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Mexican troops have discovered a 122 yard (111,5 metres) long tunnel apparently aimed at crossing the US border underground. Army General Alberto Duarte Mujica said soldiers found the half-built tunnel under a three-story building in the border city of ...

Nairobi Students applying for American visas must now get a consent from their financial sponsors, according to the US embassy. The US embassy in Nairobi the new measures, which require sponsors to obtain and fill a consent form for the students under ...

that approximately 53,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has also approved sufficient H-1B petitions for applicants with advanced degrees for the 20,000 visas that are exempt from the general cap. This means that new applications for ...

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San Bernardino County taxpayers have spent an estimated $54.5 million to jail illegal immigrants since 2004, and officials have been fighting an uphill battle to get the federal government to pick up more of that cost. In all, federal officials have ...

Jose Spencer's small motel is bustling with business, and that makes him worried about the future. His clients are men and women who dream of working in the United States. Until recently, border crossers were rare in this isolated, treacherous desert ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. --The family of an Ecuadorean man slain on a Long Island street will be among those participating in a candlelight vigil and memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the killing. Joselo Lucero (loo-SEHR'-oh) says his mother and ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of the leading conservative public policy organization Eagle Forum, made the following statements on the eve of the scheduled House vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) health care reform bill, ...

Poland has demanded that US troops be based on Polish soil in the wake of Russian war games which simulated a nuclear attack and invasion. Radek Sikorski: Mr Sikorski complained there were only six American soldiers on Polish soil. Photo: PA Radek ...

US ice dancing star Katherine Leigh Copely has lost her bid to gain Lithuanian citizenship and thus her ability to represent Lithuania in next year's Olympics. Copley's application for Lithuanian citizenship was rejected by the Baltic state's President ...

The illegal immigration issue is emerging as the biggest threat to passing healthcare reform in the House.Congressional Hispanics have threatened to vote against the bill because of a last-minute threat from within the Democratic Caucus to bolster the ...

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MIAMI, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The internal enforcement of immigration laws has increased significantly in the past years and Miami, one of the nation's leading cities in immigration advocacy for its increasing immigrant population, is the ...

SUMMARY: On October 30, President Barack Obama signed legislation reauthorizing the Ryan White Act, which provides funding for treatment and other services for people with HIV/AIDS. During the signing ceremony, he announced that the federal government ...

Immigrants' Education Levels Play Into Canada's Edge Over U.S., ers Say - - The Chronicle of Higher Education Premium Content Friday, November 6, 2009 $('#navbarbtn').attr('href', November 5, 2009 Gaps in Immigrants' Education Levels Play Into Canada's ...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday made a plea for strengthening global efforts to create a better future for immigrants. He told the third U.N.-supported Global Forum on Migration and Development in Athens that immigrants were hurt by the ...

The proposal by Louisiana Republican was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state. Critics said Vitter's plan would discourage immigrants from responding ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - Canadian Immigrant magazine and RBC announced today they are now accepting nominations for the 'Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2010.' The second annual awards program, also supported by Rogers Wireless, ...

In the for-profit sector, there are three basic ways to price a product: The cost plus profit margin method; benchmarking versus competition; and pricing based on customer value. But how should we think about pricing in the public sector? Let's take an ...

Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen. The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are ...