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Mexico City, Aug 3 (EFE).- Mexico should grant "temporary permits" to Central Americans passing through the country on their way to the United States to reduce attacks on them, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights rapporteur for migrant workers and ...

By The 1,000 kilometers of impenetrable barrier constructed along the Mexico-United States border, with the aim of stemming illegal human immigration, is also hampering the movements of animals, including several endangered species, a recent study finds. ...

The mayor of Hazleton, Pa., says a federal appeals court has vacated a mandate that had declared the northeastern Pennsylvania city's controversial immigration ordinance unconstitutional. The Standard-Speaker of Hazleton reports (http://bit.ly/qKTcxo) ...

By The 1,000 kilometers of impenetrable barrier constructed along the Mexico-United States border, with the aim of stemming illegal human immigration, is also hampering the movements of animals, including several endangered species, a recent study finds. ...

Media reports quote anonymous Israeli officials saying Israel has decided, after all, to negotiate a two-state arrangement with the Palestinians based on the 1967 borders. The reports have a certain shock value; reading between the lines, the shock ...

The feds want to make green cards easier to get for foreigners who have dreams of starting businesses in America, officials said Tuesday. Alejandro Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced a policy shift Tuesday that ...

Alabama officials Tuesday criticized a Justice Department lawsuit challenging the states tough new immigration law, arguing that the federal governments failure to enforce its own immigration statutes had forced the states to do so. Alabama House ...

Stephen Yale-Loehr, a faculty member at the Cornell University Law School and an authority on U.S. immigration law, is available for interviews after the 1 p.m. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announcement today. U.S. Citizenship and ...

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The U.S. Justice Department is challenging a new Alabama immigration law that would let police detain people stopped for traffic offenses if they are suspected of being in the country illegally. The Alabama law is described as one ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - With Alabama's controversial immigration law set to go into effect next month, teachers and faculty across the state are deeply concerned about how the measure will effect their students. The state education board expects the ...