A Missouri judge recently granted parental rights to a couple who wants to adopt a little boy — despite the objections of the boy’s undocumented mother.

There is a small but growing number of alternative musicians and rockers who sing mostly in Spanish but are gaining a diverse fan base across the United States.

The federal government is turning to Mexican and Central American media outlets to warn potential migrants of the dangers of trying to enter the U.S. illegally, the Los Angeles Times reports.

U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President Otto Perez Molina said Monday.

Encarnacion Bail Romero claims that her son, Carlos Bail Romero, was taken from her while she was being held in custody for an immigration-related crime, saying she was helpless to stop the adoption process.

Around 12,000 Guatemalans climbed an extinct volcano on Saturday, January 21, 2012, to protest against domestic violence in the Central American country.

Here's a list of songs for saying goodbye to 2011. We look forward to another year with you, and hearing what music 2012 brings.

The Latino and immigrant reaction to Occupy Wall Street has been decidedly mixed.

People with immigration violations, which are civil – not criminal – accounted for slightly more than 83 percent of all deportation proceedings, the report said.

According to advocates in Georgia, the Mendez family are the victims of a biased child welfare system that denies undocumented and non-English speaking mothers and fathers their parental rights.

The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, honors departed souls of loved ones who are welcomed back for a few intimate hours. In the last decade or so, this traditional Latin American holiday with indigenous roots has spread throughout the U.S. along with migration from Mexico and other countries where it is observed.

Sandra Gutierrez is exemplary of a new trend in Southern cooking. As more and more immigrants from Latin America settle in the South, the land of biscuits and barbecue is changing — and so are the biscuits and barbecue.

A Guatemalan court has declared a young girl stolen from her mother as a child, and has ordered the American parents to return the child within two months.

“The Hispanic community is rapidly growing online and we thought it was time to provide them with some content,” said Nydia Sahagun, Sears' director of multicultural marketing. The show “is really about the bond between Latina friends and family.”