Construction has begun on the U.S.-México border fence south of Weslaco, Texas.

The Department of Homeland Security plans to build a fence through Friendship Park - on the border between Tijuana and San Diego - in order to slow down "illegal crossings and attacks on Border Patrol agents."

Under a new pact, Mexico will begin deporting Cubans without papers.

Jobs for day laborers have become scarce in the current economy.

Latino advocates of pro-immigration legislation in North Carolina receive threats of violence.

Spain has approved a self-deportation plan that allows over two million of unemployed immigrants to receive unemployment benefits and other incentives – as long as they stay out of the country for three years.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested nearly 80 immigrants during a week-long operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. has dropped dramatically in the last three years, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center. An estimated 300,000 less immigrants have entered the U.S. in the last three years compared to 2000 through 2004.

Reason magazine presents "What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand?," an illustrated guide about the harsh realities of legally immigrating to America. (via Boing Boing)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Ralph Basham has announced that the fence between the United States and Mexico may not be completed by the January 20, 2009 deadline. President George W. Bush wanted the border barrier to be finished by the end of his term.