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LINE IN THE SAND: A HISTORY OF THE WESTERN U.S.-MEXICO BORDER BY RACHEL ST. JOHN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, $29.95 The border, says , has not always been a barrier, and there is no reason to think that it will not become something else in the ...

A new global poll by Ipsos measuring citizens perception of immigration in 24 countries has just been released. Despite what politicians around the world would have their countrymen believe, the average person isnt buying the benefits of current ...

if(requestedWidth 0)} EL PASO -- Three years ago, Carlos Gallardo Baquier's 14-year-old son was the victim of a kidnapping attempt. Three armed men assaulted the boy just outside the garage of his house, but he escaped before they could kidnap him. The ...

- Having a Diploma in Manual Osteopathic Practice (DO(MP) can help you immigrate to Canada and become a Canadian permanent resident, leading to Canadian citizenship and a Canadian passport in 3 years following arrival in Canada. National Academy of ...

Sonia Arora (name changed on request) had cleared her recruitment interview with a large IT company in Pune. What had gone in her favour was the fact that she had a B-1/B-2 multi-entry US visa, with a 10-year validity. In fact, soon after she joined, the ...

* Aug 05, Colombo: The Immigrant Visa section of the United States Embassy in Colombo will be holding a series of presentations on Diversity Visa lottery in several cities. The first presentation of the series will be held today at 4:30 pm at the ...

- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. In what Washington Post reporter Sari Horwitz called the agencys biggest debacle since. . . Waco, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is under fire from Congress for ...

Adm Mike Mullen said this during an unannounced visit to the NATO-led mission. He alleged that Pakistan was still a safe haven harbouring Al-Qaeda despite the death of Osama bin Laden at the beginning of May. Speaking to NATO TV, he said: "Pakistan still ...

Having spread around the Internet and over local blogs like wildfire, a new rule regarding United States citizens living abroad has had many expats hungry for accurate information. The rule set to go into effect on August 15 was initiated by the U.S. ...

U.S. immigration officials, who for months have insisted that states sign up to participate in a controversial program to identify and deport immigrants who commit crimes, abruptly changed their approach Friday and terminated agreements with nearly 40 ...

After Thursday's painful rout, the market swung more than 400 points Friday as nervous investors were buffeted by news about weak U.S. and Europe's debt problems. ...

Brandon Kruse/Palm Beach Post Patricia Wilson, 64, who has worked in the hospitality and service industry since the 1960s, said she's had trouble finding work. She feels the guest worker program has made it harder for her to find work. Photo taken July ...

(EFE via COMTEX) -- A Mexican judge has ordered five Guatemalans and a Honduran to stand trial on charges of kidnapping 46 undocumented Central American immigrants in Mexico for the Gulf drug cartel, the federal Attorney General's Office said Saturday. A ...

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Mexico and 15 other countries are filing briefs against an Alabama law which requires public school, pre-employment and increased law enforcement checks to find undocumented immigrants in the state, arguing that the law could lead to violation of the ...

U.S. Customs officers said Friday they have found 5,000 rounds of ammunition in a vehicle crossing back from the U.S. into Mexico.Boxes of ammunition, commonly used in assault rifles, were found under the back seat of a SUV during an inspection in the ...

Federal immigration officials announced Friday that they were terminating the joint agreements with state and local governments that have been at the center of a controversy surrounding a national fin ...

As a University of Chicago alumnus (PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1978) I groaned mentally when the May-June issue of the alumni magazine arrived in the mail, with its cover article Dream deferred about the destructive doings of one Joshua Hoyt, ...

Los Fresnos, Texas: Local police wearing berets and bulletproof vests broke down the door of a Guatemala City apartment in February hunting for illegal drugs. Instead, they found a different kind of illicit shipment: 27 immigrants from India packed into ...

Document Actions Share this: Letter - From the August 08, 2011 issue by Kathleene Parker I take exception to the use of the word "immigrant" by HCN or Utah (HCN, 6/27/11). As one knowledgeable about Mormon values, I pondered what had come over the ...