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President Obama met with DREAMers and mixed status families who told the President why current immigration system doesn't work

Mixed-status families, DREAMers tell Obama their personal immigration stories

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Melissa McGuire-Maniau, a U.S. citizen since she was born in Puerto Rico, might seem like an unlikely member of a group of 7 people invited to speak to … Read More

An international traveler scans in their hand on a US Customs and Border Protection fingerprint scanner at Dulles International Airport(IAD) for identity verification February 20, 2013, in Sterling, Virgina, outside of Washington, DC. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment … Read More

banished veterans

Veterans banished from US seek citizenship

By John Cádiz Klemack, KNBC, Los Angeles, California

They served military deployments, but were deported from the U.S. after being convicted of crimes. Now, these banished veterans are lobbying Congress to let … Read More

Almost nine out of ten Hispanics would pursue citizenship if legislation is passed which creates a pathway.

Poll: Undocumented Latinos strongly support background checks, learning English to get citizenship

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If a full background check is required for citizenship, 93 percent of undocumented Hispanics would find it acceptable, according to the findings of a recent … Read More

A protestor looks on during an immigration reform demonstration on April 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California. . (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

What happens after immigration reform? A look at the post reform landscape

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

For over a decade, the prospect of a comprehensive immigration reform has existed.  It has waxed, waned, lingered, and flat-out stalled over the years, but it … Read More

The Senate Gang of Eight's proposed immigration bill has spun hundreds of amendments.

Senate immigration bill revealed: A path to citizenship, shift to employment-based visas

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After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of eight Senators has drafted  a blueprint that would sharply transform the nation's current immigration laws. … Read More

GetEQUAL calls for an immigration reform bill that includes the Uniting American Families Act.

Undocumented LGBTQ activists call for inclusion in immigration reform

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Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez is married to a permanent resident, but he isn't able to expect citizenship anytime soon.He is one of the 267,000 undocumented LGBTQ … Read More

U.S. citizenship candidates have their application reviewed before taking the oath of citizenship at a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Study: Immigration-related paperwork costs $30 billion annually

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A center-right think tank released a study analyzing 150 immigration-related regulations and found it translates into 98.8 million hours of paperwork and a $30 … Read More

While Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right has been cautiously saying that an immigration reform bill is not a done deal yet. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Split in Republican party over immigration reform should be resolved

By Danny Vargas

With bipartisan efforts underway in both houses of Congress to reach a consensus on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), the GOP is now at the table and it … Read More

Ted Cruz was the keynote speaker at CPAC. (AP images)

Op-ed: The Republican tug of war between Hispanics and the Tea Party

By Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Research Associate, Public Religion Research Institute

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Republican Party needs to support comprehensive immigration reform if it is to become more diverse and attract more … Read More