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The Senate rejected a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants on Saturday, a defeat that pushes any effort to reform immigration into the next Congress where conservatives will have even more influence.

The coalition's efforts were part of a larger get-out-the vote campaign by Latino organizations across the country. Some Latino activists have warned that they planned to sit out the election because of frustration over a lack of progress on comprehensive immigration reform by the Obama administration.

President Obama appealed to Hispanics on Wednesday to support Democrats in the November elections despite his failed promise to pass an immigration overhaul.

President Obama is expected to sign the measure, which will add 1,500 troops and immigration officials to beef up security along the border with Mexico.

Interrupting its summer recess, the Senate approved a $600-million border security bill Thursday morning, sending President Obama his request for 1,500 more troops and immigration officials to beef up security along the border with Mexico.

Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring, as the Obama administration continued an aggressive enforcement strategy championed under President George W. Bush.

President Barack Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive approach is the only way to fix what he and others say is a system badly in need of repair.

The move by the Obama administration, a rare federal intervention in state affairs, carries political risks.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Tuesday that she intends to press the issue of border security in a meeting this week with President Barack Obama at the White House.

A Boston immigration judge has granted President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango asylum, clearing the way for her to stay in the United States and possibly to become a US citizen, her lawyers said today.

President Obama on Friday strongly criticized restrictive immigration legislation pending in Arizona, calling for a federal overhaul of the nation’s laws instead.