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The State Department rolled out new rules Thursday that aim to limit “birth tourism” — when pregnant women travel to the United States to give birth in order for their child to obtain a U.S. passport. The new rules, which go into effect Friday, will allow consular...

LUMPKIN, Ga. (AP) — In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits -- and stalls. A Spanish interpreter is running late because of a flat tire. Rothschild tells the five immigrants before him that he’ll...

The positions are part-time, with flexible hours. Most pay between $25 to $30 an hour. But organizers helping to coordinate census outreach say they are “desperate” to get more applications from workers who can help carry out the decennial count of every person living...

Microsoft Corp’s chief executive officer Satya Nadella warned that countries that fail to attract immigrants will lose out as the global tech industry continues to grow. By Amy Thomson “Every country is rethinking what is in their national interest,” Nadella said in...

A part of the Immigration and Nationality Act, found at 8 U.S.C. section 1324b, prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals based on their citizenship or immigration status, or their national origin, during the hiring, firing, recruiting, Form I-9, or...

When a government expert in mental health visited one of the largest immigration detention centers in the U.S. in 2017, she knew the conditions that detainees there sometimes face. A past inspection had found that staff often failed to obtain adequate mental health...

A plan to get more immigrants to come to North Bay called the Rural and Northern Immigration pilot program, is facing a delay. It was scheduled to start on the first day of the year. President of the North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce Peter Chirico says...

New data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show legal immigration declined by almost 87,000, by more than 7%, between FY 2016 and FY 2018. “Excluding refugees means 122,412 fewer legal immigrants became lawful permanent residents in FY 2018 than in FY...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to give $20,000 stipends to teachers at high needs schools and extend health care to older low-income immigrants who are in the country illegally. He outlined the plans during an announcement Friday of his $329 billion budget...

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a $222 billion spending plan for 2020-21. The California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) applauds the Governor for prioritizing important investments in immigrant communities, including expanding access to health care to seniors...