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ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked key parts of Georgia's new illegal immigration crackdown from taking effect July 1. Judge Thomas Thrash issued a preliminary injunction halting Georgia from authorizing police officers to question ...

0 Comments | Post a Comment ATLANTA -- A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked parts of Georgia's strict new law targeting illegal immigration, including a provision that authorizes police to check the immigration status of suspects without ...

(MEXICO CITY) Masked gunmen stormed a train in southeastern Mexico and kidnapped at least 80 Central American migrants presumably bound for the United States, a priest who runs a migrant shelter said Monday. The Rev. Alejandro Solalinde said migrants ...

The Obama administration nearly doubled the number of countries that may face U.S. sanctions for not doing enough to combat human trafficking, calling on those and other nations to get serious and take tough steps to eradicate the lucrative illicit ...

MEXICO CITY Masked gunmen stormed a train in southeastern Mexico and kidnapped at least 80 Central American migrants presumably bound for the United States, a priest who runs a migrant shelter said Monday. The Rev. Alejandro Solalinde said migrants who ...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against a Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) unit, alleging the company imposed unnecessary documentary requirements on non- U.S. citizens when establishing their authority to work in the country. The department's ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked two key parts of Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, just as the governor in neighboring South Carolina signed a measure to impose new immigration restrictions there. The actions are the ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley signed changes into law on Monday that grant more power to police to check whether people are illegal immigrants, a move expected to face legal challenges after similar measures met with lawsuits in other states. The ...

ATLANTA, June 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Atlanta Monday issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of a Georgia immigration law scheduled to take effect this week. The order by Judge Thomas Thrash means the law, which would penalize those who ...