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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 ...

President Barack Obama plans to deliver a speech in El Paso, Texas, on the importance of reforming U.S. immigration policy, the White House said. The president's trip to Texas Tuesday will include a tour of the cargo facility at the Bridge of the ...

A group of 38 state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo urging him to remove New York from a national program that has been a cornerstone of the Obama administrations immigration enforcement efforts. Last week, Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois ...

President Barack Obama headed to the southern border Tuesday in a bid to "elevate" the toxic US debate over illegal immigration and to appease Hispanic voters seen as crucial to his 2012 reelection bid. ...

Barack Obama will resume efforts on Tuesday to launch a debate on immigration reform, arguing that the U.S. cannot afford to dodge the issue if it is to maintain its competitive edge. While the U.S. president's speech in El Paso, Texas, on immigration ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani intelligence officials say U.S. missiles have killed three alleged militants in a tribal region along the Afghan border. They say two drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle in the Baghar area of South Waziristan. The ...

SALT LAKE CITY Police in Utah have been given the authority to check the citizenship status of anyone they arrest even if only for a few hours. The new law, House Bill 497, went into effect Tuesday, although civil rights attorneys spent much of Monday ...

VANCOUVER, BCU.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, ...

A tunnel running 250 feet beneath the U.S.-Mexican border has been discovered fully kitted out with electricity, water pumps and ventilation. Authorities in Arizona said although they've found dozens of tunnels in Nogales, a city in Santa Cruz County ...

The Pew Research Center has just released a very interesting study, Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology. It segments the public into nine groups: eight politically active groups and one inactive group (bystanders) composed entirely of nonvoters. ...

U.S. President Barack Obama is heading to the U.S.-Mexican border Tuesday to spell out his plans to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. Mr. Obama will use the speech in El Paso, Texas to pressure the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would give ...

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 countrys immigration laws and try to cast the Republican Party as the obstacle standing in ...

I learned a lot about Superman today.First, I learned that he's still alive. I thought he'd been killed off a few years ago, but I must admit that I haven't paid much attention to his story arc since Jor-El cast sent him packing from Krypton in the 1978 ...

President Barack Obama alights in El Paso, Texas, tomorrow to present his vision of an immigration system that meets the economic and security needs of our nation in the 21st century. The presidents speech will undoubtedly focus on his administrations ...

President Barack Obama heads to El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday to give a speech on the need for comprehensive immigration reform -- a perennial hot-button political issue that both Democrats and Republicans hope to use to their advantage in 2012. Obama has ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make his case for immigration reform on Tuesday on a visit to the U.S. border with Mexico, reaching out to Hispanic voters whose support he is counting on to win re-election next year. Top aides said ...

A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday to decide whether to block a new Utah immigration law that lets police check the citizenship status of anyone they arrest. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups is set to hold hearing on the matter in Salt Lake ...

President Obama to discuss immigration President Obama visits El Paso Trade with Mexico is booming -- and trending upwards -- experts say. But billions of dollars in economic activity so far has not created many jobs. "In real terms, (trade) has returned ...