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RE : Contrary to Republican edicts, the party's nominee for the White House is unusually moderate in his stance on illegal immigration. Although John McCain supports the building of a border fence, his voting record shows a willingness to reform the ...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called a Colombian raid that killed two-dozen guerrillas in Ecuador a 'war crime' Wednesday and joined Ecuador's president in demanding international condemnation of the cross-border attack. 'We ...

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. When officials in this suburban Chicago community began proposing hardline anti-illegal immigration policies last year, pro-immigrant rights activists rallied. Council meetings overflowed with thousands, mostly people who wanted to ...

-worker, $38 billion agency fails to deliver on a slew of projects Stumping for President Bush's ill-fated immigration overhaul in 2006, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff vowed that his department would wrest 'operational control' of the ...

BOSTON: Immigration officials have learned humanitarian lessons from a factory raid a year ago that was criticized for separating families and leaving children without proper care, the agency's director said. Most of the 361 workers arrested at ...

WASHINGTON Republicans on Wednesday presented a large package of 15 enforcement-focused bills, many designed to shut off the flow of illegals. No provision in the package mimics the 2006 comprehensive immigration reform measures proposed by Sens. Ted ...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen (r) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the Pentagon, 05 Mar 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he does not expect fighting to break out between Colombia and Venezuela, and that if it does he ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he does not expect fighting to break out between Colombia and Venezuela, and that if it does he believes the Colombian military can successfully defend its country. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Joint ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexicans living abroad sent fewer dollars home in January, reflecting the impact of a slowing U.S. economy and the crackdown on illegal immigration. Mexicans sent home $1.65 billion in the first month of the year, down 6 percent from ...

(Adds details, Chertoff comments) WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. homeland security chief vowed to install more high-tech equipment along the border with Mexico and said on Wednesday the first section of a 'virtual fence' was working despite ...