Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., says Wednesday that the National Park Service is overstaffed. Duncan said the NPS closed parks to make the shutdown more inconvenient.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says Wednesday the time for immigration reform is now. Pelosi, along with a group of Democratic members of Congress, including Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., left, unveiled their immigration reform bill at a news conference.

Rosa Martha Zárate Macías, coordinator of the group of activists and former migrant laborers, says Thursday the Mexican government withheld 10 percent of migrant laborer’s earnings in savings accounts. The group ended their U.S stay in front of the...

Latin artists at the White House finish the morning’s workshop by singing “La Bamba” Monday at the White House. Emilio Estefan, left, and Marco Antonio Solís, right, accompany the guitarist in song.