A U.S. program to check the immigration status of everyone booked into jail runs into local rules against such actions. Chicago Gang...

By Noah Bierman and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff With one lawmaker citing President Lincoln’s respect for the rule of law, the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has redesigned the Permanent Resident Card –...

“I just feel like it’s unfair what the government does to immigrants.” ANDREA BONVECCHIO, 17-year-old U.S.-born daughter of a naturalized...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, speaks to The Associated Press during an...

Democrats pushed forward on an immigration overhaul on Thursday evening with no Republican support, as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)...

First Arizona, next Texas? At least two state lawmakers are planning to file immigration bills similar to a controversial law that...

By Laura Meckler WASHINGTON—The effort to pass comprehensive immigration legislation gained some traction Tuesday, as congressional...

By MIRIAM JORDAN Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country,...

New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández PHOENIX, Ariz. – It is not uncommon for attorney Marianne Gonko to get a hearing date...

By SHERRI M. OKAMOTO, Staff Writer A Kenyan woman’s stated hope that conditions in her native country would improve did not justify her...

The Associated Press Sunday, March 21, 2010; 4:22 PM WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reassuring immigration reform advocates that...

BY SETH GALINSKY As the administration of Barack Obama continues its attacks on undocumented workers, thousands of people from around...

A bill introduced  in the Senate by Democrat John Kerry and Republican Richard Lugar proposes a new type of visa for immigrants who...

Researched & Posted  On: 03/01/2010 By Mogambi Nyarangi; Raleigh NC When an Immigration Judge has found that an alien is illegally...

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a...

Responding to pleas from immigration judges and lawyers who say the nation’s immigration courts are faltering under a crushing caseload,...

“In dreams, immigration officials rushed in and arrested me,” said Ju H. “I woke up sweating. My heart was pounding.” Eyes tearing, the...

New America Media, News analysis, Marcelo Ballvé , Posted: Dec 29, 2009 With a national debate on the impact of foreign workers on jobs...

New America Now, News Analysis, Edward Alden, Posted: Dec 28, 2009 The Obama administration quietly announced last week that it would...