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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 ...

President Obama will keep the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border past their current June deadline, agreeing to the demand by a number of border lawmakers who say having the military there deters illegal activity. Briefing reporters ahead of a major ...

Texas lawmakers have approved a measure that would force local police to give federal immigration offenses the same priority as other crimes. The vote in the Texas House came just before midnight, and ahead of President Barack Obama's planned Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will kick off a campaign-style push on comprehensive immigration reform Tuesday afternoon with a major speech in El Paso, Texas, but don't expect Congress to pass legislation anytime soon. The president is trying ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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. ...

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Carolyn Kaster President Barack Obama admires a gift from crew members of the Discovery Space Shuttle, presented to him by commander Steve Lindsey, left, Monday, May 9, 2011, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ...