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In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a hefty catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. border, authorities said. The Mexican military seized 45 pounds of marijuana, a sports utility vehicle and a ...

(Source: The Miami Herald) It took a Miami federal jury about 30 minutes Thursday to convict Cuban migrant Yanny Aguila Urbay on a conspiracy charge of trying to buy hundreds of stolen high-powered rifles, grenades and explosives to ship to the West ...

Heres an interesting puzzle for you: Aslam works 70 hours a week washing cars at a small garage in Washington DC and earns $1,200 a month. His colleague Gonzales, who also washes cars, works only 40 hours a week but earns $2,400 a month. Care to guess ...

In what seems like a scene straight out of a Monty Python movie, Mexican soldiers seized a giant catapult believed to have been used to fling drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Acting on a tip from the U.S. Border Patrol, the Mexican military ...

Does the Constitution really say that children of illegal immigrants are automatic citizens? W hile 2010s immigration debate centered on the controversial Arizona law, 2011s promises to be focused on a different -- and even more explosive -- ...

Illegal immigration continues. While there has been a decrease in the illegal immigrant population in the U.S. since the economic recession began, there are still an estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants inside the United States. As soon as the ...

Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach - a catapult. National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several ...

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Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach a catapult. U.S. National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system at the Naco Border Patrol Station say they observed several ...

Republicans want a return to workplace immigration raids They say they'll use their new majority in the House to press for more aggressive enforcement without any path to legal status. Deportations of illegal immigrants have reached new heights for two ...