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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - Those living downstream on the Rio Grande are bracing for possible flooding. Tropical rains being dumped in the area already have closed two international bridges and led to evacuations on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border ...

immigration reform speech were both puzzling. His political purpose in delivering, at this time, his first presidential speech on immigration is even murkier. The President's speech was beautifully crafted, of course, and was characteristically replete ...

New York (CNN) -- Ten Russians allegedly involved in intelligence gathering were expelled from the United States Thursday night, leaving on a flight chartered by the Russia government to Vienna, Austria, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. U.S. ...

(Washington, DC) - Congress and the Obama administration should include protections for immigrants' human rights, both in their daily lives and in the courts, in any immigration reform proposals, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. The ...

Reporting from Washington Arizona's law giving local police immigration enforcement powers is likely to be struck down, most legal experts predict, now that the Obama administration has gone to court asserting that it conflicts with federal law. They ...

New York (CNN) -- Ten Russians allegedly involved in intelligence gathering will be expelled from the United States in short order, in exchange for Russia's release of four Russian prisoners accused of spying for the United States, officials from both ...

Their cover blown, 10 Russian spies have given up their lives in the U.S. and headed home, but in at least one case their children probably won't follow. A lawyer for Vicky Pelaez said Thursday that the teenage son she had with fellow Russian agent ...

NEW YORK Their cover blown, 10 Russian spies have given up their lives in the U.S. and headed home, but in at least one case their children probably won't follow. A lawyer for Vicky Pelaez said Thursday that the teenage son she had with fellow Russian ...

Illegal immigration is not just about poor workers seeking a better life. It's now also about Iran-backed Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists organizing in Latin America to penetrate the U.S.-Mexico border and generate drug profits to finance and carry out ...

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NEW YORK Ten Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America and acted as spies for Moscow have been deported. A law enforcement official says the spies left New York for Moscow on Thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy in a Manhattan courtroom and ...

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Excerpts from press briefing Thursday by Marc Toner, acting spokesman for the U.S. Department of State. QUESTION : Would [the prisoner release] be an incident that would start leading the United States to reconsider the embargo, to start considering a ...

The Department of State will implement an increase of passport and citizenship services and Diversity Visa application fees from July 13. In order to ensure that the Department has sufficient resources to meet the increasing cost of delivering consular ...

The Obama administration is challenging Arizona's tough new immigration law, and that's too bad. It's not that the Arizona law is good policy, because it isn't. And it's not that President Obama doesn't have a better idea on immigration reform, because ...

LAREDO, Texas The gentle stream that usually marks the Rio Grande bulged into a mighty river along much of its southern reach Thursday as a rain-packed tropical depression dumped on a Texas-Mexico border region already struggling with flooded homes and ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and US have agreed upon formation of joint working groups on border management with regard to western borders during the strategic dialogue here Thursday. As per details extensive consultation was made on a set of issues including ...

No one likes to be opposed. As people, we pick a side of an argument we believe in and try our hardest to win. Thats life, but there are differing ways in which we oppose one another and some are much more inflammatory than others. See if you agree. Is ...

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn said Thursday that President Obama does not want to solve the illegal immigration problem "because he wants Hispanics to vote for him. ...

The typical policy wonk sees a daunting problem like America's broken immigration system and thinks, "What we need here is comprehensive reform--I'll craft a perfect solution that addresses every aspect of the problem." This big idea is dispersed through ...