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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong who the family says is suffering abuse, supporters said Saturday. Guo, who is serving a five-year prison ...

that approximately 55,600 H-1B cap subject petitions had been filed. Also, that as already announced all 20,000 H-1B visas available for aliens with advanced degrees had been used and that new H-1B petitions filed for those with advanced degree will be ...

The midterm congressional elections, a disappointed electorate and, most likely, more economic pain are all waiting for the country in 2010. And the Obama administration wants to tackle immigration reform? We'll see. For now, Homeland Security Secretary ...

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A week of work was far from average for seven Florence County sheriff's deputies who spent several days this month guarding the U.S.-Mexico border just a few paces from the most world's most dangerous city, Juarez, Mexico. During the first week of ...

asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong. Mr Guo, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for 'running an illegal business,' became well-known for his work on behalf of villagers who tried to remove a local ...

Early next year is a window of opportunity for Congress to act on immigration reform, says a leading national apple lobbyist. A year ago, Nancy Foster, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Apple Association, said the shift of power to the ...

Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation meant to prohibit major firms that lay off large numbers of American workers from replacing them with the cheap foreign labor through temporary guest worker programs. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ...

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court Friday ordered the country's refugee board to review the rejected asylum application of a lesbian US soldier who claimed her sexual orientation had prompted death threats. Private Bethany Smith, 21, claimed she was the ...

MIDLAND, TEXAS (ANS) -- After more than two years of political advocacy and months seeking political refuge outside of China, the wife and two children of imprisoned Chinese legal advocate Guo Feixiong were officially granted political asylum by the U.S. ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there is cross border fertilization of terrorism in :Pakistan from Afghanistan and the US would continue to press Islamabad to go after extremism in the country. 'We know that there is a cross-border ...

SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez said he lured Agent Robert Rosas out ...

SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez said he lured Agent Robert Rosas out ...

A lesbian soldier who deserted the U.S. army won a key court victory Friday when a judge ordered the refugee board to reconsider her failed asylum claim and take into account compelling evidence that she was persecuted and that her sexual orientation ...

OTTAWA -- A lesbian soldier who deserted the U.S. Army won a key court victory on Friday when a judge ordered the refugee board to reconsider her failed asylum claim and take into account evidence that she was persecuted and her sexual orientation could ...

Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent. The voluntary scheme, for US residents, is currently being piloted at 20 airports. It allows pre-registered ...

More than 7 million legal residents who are eligible to become U.S. citizens each year, essentially green-card holders, choose against doing so. They decide for whatever reason that the benefits of citizenship (voting rights, potential for government ...

Top spokespeople from three political parties back making customs checks for US citizens more thorough Many Americans are travelling to Denmark after visiting Middle Eastern countries, and now parties in parliament want stricter customs controls for US ...

Ariz. prosecutor files 1st employer sanctions case | Main HOUSTON CHRONICLE A federal agent is seen outside the Shipley Do-Nuts facility, where ICE agents conducted a workplace raid in 2008. Ten months into President Barack Obama's administration, I ...

Legislation could affect a broad swath of tech firms that have laid off large numbers of workers but continue hiring guest workers The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have ...