Caroline May

”I have decided to run for re-election,” Sen. John McCain said. “I’m ready. I am more than ready. In some ways, I am eager.”

More than 15,640 unaccompanied minors were apprehended illegally entering the U.S. from October 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015 according to updated government figures. The new data show an increase of 3,138 unaccompanied minors over previous totals in February at 12,509 unaccompanied minors.

More than 70 cities and counties have signed on to a legal brief in support of President Obama’s executive amnesty.

A majority of likely voters say the government is “not aggressive enough in deporting those who are in this country illegally,” according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.

A group aimed at bringing Congress more to the center is launching a new effort to support Republican House members who have bucked conservative pressure in favor of House leadership proposals.

With a second surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America illegally entering the U.S., there is new chatter about a previously obscure Obama administration program.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March job’s data released Friday — as in previous months — again shows that net employment growth in the U.S. since the beginning of the recession has gone to foreign-born workers. From the beginning of the

Along with the national increase in Americans not in the workforce the number of women, African Americans, and Asians not in the workforce also experienced an increase in March.

March was the first month on record where the number of people not in the labor force — whether due to discouraged worker, baby boomers hitting retirement or otherwise — surpassed 93 million.

Speaker John Boehner is skeptical about the nuclear agreement with Iran, and says Congress will continue to hold the administration to account on the deal.

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) says he will support President Obama’s attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.

In conjunction with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to support President Obama’s executive amnesty, the city and the New York Attorney General’s Office are stepping up efforts to combat immigration scams.

As a new wave of UACs flood the southern border, presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is pressing the Obama administration to explain how it’s preparing to deal with the children.

This week’s uproar over Indiana’s religious freedom bill is a microcosm of the challenges Republican leaders face in the nation’s changing cultural landscape, according to National Journal’s Ronald Brownstein.

A strikingly high percentage of refugees to the United States use some form of public assistance, according to a government report to Congress.

More than 2,000 illegal immigrant minors have been apprehended month since the beginning of this fiscal year in October — the second highest level of illegal minor arrests, behind last year’s record breaking border surge.

The Obama administration plans to spend more than $31 million to encourage food stamp recipients buy more fruits and vegetables.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) contends that the relationship between Israel and the United States remains strong. Boehner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a trip to Israel.

A group of Republican senators say they are aware of allegations of workplace retaliation against Homeland Security personnel who — in conflict with the administration’s immigration policies — are “faithfully discharging the duties of the offices in which they serve.”

The Obama administration filed its legal brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Twenty-six states have challenged Obama’s executive amnesty in court. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville, Texas blocked the executive actions in February.

The Select Committee on Benghazi wants former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear before the committee to answer questions about the personal email account she used throughout her tenure at Foggy Bottom.

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid has some decent things to say about the likely 2016 GOP presidential contenders. He appears to be personally fond of Sens. Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, but says he wants former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to lose more than any of them.