Immigration Reform News

In spite of his widely praised charisma and social media skills, President Obama has lost his cool factor with Millennials.

They feared Mexico would begin vacuuming up U.S. manufacturing jobs as soon as President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, on Dec. 8, 1993.

The 1st District congressman met with members of the Lowcountry Immigration Coalition in Beaufort last month and agreed to attend one of the group's town hall meetings.

Sen. Udall >> Sen. Tom Udall visited a soup kitchen in Las Cruces. He should put his efforts into creating an environment where jobs and business could be created and grow, like fewer regulations and taxes.

Every Tuesday at Detroit Metro Airport, a large plane fills up with immigrants being deported.

Plus, Yanukovych is confident of resolving Tymoshenko problem ahead of November's EU summit, and watchdogs voice concern over the jailing of a journalist in Uzbekistan.

Eliseo Medina sits in what looks from the outside like a big, white party tent on the edge of the Mall.

"Comprehensive immigration reform" appears to be dead for this year, and it probably will remain dead until after the mid-term elections next fall.

Since Ju Hong's protest of the administration's deportation policies, the graduate student and periodic immigration protestor has gone on a media blitz, appearing on outlets from the BBC to Bay Area local news to Korean radio along with writing a Huffington Post column .

WASHINGTON, D.C. When the hunger headaches get strong, Lenka Mendoza focuses on why she is fasting and dreams of what she would do if she won the right to legally live and work in the U.S.: She would return to her home country, Peru, to hug her cancer-stricken mom.

Obamacare, for instance: Whether the new law that seeks health insurance for every American is a prudent piece of policy or an albatross of government overreach is a matter of opinion.

Now that President Obama has outlined the crisis in economic mobility, he should begin by pressing his demand that Congress raise the minimum wage - and not by a little, but a lot.

Thus far in his political career, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, has shown a natural ability to offend then befriend political opponents and allies alike.

With the presidential campaign in the rearview and no midterm elections on the table, this year's political focus was mostly on the tedium of Washington, where President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans fought a lot but accomplished very little.

The Texas affiliate of the National Education Association and other advocacy groups are staging a rally and march to issue failing grades to U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on key social and educational issues.

South Florida U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia is joining a 24-hour congressional fast relay in solidarity with a group of immigration activists on the National Mall.

A Fast 4 Families cross, ribbon and button hang around the neck of each faster for immigration Photo courtesy Fast for Families.

Congress is on pace to have its least productive year in modern history, earning a "do-nothing" label and adding another unwanted statistic to a body already facing chronically low approval ratings.

In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers called on the president to act in the absence of immigration legislation that remains stalled in the Republican-led House.

A group of evangelicals in favor of passing immigration reform have a message for House Speaker John Boehner: "We're praying for you."