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(Miami) - The medical care system in US immigration detention is dangerously inadequate, with unique consequences for women, and improving health care for immigration detainees should be a top priority for the new administration, Human Rights Watch and ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States is looking at sending troops or anti-narcotics agents to the Mexican border to fight the scourge of violent drug cartels, a US general said on Tuesday. A team from several government agencies was drawing up a strategy ...

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-year-old man, who apparently migrated from Cuba, yesterday shot four family members to death before turning the gun on himself in what is the city of Miami's second murder-suicide in weeks. The man, who the Miami Herald claims is Guillermo Lopez, ...

BROWNSVILLE A Customs and Border Protection officer discovered a woman hidden inside the speaker box of her husbands SUV in an apparent immigrant smuggling attempt. The CBP said Christopher Sean Protho, 36, of Fort Worth, was taken into custody along ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) Asian-American members of the US Congress on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to reform immigration by year end, saying the current system was tearing families in their community apart. Mike Honda, chair of the Congressional Asian ...

Two new reports document something that has emerged as a serious issue for federal immigration authorities: a lack of adequate health care for detainees. With some 400,000 people held by immigration authorities last year alone, stories of inadequate ...

MOSCOW: Russia's defense minister charged on Tuesday that the United States and Nato were beefing up their military presence near Russia's borders in a bid for natural resources that could ignite new conflicts. President Dmitry Medvedev said that Nato ...

Hispanic Democrats will have their first West Wing meeting with President Obama on Wednesday morning to discuss immigration reform, according to Democratic sources. The meeting is the first face-to-face sit-down between Obama and the Congressional ...

A B.C. sales representative who markets equestrian products in Canada was barred from crossing the U.S. border to attend a trade show last month by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who accused him of trying to steal American jobs. 'He looked ...

A drug war is raging across the border. Over 6,000 people were killed in drug-related violence in Mexico last year. The body count is mounting, and the violence is spilling into the United States. Tony Cox explores how U.S. officials are addressing the ...

Demand is off at the federal agency that handles everything from citizenship applications to work visas. The slump follows fiscal year 2008, when there was a tight contraction in citizenship requests at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. ...

A pair of eyes peers out from underneath the bushes where about 20 people crouch in silence, hiding from men in uniforms waving search lights on the other side of a barbed-wire fence. 'We are federal agents and we know you are there,' an amplified voice ...

New driver's licence will be accepted instead of passport at land crossings Quebec Premier Jean Charest showed off his 'smart' driver's licence near the Canada-U.S. border on Monday as his province became the first in the country to issue the new ...

The recent economic downturn has caused companies across the country to downsize and restructure workforces, including H-1B employees. Employers of H-1B workers often are unaware of specific immigration compliance obligations when ending the employment ...

Previous Issues Comment Detention Is Big Business The Los Angeles Times reports 'At a time when local law enforcement agencies are being forced to cut budgets and freeze hiring, cities across Southern California have found a growing source of income -- ...

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THE CANADIAN PRESS ST-BERNARD-DE - LACOLLE, Que. - Quebec has unveiled a new smart drivers' licence that Premier Jean Charest says will make it quicker to cross the U.S.-Canada border. The new permit, which Quebecers can choose as an option to getting a ...

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Several weeks ago, New York City did what many in our country should be doing everyday. Across seven days and more than 100 events, the Big Apple celebrated the culture and achievements of the countless numbers of immigrants--past and present--who have ...