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WASHINGTON - The cost of the first step toward becoming a U.S. citizen getting a green card may be going up. But the Obama administration won't be raising the price to apply for full-fledged citizenship. The administration has proposed increasing ...

Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, a shooting near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues. U.S. authorities said Tuesday a Border ...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an incident near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues. ...

CIUDAD JUAREZ: Mexico has condemned the US Border Patrol's "disproportionate" use of force after an agent shot dead a 14-year-old Mexican boy who was throwing rocks on a bridge linking the two nations. The boy died after a border patrol officer opened ...

The U.S.-Mexico border is guarded by more than 17,000 border patrol agents. However, they only have 'effective control' of less than 700 miles of the 1,954 miles of total border, according to Wikipedia. The border has the second highest number of legal ...

Wednesday 9 June 2010 Student Sergio Adrin Hernndez was killed when an officer opened fire on a group of young Mexicans that were reportedly throwing stones. Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the fatal shooting of a 14 ...

Cubans held a series of activities Monday to celebrate the 163th anniversary of the first arrival of Chinese immigrants. The activities include exhibits of Chinese martial arts and cuisines, parades of the traditional costumes and crafts fairs. Chinese ...

MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon said Monday that the death of a Mexican migrant after being shot with a stun gun by a U.S. immigration officer was an unacceptable human rights violation. Migrant Anastasio Hernandez was shocked by a Customs and ...

Border crossers at the Migrant Resource Center in Naco, Mexico The southern U.S. border with Mexico is the focus of political debate over illegal immigration. But human dramas play out every day along the border. Our correspondent reports from near ...

Check out this immigration article EL MONTE, California A Los Angeles resident was arrested after pretending to be an immigration agent and robbing eight individuals in El Monte, California. Noel Gutierrez, 33, was arrested under grounds of robbery ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. Just days after residents along a tiny U.S.-Canada border station successfully lobbied the federal government to abandon its plan to expand the crossing by seizing a dairy farmer's land, some people are complaining they had no idea the ...

Reporting from Mesa, Ariz. ? As a candidate for president, Republican John McCain lamented his party's tough talk on illegal immigration. "In the long term, if you alienate the Hispanics, you'll pay a heavy price," he told a group of Milwaukee ...

First, Arizona targeted illegal immigrants. Now the state's eyeing their children. A state senator is looking to draft legislation that would keep children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally from becoming citizens, as ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton opened a four-nation tour of Latin America and the Caribbean Monday hoping to boost cooperation on security matters and build consensus on contentious issues like U.S. immigration laws and the fallout over ...

First, Arizona targeted illegal immigrants. Now the state's eyeing their children. A state senator is looking to draft legislation that would keep children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally from becoming citizens, as ...

A U.S. border patrol vehicle is seen from the Mexican side of the border while driving near Otay Mountain on the outskirts of San Diego, California June 6, 2010. In response to spiralling drug violence in northern Mexico where cartels are battling for ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US plans to deploy its military forces near Iranian borders in Armenia under the cover of the UN peace-keeping troops, an Azeri politician stated on Monday. "Some parts of the territories occupied by Armenia lie in Iran's neighborhood ...

So, according to those six people at the Arizona rally, "government shouldn't meddle in the private lives of individuals" and enforce immigration law ["O.C. activists take podium at Arizona rally," News, June 6]? Realistically, what is the... ...

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This week, a group of 150 Christian leaders committed to the ministry of reconciliation in their churches, communities, schools, and organizations gathered at Duke Divinity School to explore how the church can be more present and engaged in the struggle ...