Illegal Immigration News

Sen. Ted Cruz says he has a way of dealing with two hot-button issues - illegal immigration and IRS targeting conservative groups - at the same time.

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that the Senate Gang of Eight's immigration bill will significantly reduce the federal budget deficit in its first two decades if it becomes law.

You can try to put "conservative" lipstick on the lawless amnesty mob. In the end, however, it's still a lawless mob.

Sen. John Cornyn , the No. 2 ranking Senate Republican, said Tuesday that if Democrats remain unwilling to strengthen the border-security provisions in the immigration bill, the effort to overhaul the country's immigration laws could 'quickly fall apart'.

A 53-year-old Zimbabwean mechanic found guilty of killing his three-year-old son with a pick-axe handle is an illegal immigrant, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday.

Last week, police in Oceanside, Calif., arrested Arturo Salazar, 24, after he reportedly slashed his live-in girlfriend's throat in front of the couple's two children, ages 2 and 4. On June 13, officers went to the couple's home to check on 21-year-old Edith Garcia, after her worried parents were unable to reach her.

A federal judge in New York ruled last week that immigration officials must disclose the names of certain illegal immigrants they arrest, a decision that appears to contradict an earlier ruling involving the Union Leader Corp. On Thursday, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found in favor of the Boston Globe ... (more)

Amid recent controversy, a few major news-gathering organizations like the Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press have announced they'd no longer use the term "illegal immigrant" because it labels people rather than their behavior.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called an amendment floated by Sen. John Cornyn a "poison pill" that, if passed, could kill the immigration bill.

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 18, 2013.

Colleen Shannon, a former Playboy magazine centerfold, leaves federal court in Syracuse after pleading guilty to helping transport her illegal immigrant boyfriend last summer in Northern New York.

Federal officials say they arrested nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores in New York and Virginia Monday in fraud involving illegal immigrant workers.

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While a small majority of Americans are in favor of the immigration bill currently before the U.S. Senate, according to a new national poll the old and young don't see eye to eye on the issue.

If conservative Republicans like Rubio and Ayotte don't help to shape the immigration bill, that change will be left to the liberals, writes Stuart Stevens.

In 2009, Jose Adan Rico , 37, posted bail at the Dallas County Jail where he was being held on burglary as well as sexual assault charges for a pair of brutal child-rapes.

Washington is bickering over whether the Cornyn amendment to the Gang of Eight framework is a deal-breaking and onerous " poison pill ," or a totally inadequate " Trojan horse ."

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is calling for a criminal investigation after a huge mob of illegal alien supporters surrounded his private home Saturday and held a rally on his front porch.

The owners of 14 7-Eleven stores in New York and Virginia were charged on Monday by federal authorities with fraud, identity theft, and concealing undocumented immigrants.