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If passed, new legislation will mean that families members including same-sex partners will be able to gain faster entry to the US. This is part of the ongoing efforts at immigration reform in the US. Family based immigration would be given priority; ...

The Obama administration on Friday released its comprehensive strategy for stemming the flow of illegal weapons and drug revenue into Mexico in an effort to help the Mexican government combat drug cartels and stop a recent spate of violence along the ...

PHOENIXAuthorities say they have busted the third drop house for illegal immigrants found in the Phoenix area in the last few days. Officer Robert Bailey with the Arizona Department of Public Safety says the third house was raided Monday. Authorities ...

Fears of long lineups at border crossings between Canada and the U.S. failed to materialize Monday, the first day new identification rules went into effect. At the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit --the busiest crossing between the two ...

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A number of senior American officials, including US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, are considering immediate talks on outlining Israel's future border with the West Bank. The American proposal was raised in recent weeks following Israeli suggestions ...

Filemn Lpez, left, hosts La Hora Mixteca, a bilingual program in Mixtec and Spanish, with Juan Santiago. FRESNO, Calif. The voice trembled with anguish. Please, Esmeralda Santiago pleaded, calling into a radio show here aimed at the poorest of ...

North Korea have convicted two US journalists and sentenced them to 12 years of 'reform through labour' for crossing into its territory. The Obama administration said it would pursue 'all possible channels' to win the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee. ...

HARTFORD, Conn. Federal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids that critics say were retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally, a federal judge has ruled. The ...

(HARTFORD, Conn.) ? Federal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids that critics say were retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally, a federal judge has ruled. ...

WASHINGTON -- Some Mexican truckers can't wait for the Obama administration to reinstate cross-border trucking. Thousands of carriers are suing the U.S. government for reneging on Bush's policy of opening the border to select Mexican trucking companies. ...

CAMPO, Calif. The U.S. Border Patrol says a truck driver has been arrested at a checkpoint in California after 73 illegal immigrants from Mexico were found in the back of his rig. A statement from the agency Monday said the 50-year-old driver from Mexico ...

The latest segment of the border fence under construction is in the Rio Grande Valley, stretching in segments between Penitas, Texas and Brownsville, Texas, totaling approximately 95 miles. There are between fifty-five and seventy-nine gates that will ...

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A new coalition launched a campaign yesterday in the nation's capital to press Congress for comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year. The Reform Immigration FOR America campaign announced its plan to garner enough votes to pass what it says ...

A Polish-born scientist in Idaho who was facing deportation because of a bureaucratic error has been granted permanent U.S. residency, The Spokesman-Review, a newspaper in Spokane, Wash., reports. The scientist, Katarzyna Dziewanowska, had studied ...

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The case of a missing Framingham immigrant has led to the arrest of a part-time football assistant at Xaverian Brothers High School and a Massachusetts Turnpike toll taker, both now accused of first-degree murder, although police have not found a body, ...

Sonoita, Ariz. Ten illegal immigrants in the back of an SUV crammed with at least 27 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday. The Ford Excursion had no rear seat and ...

Nigerians representing 83% out of 70,000 that applied for the United States of America visa last year were granted, U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sander has said. The envoy said this at a briefing and tour of the U.S. Consular Section for ...