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Advocates say US government policy has caused hundreds of deaths while border patrol blames 'alien smugglers'. Humanitarian advocacy groups say the US government is at fault for heightening risks of crossing the Mexico-US border, where hundreds perish in ...

Immigrant workers from the Americas who live in the U.S. are largely from Mexico. Thats according to the first International Migration In The Americas Report from the Organization of American States. The reports authors found that of the emigrant ...

The fast-growing population in the United States of people of Mexican origin increased far more in the last decade from births here than from immigration from Mexico, according to a report Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. After "one of the largest ...

By Mike Brunkermsnbc.com writer and editorWhile numerous U.S. officials have said violence along the U.S.-Mexico border fueled by drug trafficking poses an increasing threat to Americans, a review of data from more than 1,600 local and federal law ...

- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. It was decided it long before I had my college diploma in hand that I would make a beeline back to California. Spurring me along were the Beach Boys falsetto-ing their surfing songs while the Mamas and the ...

child strains to see then President George W. Bush at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington June 26, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst PHOENIX | Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:33pm BST PHOENIX (Reuters) - For the first time births have overtaken ...

The trend is most significant in the Mexican-American community where during 2000 to 2010 births outnumbered immigrants significantly. It's also a change from the previous two decades. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us ...

A few years ago, Mark Stein wrote a book on the states often goofy borders. Why, for example, is the Upper Peninsula not part of Wisconsin, to which it is attached, rather than of Michigan, to which it is not? How the States Got Their Shapes was ...

Ten illegal immigrants from Mexico were arrested on drug trafficking charges after federal and Las Vegas law enforcement officials seized 212 pounds of drugs worth $5.7 million in the largest methamphetamine bust in Nevada history, authorities announced ...

Married same-sex couples find their commitment has no standing in the eyes of immigration agents when one partner isn't a citizen. The Obama administration says their cases are a low priority, but that doesn't always prevent deportation. Bradford Wells, ...

This program, launched in 2004 and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is aimed to protect Mexican nationals from high temperatures and dangerous conditions near the border during the height of summer. "We are committed to provide these ...

The U.S. recession and the global financial crisis did not lead to an increase in the number of immigrants returning to Mexico, a new study shows. "Migration in both directions between the United States and Mexico slowed during the recession, but our ...

(NewsCore) - NEW YORK -- Immigrant hotel maids and their supporters plan to come knocking at Dominique Strauss-Kahn's $50,000-a-month New York City townhouse Thursday night. The contingent -- which includes advocates for battered women, for housekeepers ...

PHOENIX: For the first time births have overtaken immigration as the main driver of dynamic growth in the US Hispanic population, according to a new study released on Thursday. The survey found the new trend especially evident among Mexican-Americans, ...

A Myanmese diplomat has requested asylum in the United States, apparently in response to a crackdown by his government after the defection of a senior colleague this month. ...

SAN BERNARDINO Seven illegal immigrant students arrested in a Southern California street protest are now waiting to see whether they will be deported in a test of the Obama administration's immigration policy, students said Thursday. The students ...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a U.S. visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery because a ...

A Mexican migrant worker has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of men and women who allegedly beat him in northwest Iowa, as well as two police officers accused of covering up the crime. The federal lawsuit, filed on behalf of Rafael Trevino, 43, ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio addresses the media during an immigration and I.D. theft sweep Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Mesas Alpine Valley Bread bakery outlet. By Mike Sakal, Tribune Ahwatukee Foothills News | 0 comments The Maricopa County ...

The fast-growing population in the United States of people of Mexican origin increased far more in the last decade from births here than from immigration from Mexico, according to a report on Thursday by the . After one of the largest mass migrations in ...