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SAN DIEGOA moderate earthquake has rocked Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.7 quake was centered five miles southeast of Ocotillo near the U.S.-Mexico border. It was initially reported as a magnitude-5.9 temblor. The ...

Immigrants convicted of minor drug offenses should not face automatic deportation, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, a decision that could allow thousands of legal immigrants the chance to argue for leniency from immigration judges. The court ...

Washington -- The Supreme Court blocked the government Monday from routinely deporting legal immigrants for minor drug-possession convictions, a decision that immigrant-rights lawyers said will spare tens of thousands of otherwise law-abiding residents ...

WASHINGTONA single tablet of an anti-anxiety drug got Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo 10 days in jail in Texas and a quick deportation to his native Mexico. Too quick, a unanimous Supreme Court said Monday, in a ruling that could affect thousands of legal ...

Listen WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. government contractor is still assembling a key passport component in Thailand despite repeated warnings about security risks, ABC News reported. In a report conducted jointly with the Center for Public ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Republican nominee for a New Mexico congressional seat suggested during a radio interview that the United States could place land mines along the Mexican border to secure the international boundary. Asked Monday to clarify, Tom ...

Border wait times at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., with Detroit, Mich., will now be posted on Twitter as part of a pilot project to communicate wait times at all land border crossings between Canada and the United States. (Dave ...

- Question: I have a Masters Degree in Business Administration and want to obtain an H-1B. Are they all used up yet? Answer: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 24, 2005, that it has received approximately 6,400 H-1B ...

Shown here is Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. (FNC) America's mayors on Monday went on record in opposition to Arizona's immigration law, voting for a pair of resolutions that would amount to one of the broadest condemnations to date of the policy. The ...

OKLAHOMA CITY The U.S. Conference of Mayors has approved resolutions condemning Arizona's new immigration law and asking Congress for an overhaul of federal immigration policies. Conference spokeswoman Elena Temple-Webb says both resolutions were ...