Migrant Children

Nearly 6,000 people have died crossing the southern border into the US since 1998. Local authorities have struggled to deal with the remains and notify relatives.

President Obama's executive order will allow some 5 million immigrants the right to live and work legally.

President Obama outlined his plan to take executive action granting temporary legal status to up to 5 million undocumented immigrants.

Inspired by the Sanctuary Movement of the early 1980s, when at least 500 churches offered safe-havens for migrants escaping conflict in Central America, faith leaders today are looking to …

People in communities of faith are on the front lines of a growing movement pushing for legalization for millions of migrants living in the US.

The Obama administration is making it harder for Central Americans to get refugee status.

Deportations reached another record high last year. This is a striking development in light of the fact that illegal immigration and Border Patrol apprehensions have been falling for over …

A new family detention center just south of San Antonio holds more than 500 immigrant women and their children as they await deportation.

An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.

Immigrant justice groups are raising alarms about conditions in existing and planned migrant jails holding children.