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/News Release Agency/ 05/11/11 WASHINGTON, D.C. Top law enforcement agents from Texas and Arizona testified before Congress that crime and violence directly linked to Mexican drug cartels is more prevalent than federal crime statistics or the Obama ...

PHOENIX ? US president Barack Obama?s latest call for immigration reform is unlikely to break a deadlock with Republicans on the issue and had little new to hearten Latino voters whose votes he needs to win re-election, analysts said on Tuesday. In a ...

ATLANTAJessica Colotl has always tried to keep a low profile obeying the speed limit, making sure her car's lights work properly knowing that a brush with law enforcement could lead to her deportation and cost her a college diploma. After a few close ...

US President Barack Obama, in search of Hispanic votes and a long-shot overhaul of immigration policy, stood at the Mexican border for the first time since winning the White House and declared it more secure than ever. ...

THIS BEING soccer season, it's appropriate that many Latinos see President Barack Obama and the promise of immigration reform like Lucy and the futbol. This week, in El Paso, Obama again pledged to fix a broken system but not without an assist from ...

A federal US court blocked on Tuesday a controversial new immigration law in Utah, following a similar legal freeze in neighbouring Arizona as President Barack Obama highlighted the issue. US District Judge Clark Waddoups issued the ruling hours after ...

The Harper government is resisting U.S. efforts to slash customs duties dramatically on both sides of the border a behind-the-scenes battle with real consequences for the growing ranks of Canadian cross-border shoppers. The persistently strong Canadian ...

President Obama on Tuesday issued his most forceful call for an overhaul of a "broken immigration system," urging a largely disinterested Congress to create a path to citizenship for those already living here illegally. Obama's remarks in El Paso, Texas, ...

In the wake of Obama's defensive " we're tough on immigration too, you right-wing freaks " talk yesterday, an interesting blast from the past from the nifty "Classically Liberal" blog has fresh relevance. In it is summed up in full the thoughts of ...

To President Barack Obama, securing the border is a laughing matter -- and a lying matter. When Obama spoke in El Paso, Texas, yesterday, he claimed that (1) the federal government has now "basically" completed the border fence that security minded ...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of San Francisco (USF) will confer an honorary doctorate on Isabel Castillo, an activist whose high-profile fight for federal immigration legislation could have her deported at any time. USF president Stephen A. ...

New York, May 11 (EFE).- Mexico's Felipe Calderon praised the "powerful" approach taken by U.S. President Barack Obama to emphasize the contribution of immigrants to the U.S. economy and to demand that lawmakers push forward with the approval of ...

President Barack Obama's push for "comprehensive" changes to the nation's immigration laws that would allow more than 11 million people in the country illegally to remain in the country was met with skepticism by Arizona's governor, who said it would be ...

Same sex couples where partners have different nationalities struggle with US immigration laws. ...

t Barack Obama has been advocating for immigration reform recently. But there is absolutely no chance of passing any such legislation in this Congress, The Hill reports. What the president really is doing is trying to ensure that he wins Hispanic votes ...

A closer look at how the President's speech played in San Diego. ...

COMMENTARY | After sitting on the back burner , President Barack Obama Tuesday tossed the unpopular topic of immigration reform back into the political frying pan. In this week, the president will attempt to convince the residents of a state that suffers ...

President Barack Obama used the backdrop of the U.S-Mexico border on Tuesday for a major speech amplifying his calls for bipartisan reform of U.S. immigration laws. Facing continuing opposition from congressional Republicans on how best to achieve ...

EL PASO, Texas President Barack Obama, visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time in office, argued Tuesday that security has been improved enough that it's time for the nation to revamp its immigration policies. Jabbing at critics in ...

SAN DIEGO -- This week, in El Paso, Texas, President Obama again pledged to fix a broken immigration system, but not without an assist from Republicans. ...