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_ AFP - A study by the University of Georgia's Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development found Tuesday that peak harvest employment would have been 12,930 but that there was a shortage of 5,244 workers in the fields. The study did not explain the ...

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hoto, tomato farmer Chad Smith, right, looks over one of his fields of ripening tomatoes in Steele, Ala. Only a few of Smith's field workers showed up for work after Alabama's new immigration law took effect last week. Hispanic workers and their children ...

_ When President Barack Obama told African-Americans to "stop complaining," it gave my friend Tavis Smiley even more to complain about. The public television host has become one of Obama's most vocal critics in the African-American community, insisting ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2011 /PR Newswire/ -- Jane Danowitz 'This legislation represents a serious threat to a long list of bedrock environmental protections that for decades have safeguarded the health and well-being of Americans. Improving national ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has lost an estimated $606 billion in economic activity over the past decade because its visa process is too cumbersome for millions of foreign travelers. Noting the drag on U.S. tourism, Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar of ...

ENUGUSpecial Assistant to Enugu State Governor on Special Projects and Diaspora Matters, Mr. Dom Emeka Ezeudu, Wednesday, urged people of the state to take advantage of the American Diversity Visa Lottery, to better their lot. In a statement issued in ...

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday refused to halt Alabama's tough new immigration law while the Obama administration and other groups appeal her earlier ruling allowing key portions of the law to take effect. District Judge Sharon ...

Mohamed Ali Muflahi, the first person arrested under Alabama's strict new immigration law, is actually residing in the United States legally, his attorney proved on Monday . Muflahi, a 24-year-old born in Yemen, was arrested Friday during a drug raid ...

Alabamas tough new immigration law, most of which was upheld by a federal judge last week, is having its intended effect: Illegal aliens are leaving the state, and their children are disappearing from schools. Two news reports show that illegal ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The United States should consider help from Colombia to combat violent and organized crime in Mexico, witnesses told a joint subcommittee of the U.S Congress. ...

The noble American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which has been supporting the defense efforts for Youcef Nadarkhani, has helped a Moroccan "apostate" to Christianity (a young man identified as "Z") obtain asylum in the US. Raised in a "purely ...

Mohamed Ali Muflahi, the first person arrested under Alabama's strict new immigration law, is actually residing in the United States legally, his attorney proved on Monday . Muflahi, a 24-year-old born in Yemen, was arrested Friday during a drug raid in ...

This Sept. 29, 2011 photo shows Section - 5 at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, the second largest county jail in the nation, where inmates are processed for release. Cook County Commissioners have passed an ordinance this month that orders the jail not ...

_ Beginning of Story Content Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands following a meeting at the White House in February. Canada and the U.S. are trying to agree on a plan for border security and a trade deal. ...

Registration for the 2013 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery began on October 4, 2011. A statement from the US Embassy Public Affairs Section said entries for the DV-2013 DV programme must be submitted electronically between noon, Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and ...

(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) If you want to go where the true gamers are, best run for the border--or better yet, Long Island. Consumer spending tracker Bundle.com took a look at data from retail chains GameStop and EB Games, along with online ...

Beginning of Story Content Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama shake hands following a meeting at the White House in February. Canada and the U.S. are trying to agree on a plan for border security and a trade deal. ...

VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct. 4 -- The New Mexico Attorney General issued the following news release: Starting today, Attorney General Gary King is attending a 3-day tour of southern Canadian border facilities to learn about efforts to balance security with ...