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Clinton voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which authorized a fence on the Mexican border, but has softened her support by criticizing the fences execution. 'The key is to consult with local communities [when] creating any kind of barrier.' Obama ...

Election 2008 by Steve Inskeep Listen Now [4 min 34 sec] Morning Edition, March 17, 2008 Steve Inskeep examines tension within the Republican Party between presidential hopeful John McCain's stance on immigration and the position of House candidates ...

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Analysis by Steve Inskeep, Mara Liasson and Ken Rudin Listen Now [4 min 25 sec] Morning Edition, March 17, 2008 It will be weeks before the Democratic presidential nominee is decided, and that time lag is hurting the party. The battle between Sens. ...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Food and Drug Administration officials said recently that all shipments of heparin and active ingredients to make the blood thinner will be stopped at the U.S. border to test for contaminants, if drug makers haven't ...

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For high-tech companies, April 1 is Opening Day: the date the federal government begins accepting applications for next year's allotment of H-1B visas. If this April is like the last, the 65,000 visas available for highly skilled foreign workers will be ...

For high-tech companies, April 1 is Opening Day: the date the federal government begins accepting applications for next year's allotment of H-1B visas. If this April is like last April, the 65,000 visas available for highly skilled foreign workers will ...

For high-tech companies, April 1 is Opening Day: the date the federal government begins accepting applications for next year's allotment of H-1B visas. If this April is like last April, the 65,000 visas available for highly skilled foreign workers will ...

For technology companies, April 1 is opening day: the date the federal government begins accepting applications for next year's allotment of H-1B visas. If this April is like last April, the 65,000 visas available for highly skilled foreign workers will ...

For high-tech companies, April 1 is Opening Day: the date the federal government begins accepting applications for next year's allotment of H-1B visas. If this April is like last April, the 65,000 visas available for highly skilled foreign workers will ...

LOS EBANOS, Texas (Reuters) - A trip across the Rio Grande on a hand-operated ferry is a brief one. It covers about 70 yards but it takes you back 70 years to a different era on the U.S.-Mexico border. Able to fit three cars plus a few passengers, the ...

Rules of Citizenship by Charley Reese Here are some rules for being a good citizen. They date back to the American Revolution, but most Americans today have forgotten them. Rule No. 1 is that people given power will tend to abuse it. This applies to ...

Another bill, sponsored by Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, proposes doubling the number to 130,000 visas.Gates, appearing before a Congressional panel last Wednesday, warned that America could lose its competitive edge if it did not step up its ...

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cases of corrupt Mexican police kidnapping undocumented Central American migrants for ransom as they travel overland to the United States are on the rise, a United Nations official said on Saturday. Jorge Bustamante, the U.N.'s ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP): Brazil on Friday granted refugee status to three Cuban musicians who sought asylum in a police station last December during a concert tour, the justice ministry said. The singer and two guitarists of the band Los Galanes will now ...

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BAGHDAD (AFP)--A suicide bomber blew himself up at a border post on the Iraqi- Syrian frontier, killing an interpreter and wounding six other people, the U.S. military said Saturday. The wounded included two U.S. soldiers, two personnel from the U.S. ...

Washington: Describing the cap on H-1b visas as arbitrary and counter-productive, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates demanded a revamp of US immigration policies to allow skilled foreign technology workers from India and other countries to come in greater ...