Immigrants

Two-thirds of Americans, according to the AP poll, feel the country’s diverse population makes the U.S. stronger, and far more favor than oppose a path to legal status for immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children.

U.S. immigration authorities are turning to smartphones to keep tabs on immigrants and ensure they attend their deportation hearings

The number of unbanked Americans is at an all-time low, but the Covid-19 pandemic may push those numbers back up, the FDIC said.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said immigration officers can no longer detain and deport people solely because they’re undocumented. 

This fall, every public school kindergarten student in New York City is getting $100 in a 529 college savings plan.

Four migrant defense groups in Mexico say they have sought court injunctions to block what they call “massive” deportations by the government.

Illinois is leading a handful of Democratic-run states in extending health insurance coverage to adult immigrants living in the country illegally, including seniors.

Jennifer Rocha, from Coachella, California, has been working in the fields with her parents, both immigrants from Michoacán, Mexico, since she was in high school.

Two San Diego teens whose families migrated to the United States in search of a better life were accepted to Harvard University, and now, they dream of giving back to the communities who saw them grow.

The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday filed a lawsuit against Libre by Nexus, claiming the company trapped immigrants into paying expensive fees.

The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives

A federal court will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden

As American families sit down to their Thanksgiving meals, many of them will include dishes that reflect the diverse cultures that immigrants have brought to our nation. NBCLX talked to people from Indian, Puerto Rican and Jamaican families about the native recipes that have been incorporated into their Thanksgiving celebrations.

A new book by former President George W. Bush will highlight an issue which now sets him apart from many of his fellow Republicans — immigration.

The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...

Among the thousands who march each day in support of the Black Lives Matter movement are immigrants and their advocates. But protesting for them has an added risk: inadvertently winding up in immigration custody. All over the country, immigrants are expressing solidarity with the movement that has taken off since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The same organizations that...

The coronavirus is spreading in immigration detention, with more than 70 detainees in 12 states testing positive and hundreds of others under quarantine.

Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide accommodations for disabilities.