Attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the US is more difficult than ever, with most undocumented immigrants attempting it stopped or apprehended by US agents, a new Department of Homeland Security report claims. The Office of Immigration Statistics in the agency published the report last week, in which it estimates that between 55 […]

Six immigrants, brought to the US illegally as minors, and who have since become graduate students, teachers, and entered the legal profession, are suing the Trump administration over its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects them from deportation, it was revealed on Monday. The lawsuit was filed in a

Asians will become the biggest immigrant group in the US by the year 2055, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. By the middle of this century, Asians will have overtaken Hispanics, making up as much as 38 percent of all US immigrants, with Hispanics predicted to be at 31 percent. Asian

On Saturday, lawmakers in California passed a so-called sanctuary state bill to protect undocumented immigrants as part of a wider push by the Democratic Party to counter the Trump administration’s expansion of deportation orders. Senator Kevin de Leon’s legislation is the most extensive in the US, limiting communication by local and state law enforcement organizations

The deportation of young immigrants who came to the US as minors is not in the national interest, according to Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan made the comments in an interview with AP Newsmaker on Wednesday, as he and the Democratic Party attempt to find a legislative fix for the

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that it has given the State Department orders to limit some visas for countries, such as Cambodia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Eritrea, due to their refusal to allow their own citizens to return after deportation from the US. In a statement, Elaine Duke, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security,

Immigrant advocates have clarified that the recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program need not fear immediate deportation from the US following the Trump administration’s decision to end the program. Last week, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s staff attorney, Alison Davenport, said in a press call that those with approved cases and

With the immigrant community of the US still in shock over President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, hundreds of thousands of immigrants in another program who, in some cases, have lived in the country for decades, could face a similar situation. The program concerned is Temporary Protected Status.

Immigration to the US could be set to rise following the recent devastating hurricanes, new University of Michigan research claims. The study says there are many reasons why immigration is likely to increase in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, including potential immigrants possibly finding it easier to escape to the US from the

A loophole in US immigration laws is enabling thousands of undocumented immigrant students to get special US visas to enter the country. This is according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies. The report on the scam revealed that the student documentation needed for immigrants to clear the Department of Homeland Security’s

On Friday, Representative, Luis Gutierrez threatened to support a government shutdown if the House of Representatives fails to pass its own version of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to prevent the deportation of thousands of young immigrants, brought to the US as minors At a press conference, Gutierrez said the majority of Democratic