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By Diana Furchtgott-Roth Washington, Mar 17 (bdnews24.com)-When people think of what to do to help the U.S. economic recovery, admitting more immigrants into America isn't what usually comes to mind. But a new study by Arlene Holen, an economist and ...

Two new reports document something that has emerged as a serious issue for federal immigration authorities: a lack of adequate health care for detainees. With some 400,000 people held by immigration authorities last year alone, stories of inadequate ...

(Miami) - The medical care system in US immigration detention is dangerously inadequate, with unique consequences for women, and improving health care for immigration detainees should be a top priority for the new administration, Human Rights Watch and ...

MOSCOW: Russia's defense minister charged on Tuesday that the United States and Nato were beefing up their military presence near Russia's borders in a bid for natural resources that could ignite new conflicts. President Dmitry Medvedev said that Nato ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States is looking at sending troops or anti-narcotics agents to the Mexican border to fight the scourge of violent drug cartels, a US general said on Tuesday. A team from several government agencies was drawing up a strategy ...

Hispanic Democrats will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources. The meeting is the first face-to-face sit-down between Obama and the Congressional ...

-year-old man, who apparently migrated from Cuba, yesterday shot four family members to death before turning the gun on himself in what is the city of Miami's second murder-suicide in weeks. The man, who the Miami Herald claims is Guillermo Lopez, ...

WASHINGTON?Various media outlets reported that the Mexican government has placed tariffs on 90 American agricultural and manufactured exports as payback for the United States Congress?s recent decision to officially cease the cross-border trucking ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) Asian-American members of the US Congress on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to reform immigration by year end, saying the current system was tearing families in their community apart. Mike Honda, chair of the Congressional Asian ...

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