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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Kansas City parks official whose membership in an anti-illegal immigration group sparked the cancellation of two conventions here has resigned. Kansas City parks board commissioner Frances Semler, a member of the ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is defying Congress and changing the rules for cross-border travel with Canada at the end of the month. Under the rules, after Jan. 31 travelers over the age of 19 will be asked for a ...

HANOI (AFP) - The United States and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding on the repatriation of Vietnamese illegal immigrants from the United States, the US embassy said Tuesday. Under the agreement signed in Hanoi, 'Vietnamese nationals who ...

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- Leaders of a Dallas suburb that was blocked from enforcing a ban on leasing apartments to illegal immigrants approved a new rule Tuesday to require prospective tenants to get a city license to rent homes and apartments. The ...

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With the lawsuits expected soon, the legal action would mark an escalation in the clash between the government and the property owners. The Bush administration wants to build 370 miles of fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers by year's end. A number ...

LANSING, Mich. Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who oversees the state motor vehicle department, announced the new policy Monday and said it takes effect Tuesday. Some people who are in Michigan legally but not permanent residents also will ...

Thousands of Iraqi translators have assisted U.S. forces since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, risking their lives and leaving their families vulnerable to retaliation from insurgents who see them as accomplices of American troops. More than 250 of the ...

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan will no longer let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses, a practice just seven other states continue to allow. Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who oversees the motor vehicle department, announced the new ...

Sadly, this is typical. If it's not terrorists we're supposedly shipping, it's made-up drugs (according to the RCMP, ecstasy has often been cut with meth for many years so this is nothing new, although it mainly comes from Mexico, and 'extreme ecstasy' ...

Article 41 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations states that 'it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities (diplomats) to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State.' Mexico is a stickler for . But when it ...

by A Texas businessman, who employed an illegal alien charged with capital murder in connection with the 2006 shooting death of Houston Police Department Officer Rodney Johnson, was arrested Wednesday and charged with harboring an illegal alien here. ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reminding travelers that beginning Jan. 31 border crossers will be asked to present documents denoting citizenship and identity when entering the United States through land and sea ports of entry. This ...

BOSTON (AP) -- More than two decades ago, Frank Enwonwu got caught smuggling five ounces of heroin into the United States from his homeland in Nigeria. He admitted his mistake and readily agreed to work as an informant, believing the U.S. had promised to ...

The Travel Industry Association (TIA) and Travel Business Roundtable (TBR) have reiterated their support for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), but have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to modify its proposed interim ...

(AP) A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed after being struck by a fleeing vehicle along the border in southeastern California was identified Sunday as a 32-year-old husband and father of two. Senior Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar was trying to stop a suspected ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed during an operation, prompting Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to call the incident a 'heinous' act, authorities said Sunday. The incident took place Saturday when the ...

ET LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A US border guard was struck and killed Saturday while trying to flag down two cars that were speeding toward the Mexican border near Yuma, Arizona, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. 'The agent was struck and ...

YUMA, Ariz. - The agent was killed about 20 miles west of Yuma in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, a spot along the border that is popular with off-road vehicle enthusiasts and frequently used by smugglers. The agent attempted to impede the ...