CRIMINAL LAW

A new bill gives animal shelters the ability to run background checks on people hoping to adopt a new pet.

While co-sleeping is not criminalized, parents can be charged with manslaughter or criminal negligence if they ignore the considerable dangers that could lead to their child's death.

The president-elect says he plans to end Barack Obama’s executive order, which provides temporary protection for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.

The women were punished for minor, nonviolent infractions at a jail in Pittsburgh.

California is home to more than 1 million of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

In line with a slight decline in the American prison population, 22 states have shut down prison facilities since 2011 and some are benefiting financially.

The study, conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, found that setting the 576,000 inmates free could save $20 billion annually.

Marine Le Pen, the president of the far-right Front National and a possible future president of France, proposed blocking undocumented immigrants' access to France's welfare benefits.

Other major cities have also allocated funds for undocumented immigrants, such as providing free ID cards that give them access to numerous city and municipal services.

"Without a doubt. I think everybody knew she did it," the former bodyguard said this week.

A fractured Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on a major piece of immigration reform this week.

In the last two weeks, 300 churches in the U.S. volunteered to provide physical shelter and health services for immigrants at risk of deportation.

The Kansas Secretary of State suggested allowing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to train local police officers to locate and detain illegal immigrants.

The Southern Poverty Law Center interviewed 300 detainees at six facilities in the South.

There are costs and benefits to U.S. economy associated with immigration.

#HereToStay began to trend on Twitter following the 2016 presidential election results.

A woman in City Heights has been charged with harboring 44 undocumented immigrants on her property.

Trump has been vilifying immigrants since he launched his presidential campaign last year.

There were 8 million undocumented immigrants working or looking for work in 2014.

Detectives have received more than 100 tips related to the jogger's homicide case.

The International Criminal Court is expected to investigate the U.S. for alleged war crimes and human rights abuses in Afghanistan.