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Washington - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a US visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery because a ...

The new commander of U.S. military forces in South Korea is wasting no time in getting a firsthand view of the tense border with North Korea.Gen. James D. Thurman visited the demilitarized zone Friday one day after taking over command of U.S. and United ...

WASHINGTON - In a blow to thousands of hopeful would-be immigrants who had been told they'd won a chance to apply for a green card, a federal judge ruled that the State Department can toss out the results of its May visa lottery, which were deemed ...

Illegal immigrants would be allowed to get privately financed student aid administered by state universities and colleges under legislation approved Thursday by the state Senate and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown is expected to approve the measure, ...

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PHOENIX--For the first time births have overtaken immigration as the main driver of dynamic growth in the U.S. Hispanic population, according to a new study released on Thursday. The Pew Hispanic Center survey found the new trend especially evident among ...

What is the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000? The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (also known as AC21) allows for a 3-year extension of an H1-B visa if the candidate's I-140 has been ...

GENEVA - Swiss bank Credit Suisse says its cross-border business is the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation. Credit Suisse says the probe concerns "historical" cross-border private banking services provided to American customers. The ...

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LAS VEGAS At least 10 illegal immigrants from Mexico were arrested on drug-trafficking charges after federal and Las Vegas law enforcement officials seized 212 pounds of illegal drugs worth $5.7 million in the largest methamphetamine bust in Nevada ...

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A panel of the U.S. House of Representatives cleared a bill that would continue to provide resources to research border security technology. The bill (HR 2463) would direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to continue using new technology, such ...

Immigrant workers from the Americas who live in the U.S. are largely from Mexico. Thats according to the first International Migration In The Americas Report from the Organization of American States. The reports authors found that of the emigrant ...

Those in the group had been seeking class-action status, which would mean their cases could be combined into one, in their bid to stop the government from nullifying their selections in the visa lottery. One of them, 42-year-old French native Armande ...

A look at how the two borders compare in terms of length, crossings and apprehensions. ...

Advocates say US government policy has caused hundreds of deaths while border patrol blames 'alien smugglers'. Humanitarian advocacy groups say the US government is at fault for heightening risks of crossing the Mexico-US border, where hundreds perish in ...

The fast-growing population in the United States of people of Mexican origin increased far more in the last decade from births here than from immigration from Mexico, according to a report Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. After "one of the largest ...

Ana Laura Bolaos remembers how common it was 10 years ago for those who work with Mexican immigrants in Central Florida to get calls about helping scores of the newly arrived. "We don't see many people at all anymore arriving from Mexico to work here," ...

Washington The push for greater security along the border with Canada is getting some traction on Capitol Hill that's likely to lead to more boots and technology on the ground in Michigan. Included in the 2012 appropriations plan for the Department of ...

By Mike Brunkermsnbc.com writer and editorWhile numerous U.S. officials have said violence along the U.S.-Mexico border fueled by drug trafficking poses an increasing threat to Americans, a review of data from more than 1,600 local and federal law ...