The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on... Read more »

Senators working on a wide-ranging immigration bill have agreed to tighten controls on the asylum system that allows people fleeing war or persecution to find refuge in the U.S. Read more »

Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. Read more »

For the first time, the 2000 Census allowed citizens to check off more than one box for race. The last Census showed 9 million people reporting more than one race. Read more »

High-tech companies looking to bring more skilled workers to the U.S. pushed Monday for more concessions in an immigration bill pending in the Senate. Read more »

Amy Wylie, a recent graduate of the University of Utah, credits Saran Nahas, a refugee from Sierra Leone, with inspiring her to finish her degree. Nahas, who also graduated recently, named her... Read more »

Leaders from various Salt Lake City religious organizations met for a special service on the subject of immigration Saturday night. Read more »

Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face... Read more »

Bipartisan authors of a sweeping immigration bill agreed to Republican-authored amendments to boost border security, as they tried Thursday to show they're open to changes to attract more GOP... Read more »

The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help — if he could hire enough qualified people. Read more »

Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became... Read more »

A statement attributed to a 16-year-old boy charged with killing a Hispanic man, coupled with the discovery of graffiti that contained threats and racial slurs toward Latinos, have some people on... Read more »

Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new home in Kansas City, Mo. Read more »

As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether opposition, thus far subdued, builds into the same... Read more »

Centro Civico Mexicano honors Robert "Archie" Archuleta, community leader and activist, Communidades Unidas and Holy Cross Ministries, Saturday during a Cinco de Mayo and Battle of Puebla Celebration. Read more »

A proposed change in the Utah County Republican platform on immigration pitched as a compromise between the current stand and the Utah Compact was rejected by delegates Saturday in a close vote. Read more »

President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security... Read more »

Calling for an end to "old stereotypes," President Barack Obama on Friday portrayed Mexico as an emerging nation that is remaking itself and said the U.S.-Mexico relationship should be defined by... Read more »

Sen. Marco Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may even struggle to pass the Senate. Read more »

President Barack Obama is in Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican... Read more »

State legislatures across the nation are taking up immigration laws, and many proposals were introduced or signed in conjunction with May Day immigrants' rights rallies. Read more »

Demonstrators demanded an overhaul of immigration laws Wednesday in an annual, nationwide ritual that carried a special sense of urgency as Congress considers sweeping legislation that would bring... Read more »

Advocates are criticizing bipartisan immigration legislation pending in the Senate, complaining that it erects undue barriers to citizenship for millions here illegally. Read more »

America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election... Read more »