House Republicans will finally unveil a new governing agenda Thursday morning. But it includes little that hasn't already appeared in numerous Republican leadership talking points over the past two years. Continue »
Stephen Colbert, political satirist and coiner of the word "truthiness," will testify Friday at a House hearing on an agricultural jobs bill, a spokesman for the panel said Wednesday afternoon. Continue »
Stay in school. Work hard. Make good grades. If you do those things, you can go to college and earn a good living. All over America, teachers repeat that mantra in their classrooms. Parents say it, too. So do coaches, bus drivers and Boy Scout leaders. Continue »
Repealing part of the 14th Amendment won't fix our immigration problem; giving the undocumented a pathway to citizenship will. Continue »
Student activists pushing for the DREAM Act regrouped Tuesday after the Senate blocked the defense bill that was expected to carry their immigration legislation. Continue »
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday stalled a Senate measure to allow children of undocumented immigrants to get on a path to citizenship Continue »
Cesar Vargas graduated from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, just like Senators Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont. Continue »
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged Congress to pass a long-shot immigration measure that would give legal status to undocumented young people who attend college or join the military, saying it would be a boon for the nation. Continue »
When Nelly was nine years old, she came to the United States with her parents. Scared and unable to speak the language, she was aware of one thing: that her parents came here to provide her with a better life, and that she would do all that she could... Continue »
Arianna Salgado has always known she illegally moved to the United States with her family more than a decade ago. But it didn't hit her until she realized she couldn't do many things her friends could. Continue »