Mayor Thomas Menino, who often invokes his heritage as the grandson of an Italian immigrant, was one of the first local leaders in the country to embrace a federal program intended to improve community safety by deporting dangerous immigrant criminals.
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On a sofa in the hallway of his office here, Mitchell Williams, the pastor of First United Methodist Church, announced that he was going to break the law. He is not the only church leader making such a declaration these days.
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A new U.S. visa rule, taking effect Monday, appears likely to substantially lengthen the amount of time that Americans living overseas must wait before bringing along their noncitizen spouses or children if they have to move home quickly for personal or professional reasons, immigration lawyers say.
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The 2012 presidential election will likely be about jobs and the economy -- and not about immigration. Just don't tell that to NumbersUSA, a nativist organization that recently graded 12 committed or prospective presidential candidates, including President Obama, on their immigration-related views, policies and statements.
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In 2009, Alba and Eugenio were making almost twice the federal minimum wage, plus benefits, cleaning a skyscraper for a national janitorial company. With two toddlers, the Mexican couple enjoyed relative prosperity in a tidy one-bedroom duplex in a working-class neighborhood here.
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Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk met nineteen years ago in Australia, and were married seven years ago in Massachusetts.
But despite the fact that have been together for so long -- and the fact that Bradford is a U.S. citizen who is terminally ill -- immigration officials have...
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For all of his rock-solid conservative credentials, if Texas Gov. Rick Perry runs for president, he may have an Achilles' heel: immigration.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry will undoubtedly focus his presidential campaign on Texas' relatively healthy economy and its low taxes. However, for all of his rock-solid conservative credentials, he may have an Achilles' heel: immigration.
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Hundreds of Haitian activists rallied for immigration reform outside the Department of Homeland Security in Miami Thursday. Protesters said they are upset because Haitian immigrants are being sent back to their country.
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Federal immigration officials announced Friday that they will be ramming the Secure Communities program down the throats of all states and cities nationwide by 2013.
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