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MIAMI --While their fellow college students sleep off the night's revelry, four South Florida students are celebrating the New Year with a slightly more active approach. On Friday, the group embarked on a 1,500 mile trek from Miami to Washington, D.C., ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged on Friday to promote a more open U.S. immigration policy during his third term, much as he made a campaign against illegal guns a hallmark of his second term. "With leaders from across ...

Monica Chavarria preparing for treatment at a dialysis clinic in Guadalajara, Mexico. EJIDO MODELO, Mexico On the two-hour bus rides from her village on Lake Chapala to a dialysis clinic in Guadalajara, Monica Chavarrias thoughts would inevitably turn ...

WASHINGTON - Immigration prosecutions rose to record levels in 2009 as the Obama administration kept up aggressive enforcement that began under President George W. Bush. Nearly 27,000 people faced serious federal charges relating to immigration in 2009, ...

MIR ALI, Pakistan Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike has killed three people near the Afghan border. The two officials said early Friday's attack destroyed a car carrying three men in a village near Mir Ali, which is a main ...

Federal authorities have agreed not to prosecute the Pilgrims Pride Corporation, a major chicken processor, for hiring illegal immigrant workers, and the company has agreed to pay the federal government $4.5 million over three years, said federal ...

US lawmakers have approved a measure that would end the government's practice of annulling foreigners' applications for permanent residency when their American spouses die within the first two years of the marriage. Osserritta Robinson was just 24 when ...

Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) said late Wednesday it will pay the U.S. government $4.5 million over the next three years to settle a two-year investigation into identity theft and employment at five of its plants. No civil or criminal charges were filed against ...

By Washington Key Senate Republicans and Democrats have hammered out a plan that would provide undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship. This plan isnt perfect but it is a strong agreement and a good solution, Senator Edward Kennedy, standing ...