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Building a case that the U.S. has largely secured its border with Mexico, President Barack Obama today outlined a proposal that provides a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally and continues to build on efforts to block illegal ...

WASHINGTON "The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund appreciates President Obama traveling to the border city of El Paso, Texas The President has listened to the community and is clearly ready to move ...

The porous nature of Americas borders has long worked against a deal over what to do with 11 million people already in the United States violating immigration law. Granting them legal status would be convenient, even moral in some family cases. But ...

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When President Obama makes his much-anticipated remarks on immigration reform later today in Texas, many people will be listening carefully. Among them are the ...

Customs and Border Protection spokesman Jeffrey Quinones says the migrants were found on Mona Island and nearby Monito Island. The islands are closer to the Dominican Republic than Puerto Rico but both are considered U.S. territory. Quinones said Tuesday ...

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One is that granting more immigrants citizenship would be good for the U.S. economy. The other is that America's 2,000-mile Southwest border has never been safer, so the timing for immigration reform is excellent. Both points are sure to ignite ...

President Barack Obama heads to El Paso, Texas, Tuesday to give a speech on the need for comprehensive immigration reform, part of an administration attempt to seize the initiative on a hot-button issue that has largely been ceded to state government ...

A group of 38 state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday urging him to remove New York from a national program that has been a cornerstone of the Obama administration's immigration enforcement efforts. ...

President Obama plans to pivot this week from foreign affairs and the targeted killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden to a domestic issue that continues to bedevil his administration: comprehensive immigration reform. Or the lack thereof. Given the ...

Up until now, President Obama's commitment to immigration reform has largely meant one thing: enforcement. Unwilling to spend his limited political capital on a sweeping immigration overhaul when the Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress, Obama ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is making his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border, using the setting to sharpen his call for a remake of the nation's immigration laws and try to cast the GOP as the obstacle standing in its way. The ...

By Domenico Montanaro, Political Reporter, NBC News EL PASO, Texas President Obama today will try to create a sense of urgency here around the issue of immigration and once again call on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, ...

- U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives see Canada as a stable and reliable source of energy, but they are concerned about what they perceive as lax border security and show little support for Canada-U.S. trade, according to a new ...

Today, David Plouffe sent an email to the White House email list about the President's speech on immigration in El Paso, Texas at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. CDT) and the ways you can get involved in a national dialogue on this issue. Check out the email ...

Contrary to appearances, speaking about the death of Osama bin Laden has not been the only thing on President Barack Obamas agenda these days. On Tuesday, Obama makes his first trip to the US-Mexican border, using the setting to address the fate of an ...

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After President Barack Obama delivers remarks in Texas about the need for immigration reform, he will head to Austin for two Democratic National Committee fundraising events. Obama is scheduled to deliver remarks at a DNC event at 5:50 p.m. at the Moody ...

President Obama plans to unveil a blueprint on Tuesday of what he wants Congress to include in a comprehensive immigration reform bill, according to senior administration officials. Obama is scheduled to visit El Paso, Texas, with Homeland ...

As a candidate, President Obama promised Latino voters that he would aggressively push for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill during his first year in office. ?What I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that ...