About 60 marchers gathered at Liberty State Park in Jersey City this morning -- in front of the foot bridge to Ellis Island -- before setting out on a 10-mile walk intended to highlight the need for immigration reform.

Starting in Jersey City near the foot bridge to Ellis Island, nearly 100 advocates for immigration reform staged a 10-mile walk to the Elizabeth detention center today, to highlight the plight of immigrant detainees there and to press for reforms allowing most of the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants to become citizens.

Several hundred participants are expected to attend a rally advocating comprehensive immigration reform at a downtown Kalamazoo church Sunday.

Protesters today hold a vigil calling for immigration reform outside the federal building in Syracuse.

An ecumenical prayer vigil for immigration reform will be held at 6 p.m. today at Las Americas Faith Community/Trinity United Methodist Church, 1548 Eighth St.

Reforming immigration policy is better handled on the national level than through piecemeal policy changes that vary from state to state, members of pro-immigrant groups said at a news conference in the State Capitol Thursday.

Local faith and community leaders will gather together tonight as part of a nationwide effort to pass immigration reform legislation.

Backers of the Obama administration's promise to overhaul U.S. immigration laws are holding a town hall meeting at a Detroit church.

Immigration activists in Georgia have kicked off a week of activities to signal the start of a concentrated push for immigration reform.

ocal students hope art will draw attention to their dreams for higher education.