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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is calling on President Obama to secure the border between Texas and Mexico, following a Tuesday incident where shots in Juarez, Mexico crossed the border into El Paso and struck City Hall. Speaking Sunday on Fox ...

An Israeli court on Sunday continued the detention of Hamas-affiliated East Jerusalem politician Mohammad Abu Tir for another week, until Monday 12 July. On the basis of a 'deportation' order pending since 2006, Israeli Police took Abu Tir's Permanent ...

AtT some point during his first term in office, every US President promises comprehensive immigration reform. None has ever delivered. This week it was Barack Obamas turn to swear that something will be done, in a speech trailed by aides as a significant ...

Look how this Mexican expansion advocate compares Arizona to South Africa! Throw the bum out! Columns by Jorge Ramos A LESSON FOR ARIZONA JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- While South Africa has made enormous strides in the struggle to overcome racial ...

July 04--Many hurdles await those trudging the path to legal U.S. citizenship, and thousands of immigrants -- 680,000 in 2009 -- successfully scale them each year. On the weekend of the nation's 234th birthday, more than 3,800 candidates were sworn in at ...

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today accompanied President Obama during a speech at American University in Washington, where the president called for comprehensive immigration reform. Secretary Solis issued the following statement in support of ...

SPA -- US President Barack Obama today called for the reform of the nation's 'broken' immigration system, urging both parties to work together but making no new proposals of his own, according to dpa. Having passed a major health care bill earlier ...

In an EXCLUSIVE interview on This Week, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., invited President Obama to the Arizona border. [Sen.] Jon Kyl and I invite the President to come to the Arizona Sonora border. The violence is incredibly high, McCain ...

Filipino-American groups have hailed a major policy speech of US President Barack Obama calling for reforms on the countrys immigration laws that should include a mechanism for the legalization of und immigrants. We support the call for a practical, ...

The Russian diplomat's daughter accused of being a spy is "embarrassed" by photos of her that have turned up in media reports and fears she will be deported, her lawyer said. Attorney Robert Baum told The Associated Press that he showed Anna Chapman, 28, ...

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Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Message: Your email has been sent. Thanks for recommending The Daily Beast! President Barack Obama speaks at the American University School of International Service Building July 1, 2010 in ...

President Obama begged Congress last week to update the nation's hypocritical immigration policy, which it refused to do for his predecessor, George W. Bush, in fatter times. There are, Obama said, something like '11 million undocumented immigrants in ...

It's a Monday night on the Westside of Los Angeles, and Oliver Stone is causing trouble. The provocateur filmmaker has just finished showing his new ry "South of the Border" a shameless if genial piece of agitprop about leftist leaders in South ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, issued the following statement following President Barack Obama's appearance this morning ...

The President's Speech, and a Chat, on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Posted by Jesse Lee on June 30, 2010 at 01:52 PM EDT Speaking to 24 American service members as they became citizens of our nation in April, the President was passionate about the ...

President Obama begged Congress last week to update the nation's hypocritical immigration policy, which it refused to do for his predecessor, George W. Bush, in fatter times. There are, Obama said, something like '11 million undocumented immigrants in ...

President Obama left no clich unturned in his much-touted July 1 speech on immigration, and it's impossible to read the transcript without laughing. The southern border is too long to secure! We can't deport 11 million illegals!! We have too stepped up ...

Advocates demanding stricter rules against illegal immigration -- including those backing Arizona's new law clamping down on undocumented immigrants -- have long argued that state lawmakers have been forced to act because of Congress's reluctance to take ...

East Jerusalem resident Mohammad Abu Tir was not summarily dumped on the other side of Qalandia Checkpoint (going to the West Bank) nor in front of Erez Terminal (leading to Gaza) after his arrest on Wednesday in [Greater Municipal] Jerusalem. Instead, ...