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An attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his wife were arrested on suspicion of accepting thousands of dollars from both legal and illegal immigrants in exchange for immigration benefits, authorities said.ICE Assistant Chief Counsel ...

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Del Rio, Texas Arrests of illegal aliens along the US/Mexico border have increased over the past year according to records of the US Department of Homeland Security. The records show a 73 percent increase in arrests and prosecutions over the past year. ...

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RANDALLSTOWN, Maryland: U.S. Army Spc. Kendell Frederick lost his life while trying to become a citizen of the country he was fighting for. Now, his mother hopes a bill President George W. Bush signed into law Thursday will make sure no other soldier ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Pakistan's failure to put pressure on Taliban forces on the country's border with Afghanistan had fueled a rise in violence, but said Islamabad appeared to recognize the problem. A 40 percent ...

It remained unclear why Jesus Navarro Montes, charged in Mexico with migrant smuggling, was released last week by a judge in the border city of Mexicali. Ricardo Alday, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, said Mexican federal officials were ...

Text Only LatestNewscast Arrests of illegal aliens along the US/Mexico border have increased over the past year according to records of the US Department of Homeland Security. The records show a 73 percent increase in arrests and prosecutions over the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Pakistan's failure to put pressure on Taliban forces on the country's border with Afghanistan has fueled a rise in violence, but he also said Pakistan appeared to recognize the ...

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- BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul companies Dallas Airmotive, Premier Turbines and International Turbine Service have been granted Importer Self Assessment (ISA) certification by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a branch of the ...

WASHINGTON-The 34-nation Organization of American States says it will send a delegation to Europe to discuss new rules on expelling illegal immigrants. The OAS mission follows a barrage of Latin American criticism of the rules that the European ...

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 ...

border patrol agents monitor the United States' boundaries, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country. Yet, just one percent of those agents are black. The agency started a campaign to aggressively recruit African Americans. For more, ...

It?s become clear that Cubans who live or once lived in the Miami area have set up homes or temporary residence in Mexico?s Yucatan peninsula allegedly to assist in the growing and profitable business of migrant smuggling from Cuba to Cancun and then ...

Civil rights groups have said that certain ethnic groups have been selectively profiled in the searches by Border Patrol agents and customs officials, who have the authority to inspect all luggage and cargo brought into the country without obtaining ...

LOS ANGELES Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu on Wednesday rejected arguments that the city's policy under which most suspects are not asked about their immigration status conflicted with federal and state law. Los Angeles police work in communities ...

US immigration officials have given Kenny Richey an American passport allowing him to enter the country ?? even though he is banned from visiting with his British one. The former Death Row Scot's criminal conviction means as a UK resident he isn't ...

TUCSON, Arizona Jesus Navarro Montes was arrested Jan. 22 in northern Mexico in the killing of Agent Luis Aguilar and had also been held over for trial there on migrant smuggling charges. The circumstances of his recent release from a Mexicali prison ...

The US military has constructed four advanced bases 20 miles from Iraq's border with Iran, a senior Iraqi police officer has announced. (Press TV) The bases, equipped with missile launch pads, have been set up over the past four months on the Iraq-Iran ...