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Yesterdays decision by the Obama administration to forestall the deportations of undocumented immigrants who dont pose a threat do public safety is a huge, huge deal. Not just for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who wont be ...

In a move that could shake up the U.S. immigration system, the Department of Homeland Security is going to begin reviewing all 300,000 pending deportation cases. ...

The Obama administration established a new policy on Thursday, virtually stopping deporting students who are in the U.S. illegally, taking steps even as Congress has resisted passing the DREAM Act, which would allow children of illegal immigrants a ...

In a radical step forward, the Obama Administration announced a policy revision in dealing with the deportation of 300,000 illegal immigrants in the U.S., in addition to announcing work permits and jobs for them. The federal authorities will review the ...

SAN DIEGO - Federal officials said Thursday that they've busted a drug-trafficking ring involving Mexico's most powerful cartel and members of an Iraqi immigrant community in the U.S. who were caught selling illegal drugs, assault rifles, grenades and ...

Ironically, this bill (and others like it) comes when illegal immigration from Mexico has "sputtered to a trickle," according to Douglas S. Massey, co-director of Princeton University's Mexican Migration Project. Massey, quoted in a New York Times ...

U.S. authorities will review the cases of 300,000 illegal immigrants slated for deportation to make sure they are not focusing on deporting people "who are low priorities for deportation," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday. ...

After the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that modifies the requirements for non-immigrant nurses, these health care professionals may soon change employers even while their new visa is still in process. According to a report of the ...

Many illegal immigrants who were facing deportation despite having no criminal record will be allowed to stay in the country and apply for a work permit under new rules from the Homeland Security Department. Republicans are balking at the change. ...

Asia-Plus - Head of the Tajik State National Security Committee Saymumin Jatimov and the U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Mr. Ken Gross have signed an addendum to the Tajik-U.S. agreement on drug control and law enforcement cooperation signed on August 18 ...