There are 5.5 million children with undocumented parents in the United States, and when it comes to immigration enforcement, they pay a heavy price.

The DREAM Act would amend current federal immigration law and allow states to grant residency status to undocumented youth who have graduated from high school. In California, advocates are pushing for its passage.

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tried to allay the widespread fears that there wouldn’t be enough vaccines for everyone in Massachusetts who wants to be protected against the H1N1 virus.

A new Arizona law aimed at denying public benefits to undocumented immigrants, which could also hurt U.S. citizens, is the latest legislative effort from a state known as a testing ground for immigration policy. Traducción al español

Across the country, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010.

The DREAM Act has been reintroduced in the current session of Congress. This is the second article in the series "Immigration Reform: Know the Players."

Viewed through the lens of the immigration issue, the overall results of yesterday’s elections might be called a mixed bag.

Today's elections, many of them in eastern seaboard states, are the first big political test for the Obama administration. The trend to watch: the surprising prominence of immigration politics.

Ruby Takanishi, president and CEO of Foundation for Child Development, recently co-edited a new book titled, "Immigration, Diversity and Education," with Elena L. Grigorenko. She spoke with New America Media Education Editor Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen.

Leticia X, a top student at her high school, wants to go to college. But her undocumented status might end that dream unless the DREAM Act passes, writes NAM contributor Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez.

Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez outlined the basic principles of the comprehensive immigration reform bill he plans to introduce in the House in the months ahead.

Asian undergrads make up 40 percent of all undocumented students. And they are fighting to keep in-state tuition in California.

Immigration should be seen as part of the solution to U.S. economic challenges, rather than the source of its problems, says University of Southern California Prof. Manuel Pastor.

For the first time in the nation’s history, Asian American and Pacific Islander groups came together this week to call for comprehensive immigration reform.

Efforts of Oakland, Calif.-based Safe Passages have led to a 72 percent drop in student suspensions in participating middle schools.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 called the right to raise one’s child a basic civil right, one “far more precious than property rights.” Yet this Father’s Day, many parents who have been deported in the name of homeland security will not be able to see their children.

What was supposed to be a routine trip to work or school turned into deportation for the 21 undocumented Mexican immigrants who were detained during a raid at the Old Town trolley station last week.

The May Day immigrant rights march might have been small in size compared to the one in 2006, but for the first time since these annual marches have been happening, the face of a U.S. president was on signs carried by the marchers, clearly indicating that they believe he can bring about immigration reform.