Throughout the intervening decades, birthright citizenship was in full effect, and immigration was under control. But in 1965, Congress passed the Hart-Celler Act, which fundamentally altered the ...

When President Donald Trump suspended asylum at the southern border, ministries in Texas and Mexico didn’t stop working.

Undocumented migration nonetheless surged after the U.S. government ended the Bracero Program in 1964 under renewed pressure ...

But the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, made drastic changes to immigration laws, looking toward bringing in skilled laborers and reuniting ...

As early as 1874, a Republican newspaper in northern Virginia called the United States “a nation of immigrants.” The phrase appeared 90 years after the country’s first immigration law, and ...

The growth of the Asian population has helped diversify the racial and ethnic makeup of Long Island, data shows.

Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... labor advocates and adopted the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, according to Department of Homeland Security records.

The audit marks part of the broader effort led by Democratic lawmakers to provide accountability about DOGE's activities ...

At a time when Indian were not eligible for a US citizenship, Bhicaji Balsara, a textile merchant from Bombay (now Mumbai), fought and won a lengthy legal battle against racist citizenship laws, and ...

Atlantic City Council passed a resolution Wednesday night supporting the Immigrant Trust Act, to provide a sense of safety to undocumented people and their families as President Donald Trump promises ...