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The death of Senator Ted Kennedy leaves a meteor-size hole in countless policy debates. This is most apparent in the current health care battle that is at a fevered pitch, and the senators absence is painfully felt at every turn. But his passions were ...

President Barack Obama is facing growing pressure from some civil rights, labor, religious and pro-immigrant groups to end a program that lets local authorities enforce the countrys immigration laws. Hundreds of the groups on Wednesday issued a call to ...

BOSTON -- Before 1965, Leticia Hermosa had little chance of crossing the Pacific to the U.S. from the Philippines. Hermosa, a nurse, and others like her just couldn't get through the strict U.S. immigration quota system, which favored Western Europeans ...

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LAS VEGAS --A Nevada jury found two illegal immigrants guilty Friday of capital murder and explosives charges in a bombing in a Las Vegas casino parking lot that killed a hot dog stand vendor in 2007. Bombmaker Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 29, of Nicaragua, ...

rules enable border officers to search notebook computers, cell phones, and other electronics devices without the owners' consent when entering the United States. The U.S. Department of land Security has unveiled a new set of rules for searching ...

Washington Independent: After a week of unwanted attention that seemed to end with him signing on to Rep. Bill Posey's (R-Fla.) bill to demand birth certificates from future presidential candidates, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) has released the audio and ...

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The U.N. refugee agency says it is 'alarmed' at the conditions at a Greek detention center where hundreds of illegal immigrants are being held, including scores of children. The UNHCR said Friday that 200 unaccompanied children are among 850 people ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released new rules for border agents searching travelers' laptops and other electronic devices, but the revised guidelines won't quiet complaints from the American Civil Liberties Union. The new guidelines, ...

US lawmakers have introduced new measures regarding searches of notebook computers entering the US, according to a Friday report. The revised rules attempt to address concerns regarding violations of privacy and Constitutional rights. The Department of ...

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been rummaging through travelers' personal information. The long-criticized practice of searching ...

With the recent discovery of several undisclosed deaths at U.S. immigration detention facilities, calls are mounting for reform in the way immigration violators are detained. But despite positive signs, it remains unknown how sharply the government is ...

While the fate of the legislation that would alter the administration and regulation of the H-1B visa program remains up in the air, one thing is clear: The bill contains an important provision, designed to prevent the displacement of American workers, ...

By Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- With the recent discovery of several undisclosed deaths at U.S. immigration detention facilities, calls are mounting for reform in the way immigration violators are detained. But despite positive signs, ...

The death of Senator Ted Kennedy leaves a meteor-size hole in countless policy debates. This is most apparent in the current health care battle that is at a fevered pitch, and the senators absence is painfully felt at every turn. But his passions were ...

A man whose father died in the Lockerbie bombing was 'treated like a terrorist' by U.S. border guards, he said today. Shama Martin, 21, a British citizen, was refused entry to the country when he travelled to New York to visit relatives. Mr Martin said ...

Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Bollywood star Salman Khan who is scheduled to go to USA early next month reportedly cancelled his visit on Friday. According to sources Khan decision comes in the wake of the humiliation faced by ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the US has amended its policy to seize any electronic device brought into the country, in a bid to counter criticisms that the policy infringes civil liberties. The DHS conducts border searches of computers ...