Researchers have found that the large influx of Asian and Latino immigrants into Southern California over the past 50 years has resulted in stronger and safer multicultural communities.

Teachers and schools that value diversity have a big impact on the academic experiences of Latino immigrant children living in predominantly white communities, according to researchers at the University of Kentucky.

Sociologists at The Johns Hopkins University have concluded that children of immigrants are outperforming children whose family trees have deeper roots in the United States, learning more in school and then making smoother transitions into adulthood.

Nearly two weeks after California's State Senate voted to allow its almost 450,000 undocumented immigrants, mostly Latinos, to soon be able to apply for drivers licenses, Los Angeles officials are considering a plan to turn the library card into a form of identification that could be used to open bank accounts and access an array of city services.

Nearly 450,000 undocumented immigrants, mostly Latinos, in California might soon be able to apply for drivers licenses.

The Obama administration's new policy to grant temporary legal status to millions of young illegal immigrants will end the immediate threat of deportation but may not give them the same privileges as legal residents.

Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer, in yet another clash with the White House, issued an order on Wednesday barring illegal immigrants who qualify for temporary legal status in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefits.

Marlon Morraz, 19, an undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua, wasted no time to sign up for temporary legal status in the United States under the Obama administration's relaxed deportation rules that took effect on Wednesday.