The level of immigration — both legal and illegal — into the United States over the past two years has dwarfed previous levels and is now higher than it was prior to the 2007 recession, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data.
An outbreak of measles that began at an immigrant detention facility in Eloy, Arizona has grown to eleven confirmed cases, according to state health officials.
Reports indicate the Department of Homeland Security is working on a follow-up deportation effort this month and next with a 30-day arrest “surge” to detain families and “unaccompanied minors” who have already received final removal orders but remain in the U.S.
Dozens of Palestinian, Syrian, and foreign nationals from other Middle Eastern countries have been fraudulently registered as as Honduran citizens — enabling them to obtain Honduran passports and apply for visas to the U.S. — according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
The grounds keeper at the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse, a museum located at the border, tells News 5 KRGV he often sees illegal immigrants crossing the border into the U.S. and finds what they leave behind.
“What most Americans don’t realize is that last year alone 10 million visas were issued for people to come into the United States. Any of those individuals could have been here for good reasons or they could have been here to do harm to Americans,” Forbes said in an interview with Breitbart News, shortly after the House Judiciary Committee passed his legislation to tighten up visa security.
The number of green cards the Obama administration granted to migrants from the Middle East increased dramatically over a single year, according to a new analysis of recently published government data.
The State Department has admitted more than 800 Syrian refugees in less than a month but is still well behind schedule to meet the Obama administration’s goal of 10,000 admissions this fiscal year.
Robots may soon render impotent the strikes and bullhorns of fast-food workers demanding a $15 minimum wage.
For the first time in more than 130 years of record-keeping, young adults in the United States are more likely living with mom and dad than they are living with a spouse or partner.
According to recently released Customs and Border Patrol data, CBP made 38,135 apprehensions during the month of April, more than any single month in two years. The increases come as the Obama administration says it is working to reduce the flow of migrants from south of the border.
Following last month’s earthquake in Ecuador, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) is again calling on the Obama administration to shield potentially hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians from deportation.
Amid activist calls additional protections for transgendered migrants, the Obama administration is planning a new detention facility for illegal immigrants that would include a unit designated solely for transgender detainees, according to a new report.
A federal judge demands Obama administration lawyers to undergo ethics training after they knowingly and repeatedly misrepresented the implementation dates for executive amnesty in both oral and written offerings to the court.
The Internal Revenue Service hands out billions of dollars in improper tax credits each year and, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, last fiscal year was no different.
The vast majority of illegal immigrants the Border Patrol apprehends are released into the U.S., the head of the agents’ union testified before a Senate panel Thursday.
Deportations are down because of President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, because of sanctuary cities and because local authorities are refusing to honor federal immigration “detainer” requests, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official testified Thursday.
Border Patrol agents have seen their mission become more difficult over the past eight years, largely due to the Obama administration’s policy of releasing illegal immigrants apprehended at the border into the U.S., according to the leader of the Border Patrol agents’ union.
Illegal immigrants the Obama administration has shielded from deportation and permitted to work will now be able to apply for teaching, medical, and other professional licenses in the state of New York.
The United States is home to vastly more immigrants than any other country in the world, but its immigrant population is less diverse than many other nations, with more than a fourth of foreign-born residents originating from a single country: Mexico.
Hillary Clinton has been touting her pro-amnesty bona fides, so NumbersUSA is out with a new video showing former President Bill Clinton sounding more like presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump on the topic of immigration.
More than 80 criminal aliens and gang members were arrested in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada last week, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Countries that refuse to take back their citizens who have committed crimes in the U.S. should be denied foreign aid and travel visas, according to Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX).
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is pushing back against an effort that would permanently and dramatically expand the annual cap on low-skilled, temporary foreign workers allowed in the U.S. each year.
The number of Cuban migrants seeking asylum at U.S. ports of entry has skyrocketed since President Obama took office — increasing six-fold since 2009 and nearly doubling from 2014 to 2015, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants previously convicted of crimes in the U.S. have been apprehended trying to enter the country via the Southwest border over the past 2.5 years, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data provided to
Amid increased waves of illegal immigration, the Obama administration is planning a new series of raids to remove hundreds of Central American minors and “families” who have already been ordered to leave the U.S.
Visas, when placed in the hands of terrorists, can become weapons, and Congress must seal the vulnerabilities in the current system, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) argues.
Dozens of convicted criminal aliens are in custody after being arrested by immigration authorities last week.
A coalition of amnesty activists that’s seeking to amass political power insists Republican rhetoric — particularly surrounding the presidential election — has motivated thousands of legal permanent residents to become citizens and register to vote.
An immigration activist the Obama White House once honored as a “Champion of Change” embodying “the spirit of Cesar Chavez’s legacy” has been sentenced to probation for her role in deceiving immigration authorities on behalf of a foreign national.
An Illinois attorney has been found guilty of submitting false information to immigration authorities in an effort to win asylum in the United States for his clients.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), out of the 38 million young men in the U.S. in 2014, 16 percent were jobless (5 million or 13 percent) or incarcerated (1 million or 3 percent). The share of young men without a job or in prison has increased substantially since 1980, when just 11 percent of young men fit into either category.
With apprehension numbers exceeding the unprecedented highs reached in FY 2014, there are already murmurs that this year’s border surge in unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally could reach 100,000.
Immigrant-headed households use 41 percent more federal welfare benefits than their native-born counterparts, according to a new Center for Immigration Studies analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
The number of foreign-born people employed in the United States dipped slightly last month compared to the record high set in March, but remained above 25 million mark, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The number of Americans not in the workforce during the month of April increased substantially compared to the previous month — again tipping over the 94 million mark — according to Labor Department data released Friday.
The number of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors the Obama administration is placing in communities across the U.S. is on pace to be twice as high as last year and rival the previously unprecedented levels reached in FY 2014.
U.S. and Mexican authorities arrested 467 people at the southwest border in a binational, multi-day effort cracking down on transnational criminal smuggling organizations working in and near Nogales.
In a continuation of its effort to encourage eligible immigrants to become U.S. citizens, the Obama administration is proposing adjustments to the immigration benefit fee schedule that would raise the cost of some benefits but reduce naturalization fees for certain low-income immigrants.
