A new study from the Pew Center says that unlawful-entry prosecutions -- 92 percent of which involve Latinos -- are behind much of the rise in federal prosecutions over the last two decades.

The package allegedly sent by Shrader contained a explosive smokeless powder, according to authorities.

Democrat lawmakers in the New Jersey state legislature may soon push a bill which would give undocumented immigrants in the state the right to obtain driver's licenses.

The Border Patrol has made public a memo redefining its use-of-force policies. Civil-rights advocates say little is new.

America’s slated growth in population through 2050 gives it an advantage in the economic realm. The Pew Center says 82 percent of that population expansion will come from immigrants.

Michoacán has long been a sending state of immigrants, especially to California. Now, many former migrants who’ve returned to their home towns have joined militias to fight the Knights Templar cartel.

Pope Francis surprised 2,000 immigrants living in Rome with Christmas gifts that would allow them to connect with their families over the holiday.

An Associated Press article says that legal immigrants in mixed-status families are sometimes afraid of signing up for health coverage through the new exchanges out of fear that ICE may use information about family members against them. Those fears appear to be persisting despite an Oct. 25 memo from ICE clarifying that it would not.

Olive Garden confirmed today that it has fired a number of its employees after they were unable to provide proof of their legal working status.

The governor of New Jersey and likely Republican presidential candidate said on Monday that he would not sign a bill granting in-state tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants unless changes were made to it before it came to his desk.

Immigrants are now using the new mobile app "Couple" to help secure a green card for their spouses who are living abroad.

Immigrants who live in the US actually commit less crimes than Americans. A new study from the University of Texas finds that American citizens commit more crimes than immigrants.

On Wednesday, New York City rolled out the nation’s first publicly-funded legal defense project for detained immigrants facing deportation. Organizers say the pilot program, which saw its funding approved in June by the City Council, might inspire similar projects across the country aimed at a group which almost never wins their cases when they have to go at it alone.

Monsignor Emilio Vallina died on Saturday at the age of 87, announced the Archdiocese of Miami Thomas Wenks. Vallina dedicated his life to helping and defending Miami, Fla., Cubans and exiles.

"Secure Communities", a federal program meant to increase information-sharing between local and federal law enforcement agencies for the purposes of enforcing immigration laws, targets individuals the agency deems a serious threat to public safety only a little over 10 percent of the time.

The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday which denies the Dominican nationality to children born in the country whose parents are undocumented immigrants who entered the country illegally or are in transit.

The biggest increases occurred in counties in Texas, which accounts for more than half of apprehensions. Its Rio Grande Valley is one of the most high-traffic areas along the US-Mexico border.

Fox news is under fire for the use of offensive language. In a recent report, the news channel dubbed U.S. citizens with undocumented parents “children of the corn” while also using phrases like “alien nation.”

The Pew Center says numbers of undocumented immigrants in the United States are increasing again after they took a dip with US economy. Those numbers leaped throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Lawmakers debating what the government should do to keep those numbers down might take note of a 2007 paper pointing to border enforcement as a major reason for the rise.

Maria and Mauro Bilbao told Univision they felt despair upon hearing the news that the House Gang of Seven on immigration had disbanded, but that they took it as proof that Republicans weren't serious about resolving the status of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

The California legislature has approved the bill, which for years faced staunch opposition. Governor Jerry Brown has said he’ll sign it.

"I believe that slavery is not abolished," said reverend Erick Salgado at a New York City mayoral debate on Wednesday night. "Slavery has been transferred to my people."

Did the Honduras Factory workers choose to wear diapers?

Hispanic children have a more difficult time in school than children of other immigrants.

In an interview with the Daily Caller on Thursday, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said he would likely support a limited “amnesty” for certain undocumented immigrants if the US-Mexico border were appropriately impenetrable, but added that he was “reluctant to say that amnesty is a possibility because I am not very confident about the probability of getting to that point. We haven’t seen a president that can do this in my adult lifetime.”

The nation’s immigration system is “broken”, according to just about everyone. Why are 4.4 million documented immigrants still waiting for permanent residency?

Mexican grandmother Lucia Angulo has entered the United States illegally so often over the past three decades that she has lost count of how many times border patrols caught her.

TIME Magazine's editors are preparing to choose its Person of the Year and have created a shortlist of candidates that they will choose from.

Latinos, African-Americans and other minorities who helped President Barack Obama win a second term are skeptical about enhanced Republican outreach to their communities, but also say the future of the coalition that shaped the 2012 election may be fragile.

Carlos Roa celebrated this summer when the Obama administration announced a new program to defer deportation for young undocumented immigrants.