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WASHINGTON - The nation's immigration courts are now so clogged that nearly 90,000 people accused of being in the United States illegally waited at least two years for a judge to decide whether they must leave, one of the last bottlenecks in a push to ...

BAGHDAD -- Iranian officials have resurrected a decades-old sea-border dispute with Iraq, raising tensions that could become a stumbling block to Washington's recent outreach to Tehran. The spat -- over territory through which most of Iraq's oil exports ...

9:57 am TWN, By Robin Emmott, Reuters LAREDO, Texas -- Ending years of lax controls, the United States is stepping up checks of vehicles heading into Mexico to stop weapons and cash fueling a drug war south of the border. But local U.S. officials on the ...

CIUDAD JUaREZ -- A simple, unpaved road running along New Mexico's southern border is generating excitement among state officials eager to see more commercial development in the Santa Teresa area of Dona Ana County. For the first time, the Mexicanbuilt, ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of ...

U.S. MUST GET CONTROL OF BORDER A very real danger now exists along the border with Mexico, and I see little about that threat being published in the U.S. media. I'm more than a little worried about that. The U.S. military says Mexico is on the verge of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The meager pay Tembeni Fazo earns from occasional housekeeping work was never enough to support one household, let alone two, but now the U.S. recession is forcing the African immigrant to make more sacrifices. 'If I don't send money ...

The attention that President Obama's administration is finally paying to the many issues involving our southern neighbor shines a light on how troubled the U.S./Mexico relationship really is. It's been much easier for past administrations to ignore ...

(CBS) Though he does not believe violence along the U.S. Mexico border poses an existential threat to Americans, President Obama says he is considering deploying U.S. troops to the border area. ?Obviously there have been calls to increase National ...

Whats received less attention is the impact Hispanics had on down-ticket races. Latinos supported Democrats in races for the Senate and House by even slightly higher margins than they gave Obama. The Pew Hispanic Center, using exit polls published by ...

? The U.S. is not under any obligation to be in a big rush to start any sort of cross-border program and sacrifice safety in the meantime, OOIDA President Jim Johnston explained in a letter sent to President Barack Obama late Thursday, March 26. The ...

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U.S. WARNS TRUCKERS ON BORDER WASHINGTON -- A government-funded intelligence group is warning U.S. trucking companies working in Mexico or near the border to establish special security procedures in light of the surge in drug-related violence along the ...

U.S. gov?t adds cops (front page) Using increasing drug cartel violence in Mexico as a pretext, Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced March 24 at the White House that Washington is sending at least 450 more ...

The U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said that Pakistan?s Afghan border regions had turned into ?the most dangerous place in the world. Obama pledged a major effort, including through a spike in economic assistance, to bring stability to ...

The Justice Department announced today that it is making grant funding available for public education programs concerning immigration-related employment discrimination. The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices ...

A United States court for the first time ruled that a Chinese national who was persecuted by the Chinese authorities for helping North Korean refugees are entitled to asylum, RFA reported Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled ...

LAREDO, Texas (Reuters) - Ending years of lax controls, the United States is stepping up checks of vehicles heading into Mexico to stop weapons and cash fueling a drug war south of the border. But local U.S. officials on the border are clamoring for even ...

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