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EX-U.S. DRUG CZAR WARNS OF MEXICAN BORDER RUSH EL PASO -- Former U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey contends that millions of people may rush to cross the U.S. border if security conditions worsen and lead to a governmental collapse in Mexico. 'A failure by ...

B.C. flood victims eligible for up to $300,000 each in disaster assistance The B.C. government is offering help to flood victims in the Fraser Valley and on southern Vancouver Island, based on the fact they won't receive compensation from insurance ...

Hudson Institute Presidential Transition Papers Download PDF (151.7 KB) Latin America has enjoyed a lengthy period of economic and political progress, which should be celebrated. Broadly speaking, the region is in relatively good shape. But there could ...

An Edmonton-area man is accused of trying to smuggle 10 semi-automatic handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition into Alberta. Officials with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Coutts border crossing say they made the seizure last ...

An Edmonton-area man is accused of trying to smuggle 10 semi-automatic handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition into Alberta. Officials with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Coutts border crossing say they made the seizure last ...

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. - A plaza that has stood for the goodwill between Mexico and the United States is closing to make way for a triple fence along the U.S. southern border. The plans for the fence were announced by the California State Parks ...

The Bush administration has issued a ruling that illegal immigrants do not have a constitutional right to effective legal representation in deportation hearings, closing off one of the most common avenues for appealing deportation decisions. The ruling, ...

Beginning today, the U.S. government will collect DNA samples from immigrants arrested and detained, despite concerns that the move violates their privacy rights. The new Justice Department policy also will expand DNA collection to people arrested on ...

Philippe CalandIndependent filmmaker Philippe Caland has had his ups and downs since coming to Hollywood 20 years ago. His most recent film, Ripple Effect, features three major stars, Forest Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver. The Beirut-born ...

Michael Chertoff, the US Homeland Security Secretary, said he ordered law enforcement agencies last summer to devise a strategy for dealing with the kind of violence plaguing Mexico after the death rate from the ongoing warfare there reached a critical ...