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.

The president of the AFL-CIO dismissed a House Republican plan for immigration reform as “fool’s gold” last week, while the SEIU offered unenthusiastic support.

Police Sgt. Scott Greene, a New York police officer with over 25 years in the field, has been arrested on charges of harrassing Latinos and stealing money from them.

Coca-Cola's Super Bowl commercial "America Is Beautiful" has become the center of a firestorm that has unearthed a darker side to America

A We The People petition launched in favor of deporting Justin Bieber for his crimes has reached a whopping 136,000 signatures.

Senator Adriano Espaillat who represents parts of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx reacted to the President's State of the Union address.

President Barack Obama gave an emphatic State of the Union address in Washington calling on bipartisan agreement on a number of key issues.

President Barack Obama has delivered a forceful message to Congress in his State of the Union address, emphasizing immigration reform.

Various House Democrats will be bringing undocumented immigrants as their invited guests to the State of the Union Address in Washington.

The new head of the Department of Homeland Security came out in favor of what he called an “earned path to citizenship” for some undocumented immigrants during the US Conference of Mayors last week.

Justin Bieber's arrest in Miami over drag racing and driving under the influence has led to some speculation that the Canadian singer could be deported.

A top American official has stated that the United States is "very open" to a new and improved relationship with Cuba.

A new bill which would create a new government bureau aimed partly at boosting Americans' adoptions of foreign orphans is getting early bipartisan support in both Congressional chambers.

Half of the nation's immigration judges are eligible for retirement in 2014, raising the possibility of further backlogs to an already backlog-plagued system.

The number is down from 409,000 in 2012. Over 1.9 million people have been deported since the president entered office in 2009.

The Grammy Award winning singer, Lila Downs, gave Latin Times an exclusive interview where she talks about her involvement towards an immigration reform in the U.S. and her struggles about growing up being Mexican-American.

The House of Representatives wrapped up their activities for the year on Friday. On Thursday, over 1,000 immigration activists staged protests on House inaction on immigration reform at the offices of over 100 lawmwakers.

The vice president blustered on Thursday during a live Internet discussion on immigration that House Republican leaders would eventually cave on a bill they have repeatedly rejected.

Vice President Biden and Cecilia Muñoz, President Obama's domestic policy advisor, are taking questions from the public on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. Learn how to send in your queries and where to tune in live at 3:45pm EST.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was featured as the "Grinch" during a skit performed by children at a House office building on Monday, where immigration reform advocates had assembled.

An immigration reform initiative pushed forward by Rep. Joe Heck of the GOP has fallen apart after a lack of local and national support. The plan recommended legalizing a number of the so-called 'dreamers.'

Jorge Ramos visited Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" to promote his new show in Fusion, and discuss the changing face of the U.S. and the impact Hispanics are having on the country.

In a letter on Thursday, 29 House Democrats added their voices to a growing chorus -- led by immigrant advocates -- in urging the president to expand a reprieve from deportation to a greater part of the nation's estimated 11.7 million undocumented immigrants.

The Colorado Democrat went on a tirade on the House floor on Wednesday afternoon after Republican Speaker Pro Tempore Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) admonished representatives against acknowledging immigration advocates in the gallery.

Boston immigration judge Leonard Shapiro found that Onyango Obama, the half-brother of the president's father, was eligible for a green card because he arrived in America before 1972 and had showed "good moral character" during his time in the country.

The Senate Majority Leader told a Las Vegas newspaper that Republicans in the House of Representatives would eventually help pass a bill extending a path to citizenship for many of the nation's undocumented immigrants.

Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy, has joined the immigration reform hunger strike in Washington DC.

The New Jersey governor denied on Monday that he had merely paid lip service to the idea of young undocumented immigrants receiving in-state tuition to college and universities in the state, saying he had never supported the specifics of a bill which passed the Senate in mid-November.

During an interview last week, a White House spokesman said that President Barack Obama would not take executive action to stop deportations but would not comment on the future use of it by the president to address immigration reform.