immigration

Judge Says Texas Can Continue Denying Birth Certificates To Immigrants' Kids

1:25pm October 17, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Citing issues with some IDs, Texas has refused to issue birth certificates to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. A federal judge refused halt the practice while a case is decided.

National

The Immigrants It Once Shut Out Bring New Life To Pennsylvania Town

8:34pm October 14, 2015

by Eleanor Klibanoff

Once home to some of the country's strictest anti-illegal-immigration laws, Hazleton is now 40 percent Latino. The city is younger and bigger than it's been in decades, and the economy is thriving.

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Mark Keam (left) is sworn in as a freshman delegate to the Virginia General Assembly in 2010 in Richmond, Va. Keam was the first Asian-American immigrant elected to the Virginia Legislature.

National

Influx Of Non-European Immigrants Defines America Today

5:17pm October 08, 2015

by Tom Gjelten

The Immigration Act of 1965 opened the doors to nationalities that were largely shut out before. Since then, 90 percent of U.S. immigrants hail from outside Europe. Three families share their stories.

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos asks a question of presidential candidate Donald Trump during a news conference in Dubuque, Iowa, on Aug. 25. Earlier, Trump had Ramos removed from the room.

Univision's Jorge Ramos Discusses Journalism And That Donald Trump News Conference

5:25pm October 05, 2015

Mexican-born journalist Jorge Ramos moved to the U.S. in 1983. "I am glad that I came," he says. "The First Amendment has given me all the opportunities that I couldn't have in Mexico."

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Jihye Jang of Korea participates in a naturalization ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center on July 3, 2013, in Chicago.

The Future Of The U.S. Immigrant Population, In 1 Graphic

2:30pm September 28, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

By 2065, Hispanics will make up 31 percent of the immigrant population, while Asians will make up 38 percent. At the same time, whites will account for less than half the U.S. population by 2055.

Jane Garcia, CEO of La Clinica de la Raza, which serves 25,000 patients in Contra Costa County, Calif., addresses supporters of expanding health care for undocumented adults.

California Counties Add Health Care For Immigrant Adults

12:38pm September 24, 2015

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

Local governments say the move to cover preventive health care for people who are in the country illegally will save money overall by reducing the high cost of emergency room visits.

World News

North Carolina Prepares For More Syrian Refugees

7:59pm September 23, 2015

by Emily McCord

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Mexican and Mexican-American families wait to board Mexico-bound trains in Los Angeles on March 8, 1932. County officials arranged these mass departures as part of "repatriation campaigns," fueled by fears that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were taking s

Mass Deportation May Sound Unlikely, But It's Happened Before

4:36pm September 21, 2015

by Adrian Florido

During the Great Depression, up to 2 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were expelled from the U.S. Research suggests that more than half were U.S.-born citizens.

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New citizens wave American flags during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in Miami in July.

The White House Plan That Could Get Millions Of Immigrants To Vote

7:41pm September 18, 2015

by Asma Khalid

The Obama administration is kicking off a campaign to encourage legal immigrants in the country to become citizens, which could potentially swell voter rolls by millions before Election Day.

An open letter on immigration from conservative Latino group The Libre Initiative.

Conservative Latino Group Pens Letter Opposing GOP Immigration Rhetoric

11:45am September 09, 2015

by Asma Khalid

In a letter obtained by NPR, the Libre Initiative criticized calls made by some of the presidential candidates for mass deportation and ending birthright citizenship.