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The government has refused to grant political asylum to an American who burnt his US citizenship papers at Rajghat to protest his country's war-centric policies and has asked him to apply for Indian citizenship instead. Jeff Knaebel, 72, moved to India ...

Centre should dispose of such plea in accordance with law: court New Delhi: With the Union government making it clear that it was not possible to grant political asylum to a U.S. citizen residing in India and practising Gandhian ideals, the Supreme Court ...

AFP/File This courtroom drawing shows the ten alleged spy suspects in a New York courtroom on July 8. The United 27 mins ago WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States has expelled a man who was reported to be a 12th Russian agent in the espionage ...

OTTAWA If natural disasters or terrorists disrupt cross-border infrastructure like the power grid, Canada and the United States hope to be able to tackle it together. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...

I was reading through a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report about how thousands of registered sex offenders are being issued U.S. passports. Apparently, the State Department cannot legally deny registered sex offenders from getting a ...

The U.S. and Canadian governments today announced initiatives aimed at promoting security and economic cooperation, including an agreement to complete a joint threat and risk assessment addressing a wide range of border issues. The North American ...

Watch Abbie Boudreau of CNN's give more details on CNN this evening at 6 ET on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." (CNN) -- Thousands of registered sex offenders have received U.S. passports, including at least 30 federal employees, according to a ...

NASSAU, Bahamas Colton A. Harris-Moore, the teenager known as the Barefoot Bandit, was deported to the United States Tuesday evening, just hours after pleading guilty to a single count of illegally landing an airplane in this island nation, a State ...

Even advocates of immigration reform cringed at President Obama's speech last month with its impressive juxtaposition of contradictory vices: sophomoric and professorial; hectoring and plaintive; combative and defensive. But above all it was one more ...

Dan Stein, President of FAIR tells Katie Couric why he thinks illegal immigration has been a detrimental force for the American labor force. ...

New Delhi, July 13: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that India is not open to political asylum but could allow any foreigner to get its citizenship under the due process of law. The Attor ...

The United States General Accountability Office, the investigative arm of the US Congress, has identified risks associated with American Samoa's immigration and customs systems. In a 47 page report, the GAO says the potential risks to the territory from ...

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, July 10, 2009, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Credit: AP) With the All-Star Game set for tonight in Anaheim, opponents of ...

The vessel wasn't in the same class as the 1951 Chevy truck outfitted as a boat that made worldwide headlines in 2003, but the tiny Styrofoam boat had the same purpose: to carry a migrant from Cuba to the United States. A U.S. surveillance aircraft ...

Central Americans Headed to US Suffer Kidnapping, Assault SALTILLO, Mexico, JULY 13, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The director of a refuge for migrants in Saltillo is decrying a 'humanitarian tragedy' that has involved thousands of illegal migrants who have been ...

SALT LAKE CITY A list containing the names and personal information of 1,300 illegal immigrants has been mailed around Utah, terrifying the state's Hispanic community. Gov. Gary Herbert wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he has asked state agencies to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI's investigation into a Russian spy ring that operated in the United States has resulted in another Russian being detained and then deported, U.S. government officials said on Tuesday. They said the 23-year-old Russian, ...

OTTAWA The Harper government has reached an agreement with the Obama administration to implement a new cross-border approach on infrastructure vulnerable to terrorist attacks or disasters. The agreement establishes a joint-action plan to share ...

An appeals court remanded the case of a Guatemalan woman seeking asylum in the U.S. Perdomo argues that because of high murder rates for women, she is not safe going home Ruling could affect other Guatemalan women in the United States A key issue is ...

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