Both Republicans and Democrats work to find a compromise on the 'exceptionally difficult' topic By Suzanne Monyak | Roll Call | JAN. 26, 2023 | Photo by Tom Williams When Sen. Thom Tillis returned to Washington this month from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border with a bipartisan group of eight senators, ...

By Rio Yamat | SWVA Today | JAN. 10, 2023 | Photo from USCBP LAS VEGAS — As thousands of children were taken from their parents at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown on illegal crossings, a federal public defender in San Diego set out to find new ...

By Heydy Vasquez | Daily Trojan | JAN. 13, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Upsplash “Just come here legally.” Many immigrants hear this phrase far too often. The use of the term “illegal” in the subject of immigration tends to connect immigration to legality, with a specific focus on racialization ...

By Hamed Aleaziz | Los Angeles Times | DEC. 16, 2022 | Photo by Christian Chavez As the Biden administration prepares to end the use of a Trump-era border measure that restricts access to asylum, most Americans continue to support protections for immigrants who are fleeing persecution and torture abroad. ...

By Gene Johnson | The Washington Post | JAN. 4, 2023 | Photo by Ted S. Warren SEATTLE — A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be ...

Number is highest in nearly 15 years after Covid pandemic caused a backlog in the system. By Erum Salam | The Guardian | JAN. 3, 2023 | Photo by Kevin Dietsch Nearly 1 million immigrants became US citizens in 2022, the highest number in almost 15 years after the Covid-19 ...

By Myah Ward | POLITICO | NOV. 15, 2022 | Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta Around 300 DACA recipients, Dreamers and immigrant advocates are descending on Washington this week to kick off their lame-duck push for action on immigration. They’re flying in from all over the country — New York, ...

Column by Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | OCT. 9, 2022 | Photo by Al Seib The more you listen to it, the worse it gets. I’m talking about the leaked audio of an October 2021 conversation among three members of the Los Angeles City Council and a prominent labor leader. ...

Republicans have sought to put Democrats on the defensive about the issue ahead of November by pointing to record numbers of illegal border crossings. By Mike Memoli, Peter Nicholas & Carol E. Lee | NBC News | OCT. 4, 2022 | Photo courtesy of Getty Images As they plot a ...

But the ruling that kept the status quo for the immigration program may not boost incentives for a deal. By: Suzanne Monyak | Roll Call | OCT. 6, 2022 | Photo by Kent Nishimura Advocates have turned up the pressure on the Senate to pass legislation this year to establish ...