Undocumented

New Mexico is one of 11 states, plus the District of Columbia, which allow undocumented immigrants to get drivers' licenses. The governor of New Mexico says she'll keep trying to repeal the law which gave them that right.

The New Jersey governor denied on Monday that he had merely paid lip service to the idea of young undocumented immigrants receiving in-state tuition to college and universities in the state, saying he had never supported the specifics of a bill which passed the Senate in mid-November.

Olive Garden confirmed today that it has fired a number of its employees after they were unable to provide proof of their legal working status.

The governor of New Jersey and likely Republican presidential candidate said on Monday that he would not sign a bill granting in-state tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants unless changes were made to it before it came to his desk.

The film -- about the experiences of Vargas and other young immigrants brought to the US illegally as children -- will be broadcast on CNN in spring 2014.

On Tuesday, the District of Columbia approved a bill to go into effect in May which would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a special kind of driver's license. A rash of states have passed such laws in recent times, most recently California.

Ralliers will call for comprehensive reform of the nation’s immigration system with a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants on Saturday. In Washington, D.C., that rally will continue on through the weekend and feature concerts with popular Latino performers.

Immigrant advocates rejoiced today in California as the governor signed into law a bill which will let undocumented immigrants obtain special driver's licenses. Wrangling over how different they'll appear from regular licenses will likely continue as the DMV takes input on how they should look.

"Secure Communities", a federal program meant to increase information-sharing between local and federal law enforcement agencies for the purposes of enforcing immigration laws, targets individuals the agency deems a serious threat to public safety only a little over 10 percent of the time.

The 30 are the second such group of immigrant activists to present themselves at the US-Mexico border in a protest of immigration policies which saw them either deported or denied re-entry to the country where they grew up.

The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday which denies the Dominican nationality to children born in the country whose parents are undocumented immigrants who entered the country illegally or are in transit.

The biggest increases occurred in counties in Texas, which accounts for more than half of apprehensions. Its Rio Grande Valley is one of the most high-traffic areas along the US-Mexico border.

Fox news is under fire for the use of offensive language. In a recent report, the news channel dubbed U.S. citizens with undocumented parents “children of the corn” while also using phrases like “alien nation.”

The Pew Center says numbers of undocumented immigrants in the United States are increasing again after they took a dip with US economy. Those numbers leaped throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Lawmakers debating what the government should do to keep those numbers down might take note of a 2007 paper pointing to border enforcement as a major reason for the rise.

Maria and Mauro Bilbao told Univision they felt despair upon hearing the news that the House Gang of Seven on immigration had disbanded, but that they took it as proof that Republicans weren't serious about resolving the status of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

Republicans in the House have rejected the Senate’s comprehensive bill on immigration reform and pursued small, single-action bills instead. The president is saying he’s not concerned about methodology as long as his priorities make it in.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and two state transportation department officials filed a document on Tuesday expanding the state’s ban on issuing licenses to undocumented immigrants.

In an interview with Telemundo on Tuesday, the president ruled out the idea that his suspension of deportations for young undocumented immigrants could be extended to a broader portion of the nation’s estimated 11 million people without legal status.

The California legislature has approved the bill, which for years faced staunch opposition. Governor Jerry Brown has said he’ll sign it.

Garcia, who was a year and a half old when his parents brought him illegally to the United States, has passed the California state bar exam but can’t get a license to practice there. The state’s Supreme Court is behind him. Why is the Department of Justice trying to block his request?

The offer of a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants – whether it’s just the young ones or adults too – has been looking more and more like the final line which House Republicans won’t cross in immigration reform legislation. On Tuesday, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) signaled that he might get on board with a bill that offered legal status without citizenship, while adding that he remained hopeful that House Republicans wouldn’t “absolutely reject” a path to citizenship.

The memo issued on Friday evening directs Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to consider the toll that overly punitive treatment of detained undocumented immigrants could have on their family, while stopping short of offering relief from deportation.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement informed the Tennessee sheriff that it didn’t have sufficient resources to train new officers in the 287(g) program, which teaches local police deputies how to check the immigration status of arrestees. In response, Sheriff Jimmy Jones denounced “an inept administration” for keeping him from doing his job.

"I believe that slavery is not abolished," said reverend Erick Salgado at a New York City mayoral debate on Wednesday night. "Slavery has been transferred to my people."

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he’ll do everything in his power to make sure the lower chamber of Congress never considers the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill – a piece of legislation which would extend a 13-year path to citizenship for about 8 million of the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Republican Congressman Scott DesJarlais recently shattered a little girl's dreams after telling her in a town hall meeting that her father was going to be deported. Watch what happened, here!

A new mobile app launched on Wednesday will help undocumented youth apply for an Obama program for deferred deportations.

A Facebook thread attracting attention from more than one Wisconsin government official started sour and finished worse for Steven Krieser, an appointee of Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.), who was fired for inflammatory comments about undocumented immigrants.

The Arizona senator says the "border surge" amendment in the Senate bill could be amended in a House compromise, but the path to citizenship is not negotiable.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and former Mitt Romney running mate told a North Dakota radio station on Thursday the GOP doesn't want to "push people into citizenship". He added, "Most people just want to have a legal status so they can work to provide for their families."