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Arizona National Guard Soldiers train for Operation Copper Cactus at an undisclosed location in Arizona. (U.S...Jim Greenhill) As the scheduled deployment of the National Guard along the United States' Southwestern border comes to a close, the campaign ...

LAREDO, Texas Federal authorities on Friday opened seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the U.S. from Mexico, nearly doubling capacity at the bridge that's the busiest commercial port on America's southwestern border ...

Share: President Barack Obama will use the Texas-Mexico border as a backdrop Tuesday to call yet again on Congress to fix the nation's broken immigration system and address the 11 million immigrants in this country illegally including 1.6 ...

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is adding its voice to those who want the federal government to stop checking fingerprints of people booked at local and state jails to find immigrants who can be deported. The caucus has written a letter to President ...

The White House Twitter account is soliciting opinions on immigration: Why do you think fixing our #immigration system is important? Send your reasons our way w/ #immigration. I have yet to see the point of Twitter, but if thats the way you ...

Obama is traveling to El Paso, across the border from violence-wracked Ciudad Juarez, where he will push for massive immigration reform, an initiative that has gotten little leverage in Congress. "I want to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect ...

Civil liberties advocates and others have complained in recent months that many school districts are seeking children's immigration papers as a prerequisite for enrollment. Some state and local officials have also considered bills to require prospective ...

May 06--The Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether Muslims are harassed, body searched, and detained by federal agents at the Detroit-Windsor border because of their appearance or religious background. In a letter sent ...

DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Filed Under The Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether Muslims are harassed, body searched, and detained by federal agents at the Detroit-Windsor border because of their appearance or ...

The Princeton couple, married in Connecticut almost a year ago, are seeking a moratorium on deportations of same-sex binational couples, who are not protected under the same immigration laws as heterosexual couples. Valandia, a native of Venezuela, could ...

A Venezuelan salsa dancer who legally married an American man in a same-sex ceremony last year has had his deportation placed on hold. The decision comes one day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder set aside a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling in a ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) A program to expand the busiest commercial crossing over the U.S.-Mexico border was inaugurated on Friday, nearly doubling the capacity for trucks entering Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, authorities said. The program ...

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Several states have expressed disagreement with President Barack Obama's Secure Communities program, saying it has caused erroneous deportations and failed to clarify whether state participation is necessary. The program checks for immigration violations ...

By Domenico Montanaro and Andrew GrossPresident Obama goes to Texas to deliver a speech on comprehensive immigration reform; Newt Gingrich gets in the presidential race. Does Jon Huntsman follow suit?Produced by Andrew Gross; Edited by Andrew Gross and ...

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By Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross President Obama goes to Texas to deliver a speech on comprehensive immigration reform; Newt Gingrich gets in the presidential race. Does Jon Huntsman follow suit? Produced by Andrew Gross; Edited by Andrew Gross ...

(05-06) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- College students who entered the country illegally appear closer than ever to receiving financial aid in California. On a party-line vote of 51-21, the state Assembly approved a bill Thursday that allows those students to ...

(NewsCore) - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will head to Texas next week to deliver a speech on immigration reform, the White House announced Friday, reviving an intense policy debate over one of the nation's most pressing issues. Obama will ...

Authorities are opening seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the U.S. out of Mexico. ...