Immigration News from around the Web

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico The 11 migrants who staged a 24-day hunger strike at a prison in Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, have been released, human rights activists said. The migrants nine Cubans, a Honduran and a Dominican ...

U.S. Coast Guard MIAMI -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated 17 Cuban migrants interdicted during two separate events to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba, May 29. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., command center received ...

The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua , would love this one . Only 12 percent of Americans are foreign-born, [a National Foundation for American Policy] report says. Even so, children of immigrants took 70 percent of the finalist slots in the 2011 Intel Science ...

Justice Department closes investigation of Austin Police Department 11:20 p.m. Sunday Central Texas Digest: Fire destroys North Austin office building; two homes gutted in Burnet County blaze 10:26 p.m. Sunday Elgin woman keeps wooden art of 'treen' ...

Recently in Texas, President Obama addressed the valid concerns of the Southwest states bordering Mexico as to the illegal entry of thousands of Mexicans crossing into the United States. I didn't vote for Obama, and the fact his subsequent actions and ...

SAN FRANCISCO If the San Francisco sheriff?s plan becomes reality, illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes won?t be held in jail longer than necessary, even if federal immigration agents may want them detained for possible deportation. Instead, ...

Georgia , United States , Canada BUFFALO, N.Y. - A German woman wanted in the U.S. state of Georgia on animal cruelty charges has been picked up by United States border agents after being turned away by Canada. Authorities say Christiane Babic is also ...

The president hasnt only failed on immigration reform, critics say hes making things worse. Patricia Murphy on why some Democrats are disgusted with their leader. The words had an all-too-familiar ring. When President Obama traveled to El Paso in May to ...

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and seven other Democratic senators reintroduced legislation last week that would grant permanent-resident status to the immigrant relatives of active-duty military personnel. The Military Families Act would make immigrant ...

Location: Borders Books & Music 7415 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA When: June 11, 2011 Time: 2:00pm If you've got girls ages five to 12, bring them to Borders for an afternoon of games, stories and funit's the perfect break from all that hot summer ...