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After two years of declines, the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. was virtually unchanged last year, according to a report released Tuesday by the .The annual report, relied upon by both sides in the contentious immigration debate, found ...

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America's 4,000-mile border with Canada is poorly monitored and riddled with serious security vulnerabilities, according to a federal report released Tuesday. U.S. authorities are routinely made aware of illegal border crossings along only one-quarter of ...

WASHINGTON -- Competition for impressive statistics and doubts about fellow federal agents' competence are undermining efforts to improve coordination of U.S. law enforcement agencies combating drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and potential terrorists ...

Publisher: Day Pitney Alert U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") reports that as of January 26, 2011, it had reached the cap on new H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2011 and will reject any petitions it receives after that date. Employers ...

SAN SALVADOR A total of 18 Salvadorans were among the 219 migrants found inside a trailer in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, El Salvadors Foreign Ministry said, adding that the repatriation process was underway. Mexican authorities ...

The top two senators on the Homeland Security and said Tuesday the federal government has control of only 32 miles of the 4,000-mile-border with Canada, providing terrorists with what could be an easier entry point than the southern border. , Connecticut ...

Borders Group, the second-largest US bookstore chain, may file for protection from creditors as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter. The retailer will likely close at least 150 stores, one person said. The people ...

For the first time since the 1940s, Florida saw more people moving out of state in 2009 than migrating into its recession-struck suburbs. Included in that historic economic exodus were of the state's illegal immigrants. To be sure, states like Arizona ...

By Pete Yost WASHINGTON -- New government data show that the Obama administration has sharply increased immigration prosecutions and has stepped up cases against white-collar crimes, drug violations, organized crime and official corruption. An analysis ...

WASHINGTON -- Americans face a high risk of terrorist activity along the U.S.-Canadian border, where less than 1 percent of the 4,000-mile stretch is adequately protected, according to a government report released Tuesday. "To me, this report is ...

New government data shows the Obama administration has sharply increased immigration prosecutions and has stepped up cases against white-collar crimes, drug violations, organized crime and official corruption. An analysis compiled by a private group ...

Canada is once again being painted a code-red terrorist threat to the United States, this time after a U.S government watchdog agency discovered that the world's longest undefended border is, ahem, largely undefended. ...

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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., speaks during a news conference on the release of GAO report on northern border security, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP ...

WASHINGTON - A new government report says that less than 1 per cent of the 4,000-mile (6,440-kilometre) U.S.-Canada border is considered under the operational control of U.S. border officials. The chairman of the Senate's Homeland Security and Government ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) Two key US Senators sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the US-Canada border, citing an official report that warns just 32 of its undefended 4,000-mile stretch have "an acceptable level of security." Senate Homeland Security Committee ...

OLYMPIA -- For the third year in a row, Washington state officials want to save money by putting some inmates who are illegally in the country in federal custody -- essentially speeding up their deportation. Lawmakers on Monday heard a proposal from the ...

WASHINGTON--Competition for impressive statistics and doubts about fellow federal agents' competence are undermining efforts to improve coordination of U.S. law enforcement agencies combating drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and potential terrorists ...

A federal judge in Nevada has issued a temporary restraining order shutting down what the Federal Trade Commission calls a nationwide scam targeting people seeking immigration services. The FTC announced Monday that the operation posed as the U.S. ...