The number of Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States has steadily increased since 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched an aggressive war on drug cartels.
On a night when the Republican presidential candidates focused their energy on undermining frontrunner Rick Perry, the Texas governor's record on immigration again surfaced as a potential weak point.
New Mexico governor admits paternal grandparents came to U.S. ‘without documents.’
Immigration in Italy is a big theme at the Venice film festival this year, with several home-grown movies taking a critical look at how the country's authorities and its people are struggling to deal with a growing wave of newcomers.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has cast himself as the true conservative among Republican presidential candidates, but his record on immigration could tell a different tale.
A federal judge temporarily suspended a controversial immigration enforcement law, ruling Monday that she needed more time to weigh lawsuits from the Obama administration, religious groups, and civil rights groups.
A look at the presidential candidates and their stance on immigration.
Hearings scheduled by the Obama administration to defend an embattled immigration enforcement tool known as Secure Communities have led to protests and walkouts, a sign of the program's enduring unpopularity amongst immigration advocates.
A federal judge said that parts of Alabama's new immigration law could be unconstitutional, citing a controversial provision that requires police to check the status of immigrants they detain.
I think there is a path to citizenship for those young men and women who have served their country, Perry said.
The Obama administration has announced that it will review the cases of more than 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation to determine if they can remain in the United States.
Advocates of tighter border control disapprove of new ruling.
U.S. authorities will review the cases of 300,000 illegal immigrants slated for deportation to make sure they are not focusing on deporting people who are low priorities for deportation, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday.
Latino activists held a protest outside President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign headquarters on Tuesday to ask him to end a criminal deportation program they say is snaring large number of illegal immigrants who have not committed crimes.
Issues of racism, police brutality and the failure of integrating immigrants into the broader mainstream society played key roles in both conflagrations.
Most Britons under 30 have probably never heard of Powell, or perhaps he was someone their parents and grandparents have mentioned.
The shadow of Powell, who died in 1998, looms over the burning buildings, gangs of marauding youths and wounded police across the modern British landscape.
Mexican immigration to the U.S. has been cut more than half since 2006, due to the economic collapse north of the border.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security quietly reversed course Friday and decreed states could no longer opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.
In an increasingly familiar pattern of the federal government challenging tough new state immigration laws, the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Monday in an effort to halt an Alabama measure that has been described as the toughest in the nation.
Illinois governor Pat Quinn is poised to sign legislation giving undocumented immigrant students access to educational benefits, making Illinois the second state in less than a week to pass legislation aimed at bolstering education for undocumented immigrants.
Mario Borghezio, an Italian Member of European Parliament, condemned the mass murder perpetrated by Norway?s Ander Behring Breivik, but nonetheless said he supported much of the killer?s ideas and attitudes.
