquette in town.

"You were a minority when you came to this country. Things seemed to have worked out for you."

U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers is serving the end of her second two-year term. She is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Conventional political wisdom suggests that immigration reform in a midterm election year has a snowball's chance in July of getting any traction.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal of a blocked provision of Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law, dealing another blow to Gov. Jan Brewer in her effort to defend the law.