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In this April 18, 2013, photo, Carlos Jair Gonzalez, 29, left, gives guidance to a newcomer at the Padre Chava migrant shelter in the northern border city of Tijuana. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio)

Some are left out in immigration overhaul

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border - and … Read More

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks as immigration reform legislation by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that would create a path for the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, Thursday, April 18, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judiciary committee takes up immigration bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation … Read More

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul endorses immigrant path to citizenship

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is endorsing a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants, a … Read More

A leaked report detailed a White House immigration plan that would create a path to citizenship in 8 years for undocumented immigrants. Marco Rubio insists Obama is not working with the Senate and Congress will be the one to get immigration reform done. (Getty Images)

White House, Rubio caught in war of words over immigration

By Julie Pace, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Tuesday sought to keep delicate immigration negotiations on track, as a key Republican senator distanced himself further … Read More

Senate immigration plan: 10-year wait to become legal resident

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Undocumented  immigrants might face about a 10-year wait to become legal permanent U.S. residents under sweeping immigration overhaul … Read More

A U.S. Border Patrol agent monitors the border area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, U.S. on Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

Opinion: Border security tied to pathway to citizenship can work

By Kristian Ramos

This week, a bipartisan group of Senators released a framework for immigration reform that directly ties securing our border to the creation of a pathway to … Read More