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(RTTNews) - While a constitutional amendment would likely be required to stop granting citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released on Monday showed that slightly more American say that the ...

The Quinnipiac University national survey also shows a strong anti-immigrant tilt, with respondents favoring an end to the constitutionally guaranteed practice of granting U.S. citizenship to children born of illegal immigrants. Related Obama rejects ...

If you lived hundreds of miles away and listened only to the sound bites leading to passage of Senate Bill 1070, it would be easy to imagine some parts of Arizona as every bit as lawless as fabled Tombstone, circa 1881. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer sounded ...

A Mexican news ceran who was kidnapped and tortured by alleged drug traffickers while on assignment in the northern state of Durango will seek asylum in the United States, according to attorneys who have announced they will be taking on the asylum case. ...

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U.S. Coast Guard MIAMI --- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutters Kodiak Island and Ocracoke repatriated a total of 18 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba, Thursday and Saturday. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., HC-130 aircraft crew located ...

WASHINGTON President Obama sued to keep Arizona from writing its own immigration laws. Now, every former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) boss is asking whether he'll do the same to stop California from legalizing marijuana. In a letter to ...

For more than a century, the rules governing U.S. citizenship have included a straightforward test: With rare exception, a person born within the countrys borders is an American citizen. That tenet is now under attack as part of the fight over illegal ...

The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that it reached an agreement with a computer consulting company in Georgia where the company will pay approximately $1 million in back wages and interest to 135 H-1B workers as part of a DOL H-1B ...

Israel will begin deporting families of illegal migrants in coming weeks, officials say, as an emotional debate rages over the ballooning numbers of foreign workers that some fear could threaten the country's Jewish identity. A decade ago, Israel began ...

IXTEPEC, Mexico-Undocumented migrants from Central America have alleged that they were robbed at gunpoint by Mexican immigration authorities at a border crossing separating Mexico from Guatemala. The migrants told AFP they were attempting to cross into ...

Diplomat seeking asylum in USA `because he is gay and befriended a Jewish woman`. more... ...

Source: Reuters A Saudi Arabian diplomat is seeking political asylum in the United States because he is gay and befriended a Jewish woman, and fears for his life if he returns. The diplomat, Ali Ahmad Asseri, the first secretary of the Saudi consulate in ...

A Saudi diplomat in Los Angeles reportedly has asked for political asylum in the United States, claiming his life is in danger if he is returned to Saudi Arabia. The report on Saturday by NBC News quoted the diplomat, Ali Ahmad Asseri, as saying that ...

The last thing any international athlete wants to do after a 15-hour flight is spend another three hours stuck in immigration. When the destination is New York, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has little choice but to take the annual inquisition at the airport in ...

Ali Ahmad Asseri was quoted on NBC News as saying that Saudi officials have ordered him back to his country because he is gay and had befriended a Jewish woman. ...

Garnica was arrested in November 2009 after another CBP employee worked with investigators, recording conversations with her. Latest Articles EL PASO She lived a double life. At the border crossing, she was Agent Garnica, a veteran law enforcement ...

AM A Saudi diplomat has reportedly sought political asylum in the United States, saying his life is in danger if he is returned to his native Saudi Arabia. The diplomat, whom NBC News identified as Ali Ahmad Asseri, said Saudi officials terminated him ...

EL PASO - She lived a double life. At the border crossing, she was Agent Garnica, a veteran law enforcement officer. In the shadows, she was 'La Estrella,' the star, a brassy looker who helped drug cartels make a mockery of the U.S. border. This Story ...

A ranking Saudi diplomat told NBC News that he has asked for political asylum in the United States, saying he fears for his life if he is forced to return to his native country. The diplomat, Ali Ahmad Asseri, the first secretary of the Saudi consulate ...