immigration

With the death toll due to drug violence rising in Mexico, a new idea is beginning to take hold among immigration advocates. Many are starting to lobby the United States government to allow Mexican undocumented immigrants to apply for Temporary Protected Status, normally reserved for immigrants coming from countries ravaged by war or natural disaster.

"There is a big...

Legendary activist Dolores Huerta has been on a hunger strike in front of Sen. John McCain's office in Arizona for seven days in support of the DREAM act—hoping to gain attention and support for the bill, which was pushed indefinitely from a senate vote last week.

In the past, Sen. McCain has...

In a revelatory new interview in V magazine Spain, Salma Hayek admits for the first time that she came to the country illegally.

“I was an illegal immigrant in the United States,” Hayek said during the interview. “It was for a small period of time, but I still did it."

She also touched on the racism she had to confront when she was...