illegal immigration

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday with DREAMers including Juan Salazar (second from right) and Astrid Silva (left). "I will fight to stop partisan attacks on the executive actions that would put DREAMers — including many with us today — at risk of deportation," Clinton said.

Tamara Keith

Speaking in Las Vegas, she said it was time to provide a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally and that she could go "even further" than Obama's controversial executive actions.

In this June 19, 2014 photo, a 14-year-old Guatemalan girl traveling alone waits for a northbound freight train along with other Central American migrants, in Arriaga, Chiapas state, Mexico. The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Central American migrants crossing into its territory, particularly children traveling without any adult guardian. More than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended since October. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

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Fewer Migrant Children Reach U.S. Border, As Mexico Steps Up Deportations

Mexico has been deporting record numbers of unaccompanied minors from Central America in recent months.

Politics and Government

Some Oklahoma Republicans Call On Congress To Pass Immigration Bill

Associated Press

A group of Republican business owners in Oklahoma is calling on Congress to pass an immigration bill that includes a path to legal status for some of the…

Politics and Government

Lankford, Cole Critical Of Possible Executive Action On Immigration

Brian Hardzinski

President Obama says he understands some Republicans disagree there’s a need to fix immigration laws, but U.S. Rep. and Senator-elect James Lankford…

Immigration and Customs officials stand by as a woman and child, who were deported from the United States, deplane at the San Pedro Sula airport in Honduras on July 18.

World

Young Migrants May Request Asylum, But It's Hard To Get

Steve Inskeep

Amid the emotional debate over the surge in unaccompanied minors from Central America, some migrants will be given refugee status while others can try for asylum.

Politics and Government

Fort Sill Temporary Facility For Immigrant Children Closed

Associated Press

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says more than 1,800 unaccompanied minor children were processed through Fort Sill in…

U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine attempts to enter the facility at Fort Sill where hundreds of unaccompanied minors were held.

Politics and Government

Emergency Shelters At Military Bases To Close

Associated Press

The U.S. government is closing emergency shelters at military base shelters in Texas, Oklahoma and California being used to temporarily house…

Students Toil In Texas To Give Names And Burials To Migrants

Peter Balonon-Rosen

Baylor University professor Lori Baker and forensics student Audrey Murchland have been exhuming and identifying bodies in Falfurrias, Texas.

Politics and Government

Border Vigilante Calls Attention To Adults Entering U.S. Illegally

Rancher and veterinarian Michael Vickers co-founded the Texas Border Volunteers to look for and report people who cross illegally.

Politics and Government

Issue Of Illegal Immigrant Children Being Raised In Governor's Races Country Wide

Associated Press

The federal government has placed as many as 30,000 minors who have crossed the border illegally with sponsors across the country this year, spurring a…