Immigration reform

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The White House threatens to take Congress to the mat on the border wall

Opposition to President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall remains strong on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers say they'll block the project even if it means shutting down the government.

The White House threatens to take Congress to the mat on the border wall
Eight men behind podium with microphones

President Trump, is immigration reform on your legislative agenda?

President Trump, is immigration reform on your legislative agenda?
A farm worker in California's Central Valley picks fruit by hand. An estimated 98 percent of California farm workers are foreign born, the majority of them unauthorized.

Farmers continue to wait (and wait) for relief on immigration reform

Farmers continue to wait (and wait) for relief on immigration reform
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The question Jorge Ramos tried to ask — and why more reporters should ask it, too

The question Jorge Ramos tried to ask — and why more reporters should ask it, too
President Barack Obama signs two Presidential Memoranda associated with his Executive Actions on immigration aboard Air Force One on November 21, 2014.

Executive actions can be contentious all over the world

Executive actions can be contentious all over the world
President Obama announced executive action on immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House on November 20, 2014. Obama outlined a plan to ease the threat of deportion for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants.

I'm Hispanic and I don't like your plan, this woman tells Obama

Clara del Villar is a daughter of Dominican immigrants, but she's not cheering President Barack Obama's new executive actions on immigration. Here's why.

I'm Hispanic and I don't like your plan, this woman tells Obama
The Catena family — Gabriel, Marcela and their daughter, Nicole — live in the San Francisco Bay area. Both Gabriel and Marcela are undocumented immigrants and say that the new executive action will provide mental as well as legal relief to their family.

Obama's immigration actions give a California family new hope for staying together

Millions of undocumented immigrants may benefit from President Obama’s actions, including families like the Catenas. The California couple is hoping their daughter's citizenship will help keep them together in the United States under rules announced on Thursday.

Obama's immigration actions give a California family new hope for staying together
Esteban Cabanas, 30, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, watches President Barack Obama's White House immigration speech on Thursday,

Initial reactions to Obama's immigration speech range from joy to disappointment to anger

The president announced Thursday night that he will expand programs to allow undocumented immigrants to temporarily work and live legally in US, which is welcome news for those who qualify. But do President Obama's actions go too far — or not far enough?

Initial reactions to Obama's immigration speech range from joy to disappointment to anger
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Immigrant activist Jose Antonio Vargas is released after being detained by immigration officials near the Texas-Mexico border

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigrant rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas was detained in Texas because of his undocumented status.

Immigrant activist Jose Antonio Vargas is released after being detained by immigration officials near the Texas-Mexico border

Is US policy toward migrant children enticing them to cross into the US?

Some Americans blame President Obama for the flood of Central American children who have crossed into the US this year. They believe his policy sends a message of leniency that is attracting them. But a reporter who just returned from Guatemala and El Salvador says most are simply fleeing violence, and don't have any clue about US policy.

Is US policy toward migrant children enticing them to cross into the US?

Are the unaccompanied children crossing into the US refugees or migrants?

Unaccompanied minors continue to stream across the US-Mexico border, fleeing violence, and they are being held at detention centers. In the US, a debate is raging over whether this is a humanitarian issue about taking care of needy children or a border security and immigration problem to be solved.

Are the unaccompanied children crossing into the US refugees or migrants?

Eric Cantor's historic defeat in Virginia hardly fazes an immigration activist

If immigration reform was already on life support in Congress, last night's defeat of Republican Eric Cantor in Virginia may have pulled the plug, at least for any short-term legislation. But a reform activist says demographic trends are on the side of reform.

Eric Cantor's historic defeat in Virginia hardly fazes an immigration activist