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Th The Department of Homeland Security has announced that the border fence project has surpassed the 500-mile mark. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 mandated that 670 miles of fencing be constructed along selected areas of the southern U.S. border with ...

The Minnesota Catholic bishops have declared January 4 Immigration Sunday. In truth, they mean pro-amnesty Sunday or illegal immigrant Sunday. To be sure, theres more of posturing than of piety in this spectacle. U.S. Catholic bishops, along with ...

Mexico's self-proclaimed 'Grand Warlock' says the United States will pull troops out of Iraq in 2009 and send them to the border with Mexico in an attempt to expand its territory. The prediction from Antonio Vazquez comes with a word of warning though: ...

Mexicans, mostly women and children, emigrated to the United States in 2008 to look for work there, said the report released by a PRI migratory committee of the Chamber of Deputies. About 100,000 of the Mexican children were deported by the U.S. ...

Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Vancouver Sun newsletter. Email Address: Edward Alden, Special to the Sun Published: Friday, January 02, 2009 This is Part 1 of a book excerpt from The Closing of the American Border: ...

MIAMI - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated eight Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba. A C-130 Hercules fixed wing aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located a distressed 42- foot fishing vessel about 15 ...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says immigration agents locked a group of Central American migrants in a trailer after they refused to pay a bribe. The commission is asking for a government investigation into the alleged abuse ...

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection warned importers that a new inspection protocol for agriculture shipments on the northern border could significantly increase cargo delays. The border control agency said it will introduce a standard inspection protocol ...

The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks sparked debate over the United States readiness to handle an attack involving weapons of mass destruction. In the days after the Twin Towers crumbled, concern was expressed about ocean ports and other border points ...

Five trade groups are suing the Homeland Security Department to block a new requirement that federal contractors check the immigration status of their employees using the departments E-Verify system. In documents filed in the U.S. District Court for ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Central American immigrants in the United States did not meet the deadline to renew their temporary protected status this year, partly due to the hard economic times, a report said on Wednesday. The ...

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says immigration agents locked a group of Central American migrants in a trailer after they refused to pay a bribe. The commission is asking for a government investigation into the alleged abuse ...

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by Tony Campolo Tony Campolo on Fighting Poverty and Welcoming Immigrants During these hard times, we Americans are tempted to think only of our own economic interests and to lay aside concerns for people in the Third World. But we are all well aware ...

Indian officials battled strong winds Wednesday to retrieve the bodies of at least 10 suspected illegal immigrants that washed ashore on the remote Andaman islands, as a search continued for 300 others missing and feared dead after reportedly jumping ...

This year ends with an unpleasant intervention by Poland?s diplomatic staff at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. At issue are recent cases of Poles who were denied entry to the U.S. at the New York area airports. While no one ...