Laura Benshoff

If you had to wait in line to vote, count yourself among friends. Preliminary vote totals from the Philad ...

More-than-typical requests for absentee ballots in Pa. ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election indicate heightened interest among members of both parties.

Citizenship petitions spiked around Trump's election. Will naturalized immigrants be a midterm election force?

Under President Trump, refugee resettlement in the U.S. has dwindled significantly. HIAS and other groups have taken the hit to their mission and their long-term stability.

Nearly nine months after federal immigration enforcement agents arrested and detained Jose “Ivan” Nu ...

More than one in ten of the 1,300 students enrolled at the 185-year-old Quaker institution have student visas.

Seeking action on immigration promises, and warning that their their votes are not guaranteed, immigrants and their advocates have targeted incumbent Democrats.

The proposal calls for looking at use of food stamps, federal medical assistance and housing assistance when weighing an immigration application.

An undocumented woman from Mexico who's been living in a church in North Philadelphia since last December occupied U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's office in Center City.

Each time there’s a new report or newspaper article about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, Chuck Gesin ...

Journey for Justice travelers call ruling a relief but say Congress must ultimately decide whether U.S. will harbor immigrants from dangerous parts of the world.

A Montgomery County judge sentenced disgraced comedian Bill Cosby to three to ten years in state prison