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Leaders of the Asian Pacific Islander Organization (APIO) gathered on Monday to kick off the National Asian Pacific Islander (API) Week of Action, calling on the White House and the Congress for fair and humane comprehensive immigration reform. 'The time ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday acknowledged 10 previously undisclosed deaths of immigrants in custody, bringing the country's total number of such deaths to 104 since October 2003. ICE Assistant ...

In Mexico last Monday President Barack Obama said that immigration reform would have to wait until 2010. This news was received with disappointment by immigration reform supporters and fueled speculation that change to our immigration system was not ...

WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to host a discussion on immigration on Thursday with advocates, faith-based groups, businesses and law enforcement officials. An administration official says that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead ...

DALLAS, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dallas Shareholder Thomas E. Reddin has been named chair of the Labor, Employment & Immigration Practice Group at Winstead PC. He replaces Dan Dargene, who transitioned to a labor and employment law firm in ...

LOS ANGELES -- The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement says arrest quotas are no longer being used in a program aimed at tracking down immigrants who have skirted court orders to leave the country. John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland ...

Washington immigration officials have detained a Pakistani journalist employed by Voice of America, the US-funded news service said. Voice of America urged ?a speedy resolution of whatever issues led to the detention? of 33-year-old Rahman Bunairee, who ...

Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has appointed a ...

United States airport immigration officials have been asked to explain why a famous Indian film star was held at Newark airport in New York because of his name. Bollywood identity, Shah Rukh Khan, was held for two hours at Newark and was only released ...

Getting doused with pesticides is the first memory Sebastian Coral has of the United States. Crossing the border as a young bracero, or contract farmworker, in the 1950s, Coral made the obligatory stop at a reception center near El Paso, Texas, where he ...

The theft of gas and other oil products is a relatively new crime that in just a few years has become a serious threat to Mexico's financial stability. The crime involves both drug cartels and corrupt government officials in Mexico and an undetermined ...

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As a former U.S. attorney, attorney general and governor of Arizona, I spent more than 15 years working in the Southwest and watching the challenges of our shared border evolve over time. Since the beginning of the Obama administration, our response to ...

Silvia Alfaro said a lawyer mishandled the case of her husband, an illegal immigrant. With her are their two sons, Leonel Medina, 9, and Guadalupe Medina, 6. For $2,800, Silvia Alfaro said, a well-known immigration lawyer in Salt Lake City promised that ...

Jim Kouri, CPP Federal agents and local police officials arrested 29 gang members and their associates -- including many with serious criminal histories -- following a three-day multi-agency gang enforcement operation in Las Vegas and Mesquite, Nevada, ...

Border agents in Windsor, Ontario, made one of their biggest drug busts ever Tuesday night, Aug. 11, when they discovered 220 pounds of cocaine in a tractor-trailer crossing into Canada. Canwest News Service reported the drugs were packaged in bricks and ...

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While the U.S. Department of Energy is funding research into advanced electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, the Border Patrol needs something a little more robust to meet its needs -- like, say, the all-new 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Multiple sources ...

Leading economists agree that the cornerstone of any immigration reform bill should be some form of legalization for the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. One study estimates that an immigration reform ...

It's getting pretty scary out there, and it's not a moment too soon for President Barack Obama to be speaking directly to Americans' fears about his proposed changes to our health care system. Calming fears. That's what presidents are supposed to do. ...