Immigration News from around the Web

: Or through it, anyway. Families and friends, some of them unable to cross the border because of legal or immigration trouble, exchange kisses, tamales and news through small gaps in the tattered chain-link fence. Yoga and salsa dancing, communion ...

A California judge blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist Los Angeles police officers in weeding out illegal immigrants. Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu on Wednesday rejected arguments that the city's policy - under which most suspects are not asked ...

Mexico agreed Monday to deport Cubans who sneak illegally through Mexican territory to reach the US, a step toward cutting off an increasingly violent and heavily used human trafficking route. Signed by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and ...

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The Supreme Court today accepted a case with significant implications for the government's crackdown on illegal immigration, agreeing to review whether prosecutors have to prove that defendants in aggravated identity theft cases knew they were ...

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The Supreme Court accepted a case yesterday that could impact the government's crackdown on illegal immigration, agreeing to review whether prosecutors must prove that defendants in aggravated identity-theft cases knew they were victimizing real people. ...

News stories such as this one make me spiral off into outer space. The premise is that the presidential candidates should 'talk to' illegal immigrants?or, excuse me, undocumented workers. One is deemed politically incorrect, insensitive, and?dare I ...

TORONTO -- Big Brother -- armed with scanning gear that can read documents at hundreds of metres from U.S. border crossings -- will soon be waiting for Canadian travellers. The new U.S. scanners can lift information off frequent traveller Nexus cards and ...

A new study in the October issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, a CDC journal, examined rates of unplanned pregnancies, prenatal care and other reproductive health factors among women living in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, the San Antonio ...

Something is clearly wrong with the priorities of immigration enforcement. Desperate workers go to jail and get deported. The government protects employers, and seeks to turn a family-based immigration system into their managed labor supply. Yet national ...

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Reported from Mexico City In a move likely to reduce the number of Cubans reaching U.S. soil, Mexico agreed Monday to deport Cubans smuggled into the country on their way to the United States. The agreement between Mexico and Cuba reflects concern among ...

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agreed Monday to decide whether people picked up on immigration violations also can face charges of identity theft if they use Social Security and other identification numbers that belong to others. Federal appeals courts have split over whether the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico agreed to tighten immigration rules on Monday in an effort to cut off the main smuggling route for thousands of Cubans headed to the United States. 'We believe now there will be fewer attempts to use Mexico as an illegal ...

Previous Issues Comment Bracero Justice The Los Angeles Times reports 'More than six decades later and after a lengthy court battle, thousands of the bracero guest workers may finally get a chance to collect their full pay.' For the full story, see ...

Reported from Washington The Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide whether the government can use new identity theft laws to send illegal immigrants using fake identification cards to prison or to force them to leave the country.The Bush ...

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What's this MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - At least 18 prisoners died in a jail riot in Mexico near the U.S. border on Monday, some in a fire after a gun battle between rival gangs. The riot started in the early hours of Monday in Reynosa, a ...