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Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday expressed hope that an agreement would be reached with Israel over the issues of borders and security in order to start direct negotiations, according to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. ...

Immigration reform has been something of an albatross around the necks of politicians for years. The lack of a comprehensive federal policy has not only angered those in Congress, but the public as well. And with President Obama's push Thursday to get ...

May 5: President Obama speaks as first lady Michelle looks on during a celebration of Cinco de Mayo. WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive ...

SAN DIEGO - An immigration judge tentatively granted asylum to the son of a Hamas founder who turned his back on his father's group and became a spy for Israel. The ruling Wednesday came after the federal government abruptly dropped concerns that the ...

Facing possible 'deportation' -- whatever that means -- from East Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Tir, a Hamas-affiliated politician elected in January 2006 to the Palestine Legislative Council (PLC), was arrested this afternoon in Jerusalem (where he is not ...

PHOENIX Arizona officials plan to release a training program designed to teach police officers to implement the state's new crackdown on illegal immigration without racially profiling. Gov. Jan Brewer ordered the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and ...

President to deliver speech on the issue Thursday at American University. ...

WASHINGTON --President Barack Obama will sign tough new sanctions Thursday against Iran over its nuclear development program. The president also will speak at American University School of International Service on the need for comprehensive immigration ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will sign tough new sanctions Thursday against Iran over its nuclear development program. The president also will speak at American University School of International Service on the need for comprehensive immigration ...

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WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive approach is the only way to fix what he and others say is a system badly in need of repair. Obama was ...

President to deliver speech on the issue Thursday at American University. ...

Sheikh Hassan Yousef. (File Getty) The son of a Hamas co-founder and spy for Israel was set to be granted asylum after the US government withdrew its opposition to his request to remain in the country on Wednesday. Mosab Hassan Yousef, 32, had fought to ...

Washington - Hurricane Alex came ashore late Wednesday, lashing north-eastern Mexico and southern Texas with harsh winds and heavy rain. The season's first hurricane was a category 2 storm with sustained winds of 155 kilometres an hour when it reached ...

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After seven bullets believed to have been hit El Paso's City Hall on Tuesday, Texas wrote a letter to President Barack Obama demanding "action."No one in El Paso was hurt in the shootings, which Abbott blamed on Mexico's warring drug cartels. His letter ...

MANILA, Philippines-The governments of the United States and China have cited the Bureau of Immigration for its ''high degree of professionalism and efficiency in public service.'' Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan has received on Monday ...

President Barack Obama hopes to rally new momentum behind the push for an immigration overhaul by explaining why he thinks a comprehensive approach is the only way to fix what he and others say is a system badly in need of repair. Obama was laying out ...

Why in the world should the United States reform its immigration policy to support the Mexican oligarchys *emigration* plan to rid their country of potential revolutionaries? Perhaps the whining handwringers would do more good by condemning ...

Editor's note: Tamar Jacoby is president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of small-business owners advocating immigration reform. Washington (CNN) -- As President Obama prepares the high-stakes speech he's scheduled to give Thursday on ...