immigration

Many think the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 is deeply flawed and politicians have been struggling for years to come up with a comprehensive plan on immigration. President Barack Obama is trying…

David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, explains why.

June 14th and June 16th The ICE’s Secure Communities program is designed to change immigration enforcement by using technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities remove high-risk criminal aliens.

The E-Verify program is expanding to include U.S. passports and passport cards for employment verification.

The controversial project to build an electronic fence along the country’s southern border is being terminated.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said two special agents assigned to the office in Mexico City were shot in the line of duty. The agents were driving between Mexico Cty and Monterrey, Mexico, according to the…

More than 130 ”criminal aliens” are behind bars after a three-day round up across Northern Virginia, but the arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with help from local police and the U.S. Marshal Service have not stopped the criticism of immigration enforcement or policy.

Philip Wolgrin is an immigration policy analyst at The Center for American Progress.

After years of planning and months of delays, USCIS will launch its online portal, ELIS, on Tuesday. But the portal will only be open to a fraction of benefit seekers while the agency works out the kinks.

A new report by the Justice Department inspector general says inaccurate data is hampering the ability of immigration courts to resolve cases involving both detained and non-detained aliens in a timely manner.