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ST. LOUIS - A group of Muslim immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship sued federal officials on Friday, claiming they've been left in limbo for months or years because of slow background checks. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of 33 plaintiffs ...

Canada is about to prove itself good friends with movie studios and record companies, trying to pass the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) we?ve been hearing about for the past few months. The idea behind this proposed international agreement ...

USCM Policy on Comprehensive Immigration Reform   WHEREAS, our federal immigration system is broken and has become mismatched to the economic and social realities of cities; and WHEREAS, the existing system has created waiting lists for most ...

Laredo Mayor Advocates Long-Term Solution to Immigration, Homeland Security Challenges on US-Mexico Border By Laredo (TX) Mayor Raul Salinas June 2, 2008 For years, my predecessors, Mayor Saul Ramirez and Mayor Betty Flores, have traveled to Washington ...

EASTSOUND, Wash. - Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care - not for anything. He is afraid border agents will stop him and ...

PLAINFIELD, N.J. - A group opposed to illegal immigration is using federal anti-corruption laws to sue a New Jersey property manager for allegedly renting apartments to undocumented immigrants. The Immigration Reform Law Institute is suing ...

ST. LOUIS -- A group of Muslim immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship sued federal officials on Friday, claiming they've been left in limbo for months or years because of slow background checks. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of 33 plaintiffs ...

eborah HowellOmbudsmanThe Washington Post1150 15th St. NWWashington, D.C. 20071 I write to lodge a formal complaint about the series of articles published this week in The Washington Post about detention healthcare. Disguised as objective investigative ...

Kelly NantelPress SecretaryOffice of Public AffairsU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement As the ombudsman for The Post. I operate independently of the newsroom and management. I have looked at this complaint and ...

LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- Local police are accustomed to dealing with illegal border crossings but were astounded by the video of 15 Chinese immigrants unfolding themselves from the back of a sport-utility vehicle near this small border town. The SUV ...