An Arizona politician, passionate about turning back buses of undocumented children facing danger in their countries, is probably cowering from embarrassment after he mistook a school bus carrying YMCA campers for immigrants. His reasoning? The children had a look of fear on their faces. Probably because Arizona State Rep. Adam Kwasman leapt towards the bus […]

For months Congress, President Obama and political pundits have analyzed and offered solutions on how to deal with the growing humanitarian crisis at the Southwest border. The solutions vary — President Obama recently urged Congress to approve a $3.7 billion budget to put resources in place to deal with the nearly 57,000 children that have crossed […]

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and prominent undocumented immigrant activist, was arrested on Tuesday after attempting to board a plane out of McAllen, Texas. United We Dream, an immigration advocacy group, captured this picture of the activist being detained. A person who accompanied Vargas to the airport told HuffPost that Vargas handed his Philippines passport […]

Billionaires Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Sheldon Adelson teamed up on Friday to pressure Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, saying “Americans deserve better” than the bickering that has prevented a bill from reaching President Obama’s desk. Gates and Buffett are pretty progressive, but Adelson’s decision to support the effort is surprising — he’s been a longtime […]

According to the Palestinian Health ministry, at least 76 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive. Eight Palestinian family members, including five children, were killed in an early morning strike that destroyed homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The fighting shows no signs of slowing down, as militants kept up rocket attacks on […]

Amid the growing number of immigrant children flooding across the border, President Obama urged Congress to quickly approve increased funding to put resources in place to deal with the crisis. He is seeking $3.7 billion from Congress, a number that many Republicans, who won’t support funding without other measures they say will curb the problem, aren’t […]

On Tuesday, a wall of angry protestors screaming “USA!” “Impeach Obama” and “Deport! Deport!” blocked three buses of undocumented immigrants as they made their way to San Diego to be processed at the Murrieta Border Patrol station. The loaded buses had traveled from the south of Texas to relieve crowded facilities there — overcrowding has forced officials to […]

According to reports delivered to Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year carried out more than 72,000 deportations of parents who said they had U.S.-born children. The report also states that a large portion of those children, about 5,000, have been placed in foster care as a result. The reports were sent by ICE in April […]

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Glee star Naya Rivera has crafted a touching tale of immigration to the U.S. in her directorial debut for the Welcome.us Immigrant Heritage Month campaign. In the three-minute piece written by Paola Mendoza, immigrant citizens take viewers through the busy streets of New York, capturing the ancestral backgrounds of strangers. This creative video shows viewers the […]

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In her directorial debut, Rocsi Diaz presents “The Secrets of Strangers” — an Immigrant Heritage Month PSA that brings together random people to share the most intimate secrets about their identity. In the video, undocumented citizens have the opportunity to share with American strangers what it’s like to be undocumented in the United States. The video is part of […]

So this is happening. A new report in The New York Times reveals that tens of thousands of immigrants being held in detention centers across the country are serving as cheap labor for those same centers. From the NYT:  As the federal government cracks down on immigrants in the country illegally and forbids businesses to hire […]