The "basic values" of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency include, "professionalism, honor, integrity, [and] respect for human life." According to the second installment of a PBS documentary, "Crossing The Line," however, many of the agency's employees are falling short of their stated ideals.

In recent years,...

After consulting with eight different immigration attorneys, and spending $10,000 in lawyers' fees over the course of five years, Manuel Guerra lost hope that he would be allowed to stay in the U.S.

"The [attorneys] were all were telling me the same thing: to sign my voluntary departure form,"...

John Rocker chose a unique way to prove that he's not racist: He launched his own "Speak English" campaign.

The former Atlanta Braves pitcher -- who was suspended from baseball for making homophobic, xenophobic and racist comments -- says he wants the world to know he's actually a pretty nice...

WASHINGTON -- As groups around the country rally this week against the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, the District of Columbia approved its own measure on Tuesday to fight back.

In a unanimous vote, the D.C. Council approved a bill that will limit the ability of the federal government...

Well-known in the Hispanic community for his love ballads and salsa numbers, Marc Anthony is asking Latinos to do more than just dance these days. "The president has our back, so it's time to let him know that we have his," Anthony says in an advertisement for the...

Blurring the line between advocate and journalist, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos publicly disapproved of the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's immigration law Monday. In particular, the vote to uphold the "papers, please" provision of the law by Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, came as...

On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down three key portions of a polarizing Arizona immigration law, but upheld the most controversial part of the bill requiring law enforcement to check the legal status of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally.

Within minutes of Monday's announcement, both proponents...

Between delivering steaming platters of enchiladas and clearing away the remains, Evelyn Rivera often overhears conversations in the Orlando, Fla.-area restaurant where she waits tables. This year, Rivera, 23, has heard more than one about the choices facing Latino voters in 2012.

"I think there's this sense...

Less than a week ago, President Obama announced a policy change that could affect as many as 1.4 million young undocumented students living in the United States by halting their deportation proceedings and granting them temporary work permits. However, figuring out who is eligible under Obama's new policy,...

Blanca Medina came to the United States to escape sexual abuse after suffering five rapes in her homeland of El Salvador, according to her lawyer Matthew Muller. But even after Medina told Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that she and her four-year-old daughter Alejandra would face severe harm if deported,...

Un año atrás, el periodista de origen filipino y ganador del Premio Pulitzer por su investigación sobre la masacre de Virginia Tech y ex editor en The Huffington Post, José Antonio Vargas reveló al mundo que era un inmigrante indocumentado. Esta semana, en la portada de Time Magazine, Vargas describe...

Carlos Lamadrid, ciudadano estadounidense de 19 años, recibió tres disparos en la espalda por un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos mientras huía a través de la frontera sur hacia México en mayo del 2011. El joven, oriundo de Douglas Arizona, estaba desarmado y supuestamente transportaba...

One year ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former HuffPost editor Jose Antonio Vargas "came out" to the world as an undocumented immigrant. In this week's TIME Magazine cover story, the Filipino writer and activist describes his year as a public figure without legal status...

He's been called the voice of the voiceless, pegged as the Anderson Cooper of Spanish-language news, and ranked the second most recognized Latino leader in the country today, in a recent Pew Hispanic Center poll of U.S. Latinos. One thing Jorge Ramos is not,...

A 19-year-old U.S. citizen, Carlos Lamadrid, was shot in the back three times by a U.S. Border Patrol agent while fleeing across the southern border into Mexico in May of 2011. The young man, a native of Douglas, Ariz., was unarmed and was reportedly transporting marijuana. Lamadrid...

El próximo domingo cuando los boricuas se reúnan en las calles de Nueva York y canten "Que Bonita Bandera" durante el Desfile del Día de Puerto Rico que año con año se celebra en esa ciudad, probablemente no va a cantarle a la bandera cubana, aunque para el...

When boricuas gather in the streets of New York City and sing "Que Bonita Bandera" (Translation: What a Beautiful Flag) at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, they probably won't be singing about the Cuban flag. It seems, however, that the New York...

Brenda Vazquez, a 29-year-old school teacher, used to cross the border bridge between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, a few times each week; for work, for shopping, to visit family, and to see friends, she says. But now, the young woman, who claims she was born in the U.S., is...

The father of the theory of assimilation, Robert Park, wrote in 1922 that, “the immigrant must learn quickly, for his livelihood depends on it." Tech entrepeneur Brian Nguah, creator of ImmiLounge.com, thinks that in the digital age, there should be a way for immigrants to 'learn quickly,' online....

The Oakland, California-based artist, Favianna Rodriguez, firmly believes that printmaking is a natural partner to immigrant rights activism.

"Part of the great thing about printmaking is that you can produce an art piece that in turn can be reproduced, and shared, and distributed to many, many people," Rodriguez said in...