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The Department of Homeland Security plans to revise the enforcement of an immigration program known as Secure Communities. The program requires law enforcement agencies to use federal databases to check the fingerprints of people arrested for immigration ...

Once upon a time, Sen. John McCain was one of the few nationally known Republicans whose M.O. did not include bashing illegal immigrants for possible electoral gain. Those days are long gone. Spooked by the ugly xenophobia rampant in the GOPs base, ...

The U.S. immigration agency pledged Friday to reform a deportation program so that only those who pose serious threat to public safety will be deported. A committee comprised of local police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and others will be formed to ...

By Sarnata Reynolds, Advocacy and Policy Director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights. An immigrant stands in a holding cell at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Florence, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/) For many ...

ON June 9, the US Department of Justice commenced a media blitz on its new initiative to combat immigration services scams. The countrys major news media like the New York Times, CBS, ABC, the Los Angeles Times, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and the ...

The Arizona Republic Sen. John McCain fanned some political flames when he said some wildfires blazing in Arizona were likely started by people who crossed the border illegally. "There is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by ...

ATLANTA -- A federal judge could prevent Georgia's new immigration law from taking effect on July 1. Opponents of the law were granted a hearing Monday morning at the Russell Federal Building in Downtown Atlanta to ask Judge Thomas Thrash to issue an ...

By Sarnata Reynolds, Advocacy and Policy Director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights. An immigrant stands in a holding cell at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Florence, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/) More... ...

ATLANTA A federal judge has heard arguments on a request by civil liberties groups to block Georgias law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge has been resolved. The judge said Monday that he would not ...

A federal judge has heard arguments on a request by civil liberties groups to block Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge has been resolved. The judge said Monday that he would not make an immediate ...

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday defended his statement over the weekend that illegal immigrants were responsible for some Arizona wildfires, citing congressional testimony and published reports to back his claim (see video below). Speaking from his ...

Pakistan on Monday expressed serious concern to a visiting top U.S. diplomat over recent militant incursions from across the border with Afghanistan into Pakistan that led to loss of innocent lives, Xinhua reported. Pakistan said that armed militants ...

One early morning two weeks ago, Christopher Zambrano was biking home on the 79th Street Causeway near North Bay Village when one of several men in black clothes riding in an SUV ordered him to stop.Fearing imminent robbery, Zambrano pedaled faster to ...

ATLANTA -- A federal judge could rule as soon as Monday whether to block Georgia's new immigration law and prevent it from taking effect on July 1. Opponents of the law have been granted a 10 a.m. hearing at the Russell Federal Building in Downtown ...

An inspirational book by an immigrant who rose from the slums of India to mansions of America, by Harsimran Singh, Ph.D PR Newswire UPPER BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 20, 2011 UPPER BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In Rich Immigrant Poor ...

WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) United States immigration authorities have placed a Jamaican national on its Most Wanted list. The Immigration and Enforcement Agency (ICE) said that Hubert Thompson Downer is wanted for Illegal re-entry as an ...

The B-1 in lieu of H-1B visa has been an important and legitimate source of flexibility facilitating the needs of global businesses and business travelers, with significant benefit to the United States economy. The April 14, 2011 letter from ...

FLASH: CASUALTIES FEARED AS U.S. DRONES FIRE 2 MISSILES IN PAKISTAN'S NORTHWEST TRIBAL AREA OF KURRAM AGENCY BORDERING AFGHANISTAN -- LOCAL MEDIA ...

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ATLANTA -- A federal judge could rule as soon as Monday whether to block Georgia's new immigration law and prevent it from taking effect on July 1. Opponents of the law have been granted a 10:00 am hearing at the Russell Federal Building in downtown ...