So the immigration debate has you confused and frustrated? Arnold Torres has it all figured out.

For a man facing the possibility of up to 30 years in prison, almost $4 million in fines and the government seizure of his small French restaurant here, Michel Malecot has an unusually jovial and serene air.

To advocates on both sides of the immigration debate, Miriam Torres is emblematic of the problems facing this country. Torres, 20, is an illegal immigrant brought to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 9

A Magic Valley home builder pleaded guilty to federal charges of employing illegal aliens, following an investigation by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The United States is shockingly irrational in the way it handles immigration. Unlike other nations that strategically use immigration to pursue national goals, we lurch from concerns about border security to illegal immigrants to drugs and crime without considering our long-term political and economic priorities.

Yadira Barragan used to think that people who came to this country illegally should simply return home to sort out their situation there.

California school districts will soon begin implementing a controversial measure meant to prevent nonresidents from attending school in the United States, by deploying district staff to the border to monitor the residency documents of students entering the country.

The San Francisco Fed is wading into the contentious debate over whether immigrants help or hurt employment for American citizens, in a paper that asserts new entrants to the nation help make almost everybody wealthier.