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A national commission blasted the federal government for its tactics in a series of workplace immigration raids, saying in a report released today that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had violated workers' rights and traumatized ...

Ronald Soza, of Margate, went on a hunger strike in January in hopes that it would bring home his mother -- an illegal immigrant who was deported to Nicaragua last year. On Wednesday he wished for the same thing, this time as he cut his 10th birthday ...

WASHINGTON ? Immigration reform, an intractable issue that has frustrated presidents and Congress for years, is making a comeback as a hot topic here. Whether it makes it into legislation is another matter. The Obama administration and Congress already ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. - U.S. border officials are testing an unmanned surveillance aircraft to judge whether the drones can be used more widely along the U.S.-Canadian border, including at a crossing where cigarette and drug smuggling are a continuing problem. ...

It is not a con job. But to an increasing number of people, President Obama's promise to tackle immigration reform during his first year in office is beginning to look like one. This week Obama postponed - for the second time - a highly anticipated ...

'United States' search results 'American Indians' search results 'U.S.-Canadian border' search results NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., June 18 (UPI) -- Canadians and Americans see each other as closer than neighbors, more like allies and friends. But stricter U.S. ...

REYNOSA, Mexico After running a gantlet of criminal gangs and corrupt police, immigrants arrive here by the thousands each month determined to cross illegally into Texas, even if it means exposing themselves to treacherous smugglers who kidnap and ...

A warehouse in Compton, Calif., for Viz Cattle, the American unit of Mexicos SuKarne Global. A company official said Viz sold $80 million of Mexican beef in the United States last year. MEXICOS economy has suffered a series of blows in recent months ...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf posted a $45,000 bond Wednesday in Washington state for drug and burglary charges out of Texas after being arrested by customs agents as he returned to the United States from Canada. James Farren, the district attorney in ...

In an expansion of its crackdown on drug cartels, the Obama administration plans to announce Thursday that it will give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the authority to investigate drug crimes. Justice Department officials refused to divulge ...

A warehouse in Compton, Calif., for Viz Cattle, the American unit of Mexico?s SuKarne Global. A company official said Viz sold $80 million of Mexican beef in the United States last year. MEXICO?S economy has suffered a series of blows in recent ...

SACRAMENTO - Californias Chinese immigrants helped build ships, levees, irrigation systems, and the transcontinental railroad. They worked in farm fields and mines and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries. For their efforts, for decades they ...

Whether the issue is drug smuggling, illegal immigration, or the terrorist threat, securing America's borders is a vital security challenge. The first 100 days of Barack Obama's Administration have provided a glimpse of how President Obama will tackle ...

Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents. His own family: absent. His mother was recently deported back to Nicaragua. His father rarely ventures out in public in fear of ...

James Farren, the district attorney in Randall County in West Texas, said Leaf was arrested Wednesday by federal customs agents. Legal assistant Jennifer Bonstein said Leaf declined to waive extradition during a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Bellingham, ...

Two teenagers convicted of simple assault in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant that sparked outrage from Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups were each sentenced Wednesday to at least six months behind bars. Schuylkill County Judge ...

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday did not accept $1.4 million in state funds to help the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office enforce illegal immigration laws. The motion to accept the money died in a 2-2 vote. ...

The Obama administration is preparing to give more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents authority to make drug arrests to assist Mexico's bloody battle with drug cartels, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told senators today. The decision ...

(CNSNews.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) vowed Monday that the Senate would consider a ?comprehensive? immigration reform bill that would include giving amnesty to illegal aliens?an item he referred to as ?bringing the 11 ...

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff The Obama administration has changed course and will now allow same-sex couples to use their spouse's surname when they apply for passports with the US State Department, a gay activist group said today in Boston. A gay ...