A routine city hall appointment threatens to turn Kansas City into a new front in the U.S. debate over illegal immigration, even though the closest Mexico border crossing is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.

The three candidates in the Loudoun County sheriff's race sparred last night over whether illegal immigration should be the top priority of law enforcement officers in one of the nation's fastest-growing jurisdictions.

A judge has closed the immigration removal proceeding against North Carolina State swingman Gavin Grant, who could have faced deportation.

A sadly routine deportation case -- and an obscure immigration bill -- has got the attention of Congress, thanks to some high school students intent on saving their friends

After flipping through a thick binder detailing Arizona's new immigration law, Bruce Pavlikowski started to wonder whether it would eventually put him out of business.

A former U.S. immigration supervisor admitted in court Friday that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to clear the way for dozens of ineligible aliens to receive citizenship.

Waukegan authorities say they are preparing today for thousands of people expected to descend on the downtown area to protest the city's proposed extension of immigration enforcement.

PHOENIX Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl has made unlikely friends with lawmakers across the aisle as his former supporters howl over his key role in this year's failed immigration compromise.

Immigration has a positive impact on the U.S. economy and boosts wages for the vast majority of native workers, though there are "small negative effects" on the earnings of the least-skilled Americans, according to a report the White House issued yesterday.