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By Tim Gaynor - Analysis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After months on the sidelines, Hispanics who voted for Barack Obama in record numbers may put immigration reform back on the agenda once he becomes U.S. president in January. Some 12 million mostly ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After months on the sidelines, Hispanics who voted for Barack Obama in record numbers may put immigration reform back on the agenda once he becomes U.S. president in January. Some 12 million mostly Hispanic migrants live and work ...

When open-border enthusiasts discover that I?m both an immigrant (from South Africa, via Canada) and an immigration restrictionist, they often order me to go back whence I came, mouthing the mantra about 'a nation of immigrants.' Maybe they?re right. ...

Unisys, Blue Bell, Pa., a systems integrator, has announced that the first US land border crossings using advanced information technology to capture, read and analyze traveler and vehicle information have opened in Blaine, Wash., and Nogales, Ariz. These ...

As the final days of the Bush administration tick away, time may be running out for the president to pardon two U.S. Border Patrol agents imprisoned since 2007 in the shooting of a fleeing illegal alien drug runner. Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo from ...

With US, Afghan and Pakistani forces applying pressure on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy ?is running out of options for places to go,? a senior US officer in the region said today. Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of ...

TORONTO - Ontario is moving ahead with plans to offer enhanced driver's licences that can be used as an alternative to a passport at the U.S. border despite objections by critics who say the plan raises privacy and security concerns. The New Democrats ...

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military has launched a co-ordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a U.S. military commander said Tuesday. Dubbed 'Operation Lionheart,' the ...

Filipino foreign born All foreign born Male Female Male Female Persons age 16 and older employed in the civilian labor force 432,946 599,253 13,285,912 8,921,521 Total percent 100 100 100 100 Management, business, finance 11.8 11.5 10.2 9.8 Information ...

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American official says Pak offensive in Bajaur region is pushing militants into Afghanistan WASHINGTON: The US military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's eastern ...

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Troops removed 500 local police officers and took over law enforcement in one of Mexico's most violent cities on Tuesday in the government's latest effort to flush out corrupt police in its war on drug gangs. Army chiefs ...

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US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Minister of Transport Noel Dempsey signed an agreement yesterday that allows for preclearance for all flights destined for the US from Shannon and Dublin airports in Ireland. The ...

Islamabad: Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, of Quad-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad will hold 11th International American Studies Conference under the theme ?Family Ties: Issues in American Immigration? on November 21, 22, 2008. ...

Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, vice-presidential candidate Wiley S. Drake, and the Chairman of the American Independent Party, Markham Robinson, have filed suit in California Superior Court in Sacramento seeking to bar Secretary of State Debra Bowen ...

What's this WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a US military commander said Tuesday. Dubbed 'Operation ...

While much of the news about the global financial crisis has focused on failed Wall Street banks, migrant workers and their families around the world are starting to feel the pain of slower economic growth. Pros Laput traces how the crisis affects ...