The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona’s deserts, a money-saving move that ends a years-long experiment that cost taxpayers nearly $100 million.

Immigration courts across the country are confronting an unexpected surge of children who traveled here without parents and were caught as they tried to cross illegally into the United States.

The inclusion of stringent immigration policies in the GOP platform for the Republican National Convention also includes self-deporation, a term used by Mitt Romney during the primary season.

While Romney has slowly begun to enter the Spanish-language air war, it appears that conservative outside spending groups are also beginning to get into the game.

Undocumented youth will learn this week the guidelines to apply for the deferred action policy that promises to halt the deportation of about 800,000 undocumented youth and grant them work authorization.

On Aug. 10, a traveling judge will take the bench in an Alleghany County, N.C. courtroom and, before the day is over, decide the fate of three children.

President Barack Obama's announcement that the government will no longer deport some young undocumented immigrants is likely to help him among Latino voters, according to a poll released Sunday.

Last week there were a lot of gasps from people who couldn’t believe that President Obama was being compared to Maricopa County’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio and was called worse when it came to immigration.

Immigration officials Wednesday granted an extension to one mother, but ordered another mother out of the county.

A Louisiana immigration court rebuffed the government’s efforts this week to deport an undocumented immigrant who came to the attention of authorities after raising questions about workplace safety issues.

In September 2008, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged cities along the Texas coast. Josue Diaz was one of several who responded to help the recovery. But Diaz and about 20 other immigrant workers wound up in police custody.

Immigrants arrested for minor traffic violations won’t get flagged for possible deportation proceedings until after they’re convicted, immigration officials announced on Friday.

It’s an amazing concept to realize how the life you have lived in a land you call home can come crashing down before your eyes as your father is being arrested next to the dinner table.

ICE runs the world’s largest immigration detention system, relying heavily on local jails and private facilities in far-flung communities, rather than operating them itself, the agency leases beds from local jails or contracts with private corporations.