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LO DE LUNA, Mexico -- The effects of the subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. economy have cascaded into Mexico, causing a sudden, precipitous drop in the flow of money sent home by Mexican immigrants and highlighting this country's ...

SANTA TECLA, El Salvador - When Oscar Ordoez, 56, pleaded guilty to attempted theft in Colorado, he didn't realize he could lose his right to live in the USA. Now he sits on his sister's balcony overlooking the green Salvadoran hills, dreaming of the ...

was thrown into doubt later when the refugee leader said Thai authorities were moving him and 15 other North Koreans from a Bangkok detention center to another facility north of the capital. The leader, who requested to be identified only by his surname, ...

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MADRIDPatricia Snchez stands in front of her flower stand in Madrid's Tirso de Molina Square and speaks about her life as an immigrant in Spain. 'My intention was to remain about three to six months and then return, like all immigrants say they will,' ...

The head of the grassroots immigration organization Numbers USA believes President Bush has finally gotten the message when it comes to the problem of illegal immigration and is allowing federal agents to step up enforcement. Roy Beck shares his pleasure ...

The numbers are in from this years lottery for H-1B visas and, as expected, the number of requests far surpassed the number available. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during the five-day period it accepted them, reports InformationWeek. Of ...

WASHINGTON: Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion (?6.6 billion) in military and economic aid, according to a government watchdog agency. The ...

Government watchdog says militants present despite billions in U.S. aid WASHINGTON - Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion in military and ...

WASHINGTON Democrats called the assessment appalling because of past congressional mandates that demanded the nation do more to coordinate efforts by federal agencies. Some federal agencies, including the Defense Department, agreed with the findings. But ...

WASHINGTON: Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion (?6.6 billion) in military and economic aid, according to a government watchdog agency. The ...

(FORTUNE Small Business) -- Axiom Microdevices, a semiconductor company in Irvine, Calif., is embroiled in an increasingly futile annual ritual - the scramble by U.S. businesses to score scarce H-1B visas for their highly skilled foreign employees. Axiom ...

The driver of the truck and five illegal immigrants were taken to a Border Patrol station, agency spokesman Daniel Doty said. He did not know about any others who may have also fled the truck or the immigration status of the driver. The truck driver said ...

(CNN) -- Federal immigration agents fanned out across five states Wednesday, detaining hundreds of employees of Pilgrim's Pride, one of the nation's largest poultry companies. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with the U.S. ...

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) - The government must act fast to help the nation's economy, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain told business leaders Wednesday. Speaking one day after a major speech announcing his plan for economic ...

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough regular H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2009. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS Federal agents arrested hundreds of people Wednesday in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal-immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers. In separate sweeps, authorities also ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) -- Federal agents arrested hundreds of people Wednesday in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers. In separate sweeps, ...

0 The arrests were made over a five-state area and involved employees at five of Pilgrim's plants. The 400 represent about 4 percent of Pilgrim's work force at those plants, the company said in a statement. No civil or criminal charges have been filed ...