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By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff Federal immigration authorities said today that most immigrants who applied for US citizenship during a tidal wave of applications last fiscal year should be sworn in and eligible to vote by the November elections. A fee ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French anti-immigrant party the National Front is selling its historic headquarters to a Chinese university to raise much-needed cash, the veteran far-right party's leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was quoted as saying on Monday. The National ...

ESTA is a major step forward designed to eliminate, where possible, the huge immigration queues sometimes found at US gateways. It is initially on trial, and not compulsory, but will become a legal part of air travellers' entry into the US from Monday 12 ...

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TUCSON, Ariz. ? Four Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona and held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico, federal authorities said Wednesday. The confrontation occurred early Sunday on the ...

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A new study released by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation provides proof that illegal aliens and immigrants with green cards are committing rampant voter fraud in the United States. Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote have ...

The US has set January 12 for the compulsory online registration of travellers under the new Electronic System for Travel Authorization scheme, known as ESTA. ESTA is the latest security clampdown by the US, which will eventually aid business and leisure ...

POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) _ Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested ...

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MEXICO CITY The city of Ciudad Acuna U.S. drivers can fill up their own vehicles, but carrying extra fuel containers back across the border violates customs regulations and possibly safety rules, a report from the city said. Mexico Mexican filling ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel. The city of Ciudad Acuna, across the border from Del Rio, Texas, said Friday that ...

Christian Post Reporter [-] Text [+] More than 700 Christian teens from the United States took part in the annual Baja Blast in Mexico where they engaged in a two-fold plan to share the Gospel with words and deeds. Teen Mania/Global Expeditions ministry ...

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For several years laptops have been seized by officials at US borders. Until now, there has been little clue as to specific reasons behind the seizures, or how business travelers can subsequently retrieve their laptops. Finally, guidelines have been ...

Weekend Edition August 9 / 10, 2008 n his 2001 book, (Routledge), Joseph Nevins focused on the Clinton Administrations initiatives to heighten security at the U.S.-Mexico border. That book showed how the alleged goal of reducing immigration to the U.S. ...

For U.S. first lady Laura Bush, the plight of the Burmese people is both a cause and a calling. Throughout her husband's presidency she has spoken out on their behalf, urging the world to take a strong stand against Burma's military regime. And while Mr. ...

Economy, foreign workers in the crossfire Haidee V. Eugenio Every morning and afternoon along Saipan?s scenic Beach Road, local residents and foreign workers armed with hook and line patiently wait for fish to bite their bait. A turbulent economy has ...

KUWAIT: Following recent American threats to attack Iranian targets, Kuwait has begun to adopt a number of preventive procedures, with the Interior Ministry's Sensitive Security Department intensifying its monitoring of air, sea and land borders and ...