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A German immigrant farmer living in America for 34 years says he plans to start construction soon on a 2,260-cow dairy farm in northeastern St. Joseph County in Michigan now that the state has granted him a permit. Approval of the wastewater permit gives ...

McClatchy Newspapers Help might come from the National Guard, or even the Army, if violence in border towns from Mexico's powerful and increasingly violent drug cartels gets bad enough. WASHINGTON (MCT, Tribune) - With drug-related violence along the ...

WASHINGTON - President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying he was looking at possibly deploying National Guard troops to contain the violence, but ruling out any immediate military move. 'We're going to ...

By Diana Murray Watts (AXcess News) Washington - The Department of Homeland Security has not been able to handle the violence stemming from drug cartels in Mexico, members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security told four high-level ...

WASHINGTON - President Obama is considering a request by Gov. Rick Perry of Texas to deploy National Guard troops along the southern border to stop a devastating wave of violence from spilling into this country from Mexico. The latest on President Obama, ...

Search Continues For Survivors Of North Atlantic S-92 Downing One Survivor Found, One Body Recovered ANN REALTIME UPDATE 03.12.09 1430 EDT (UPDATED 2230 EDT): One person has been rescued and another presumed lost following Thursday morning's downing of a ...

To its arsenal of agents, fences and stealthy sensors skirting our nation's southern border, the U.S. Border Patrol may soon add another weapon in the fight against illegal immigration: a follow-up album. Yes, as in CD. With singers, guitars. Accordions. ...

NEW DELHI: Despite widespread concerns over restrictions on use of the H-1B work visas by US firms receiving bailout support under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the impact of this provision may not really be too high on highly skilled ...

The U.S. official in charge of erecting a virtual fence of cameras, radars and ground sensors along Americas border with Mexico pledged at a congressional hearing March 10 that two initial segments of the fence would be set up this year in Arizona. The ...

Many foreign workers currently in the U.S. as part of the H-1B visa program ? which allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers on a temporary basis ? are falling victim to the rising number of layoffs across the country. But no law requiring a ...

President Barack Obama expects to have a strategy in place within months to address security and drug-related violence on the U.S.-Mexican border, he told a group of newspapers. 'Our expectation is to have a comprehensive policy in place in the next few ...

) - A US border patrol agent was indicted on federal civil rights charges related to an alleged assault on a detainee at a federal detention facility, it was announced Friday. The indictment alleges that on May 10, 2006, Eduardo Moreno violated the civil ...

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Recent news about Mexico has focused on the horrific and sensational: drug wars, decapitations, and whether or not the United States will soon have a ?failed state? as its southern neighbor. However, the economic recession poses equally serious ...

A California attorney whose emergency submission to the U.S. Supreme Court on President Obama's eligibility was turned back without a hearing or comment now is submitting a motion for re-hearing, alleging some of her documentation may have been withheld ...

Escalating violence on the U.S.-Mexico border has U.S. lawmakers demanding to know what U.S. government agencies are doing to stem the flow of illegal weapons from the United States to Mexico, and prevent narcotics from entering the United States. The ...

Since the recession started in December 2007, 4.4 million Americans have lost their jobs. Such record job losses are prompting some to call for a crackdown on the H-1B visa program. The H-1B is a temporary visa for foreign workers with special and ...

CIO 1. Where, Oh Where, Do the H1B Visas Go? Top Five recipients of H1B visas account for 18% of all visas allocated under the HB1 program. The question is: Why is it that year after year foreign headquartered companies top this list? By Gary Beach User ...

A California attorney whose emergency submission to the U.S. Supreme Court on President Obama's eligibility was turned back without a hearing or comment now is submitting a motion for re-hearing, alleging some of her documentation may have been withheld ...

President Obama could deploy al Guard troops to the U.S. Mexico border. In a recent talk with reporters, the president expressed concern about escalating drug violence in Mexico, and its potential to spill across the border. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, who ...