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A warehouse in Compton, Calif., for Viz Cattle, the American unit of Mexico?s SuKarne Global. A company official said Viz sold $80 million of Mexican beef in the United States last year. MEXICO?S economy has suffered a series of blows in recent ...

A warehouse in Compton, Calif., for Viz Cattle, the American unit of Mexicos SuKarne Global. A company official said Viz sold $80 million of Mexican beef in the United States last year. MEXICOS economy has suffered a series of blows in recent months ...

SACRAMENTO - Californias Chinese immigrants helped build ships, levees, irrigation systems, and the transcontinental railroad. They worked in farm fields and mines and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries. For their efforts, for decades they ...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf posted a $45,000 bond Wednesday in Washington state for drug and burglary charges out of Texas after being arrested by customs agents as he returned to the United States from Canada. James Farren, the district attorney in ...

Whether the issue is drug smuggling, illegal immigration, or the terrorist threat, securing America's borders is a vital security challenge. The first 100 days of Barack Obama's Administration have provided a glimpse of how President Obama will tackle ...

In an expansion of its crackdown on drug cartels, the Obama administration plans to announce Thursday that it will give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the authority to investigate drug crimes. Justice Department officials refused to divulge ...

Two teenagers convicted of simple assault in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant that sparked outrage from Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups were each sentenced Wednesday to at least six months behind bars. Schuylkill County Judge ...

Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents. His own family: absent. His mother was recently deported back to Nicaragua. His father rarely ventures out in public in fear of ...

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday did not accept $1.4 million in state funds to help the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office enforce illegal immigration laws. The motion to accept the money died in a 2-2 vote. ...

James Farren, the district attorney in Randall County in West Texas, said Leaf was arrested Wednesday by federal customs agents. Legal assistant Jennifer Bonstein said Leaf declined to waive extradition during a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Bellingham, ...

The Obama administration is preparing to give more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents authority to make drug arrests to assist Mexico's bloody battle with drug cartels, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told senators today. The decision ...

(CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) vowed Monday that the Senate would consider a ?comprehensive? immigration reform bill that would include giving amnesty to illegal aliens?an item he referred to as ?bringing the 11 ...

WASHINGTON - Federal immigration agents will get expanded powers to help fight Mexican drug cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday. Holder said an announcement is imminent on a new agreement between the Justice Department and the Department ...

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The Obama administration has changed course and will now allow same-sex couples to use their spouse's surname when they apply for passports with the US State Department, a gay activist group said today in Boston. A gay ...

By John R. Ellement, Globe staff The Obama administration has changed course and will now allow same sex couples to use their spouse's surname when they apply for passports with the US State Department, a gay activist group said in Boston today. A gay ...

You don't need to go to Iran or North Korea to find secret courts. They're alive and well right here in the United States. On March 26, 2009, I was denied access to immigration courts in Eloy and Florence, Arizona, even though a federal regulation ...

WASHINGTON, US - The election of Barack Obama as the first African-American US president, the financial crisis and immigration have formed a lethal cocktail leading to a spike in hate crimes, rights leaders warned Tuesday. 'This toxic combination of the ...

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BROWNSVILLE Apprehensions of illegal immigrants dropped dramatically in 2008, continuing a three-year decline attributed to the increase in Border Patrol surveillance and the poor U.S. economy, the Department of Homeland Securitys Office of Immigration ...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Millions of files containing detailed information about U.S. immigrants - including their spouses' names, as well as personal photographs and letters - will soon become available to the public through a federal facility in ...