Boehner said he may have gone "a little too far" in his mockery of colleagues for their reluctance to act on immigration reform.

Sheriffs in multiple counties in Western states are saying they won't honor ICE "detainees" unless the suspect has been convicted of serious crimes.

The 300 migrants were part of a group kept from boarding northward-bound cargo trains after the state of Veracruz filed a suit against two railroad companies for their alleged complicity with gangs that levy a "tax" on migrants.

After a case is referred to immigration courts, ICE officers rarely exercise discretion on whether or not to prosecute undocumented immigrants.

Tamaulipas is the same state which saw 72 migrants massacred in 2010.

Asylum officers shouldn't admit immigrants who file "credible fear" claims for the right to stay in the US unless their request for asylum will likely be granted, wrote the head of USCIS in a February memo.

At least one of the victims died after resisting robbery. Another was killed after jumping off the train in an attempt to escape.

The fear of rape is incredibly real for women crossing the border - so much so that many women turn to taking contraceptive pills just in case they are sexually assaulted.

“And why is it impossible for Peña Nieto to receive us?” one of the group's members told Animal Politico. “I tell my fellow migrants that what’s really impossible is for me to grow back the hand which La Bestia took away…It’s to see and talk with another human being who’s the same as all of us.”

House Republicans voted down a Democratic attempt to secure funding for a comprehensive immigration bill in what was broadly received as an attempt by Democrats to register GOP opposition to another immigration reform bill.

Sen. Paul said on Tuesday that the GOP wouldn't be able to expand its appeal to Latino voters until its members "get beyond" deportations.

Democratic lawmakers and immigration-reform supporters are honoring the labor leader's upcoming birthday.

Democrats concede it’s unlikely to succeed. They're keeping up pressure on House Republicans on a tendentious issue for conservatives during an election year.

Arellano was greeted in San Diego by her 15-year-old son, a US citizen, after she was released on parole.

Florida could soon become the latest state to approve in-state tuition rates to public universities for undocumented students.

Latinos in California are set to become the state's ethnic majority in the month of March, with 39 percent of residents identifying as Latino.

The pope has been outspoken on the mistreatment of immigrants in the past, calling the death of hundreds of African migrants off the coast of Italy a "disgrace" this summer.

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.

Protesters in Washington D.C. are stepping up pressure on President Barack Obama and members of Congress to halt deportations.

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

The attorney of immigrant detainees in a Washington state detention center says ICE officials have threatened to force-feed those on hunger strike for a halt to deportations and better work conditions in the center.

California newspaper La Opinión has slammed president Obama for not taking more decisive action to halt the deportation of illegal immigrants.

Obama called himself the "champion-in-chief" of comprehensive immigration reform and said Latinos should support him despite recent accusations by immigrant- and Latino-advocate groups that he has not done all he could to halt deportations.

The House Judiciary Committee is considering a bill which would axe funding for a community-outreach officer in the 20,000-man ICE.

‘‘I think things look really different now than it did when we initiated this case. Cities are not looking to go down the road that Hazleton went down,’’ said lawyer Omar Jadwat of the ACLU after the Supreme Court announced its decision.

56 percent of the 330,000 Mexicans repatriated by US authorities in 2013 told Mexico’s migration institute that they wanted to stay in Mexico.

President Barack Obama gave a speech at the end of the conference in which he regretted not being able to try Toluca's legendary chorizo.

The small town of Fremont, Nebraska has voted to uphold a law making it illegal to rent housing or hire undocumented immigrants. The law says the undocumented take American jobs and place a fiscal burden on the city.

An estimated 1.15 million undocumented children live in the US. A new GOP amendment would deny a child-tax refund worth as much as $1,000 per child to their families.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has given out visas to investors for development projects which turned out to be duds. A new Brookings report suggests the agency get help from the Department of Commerce.