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BOSTON A lawyer for a Pakistani man arrested on an immigration violation during the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing says deporting him would pose an "extreme and unusual" hardship for his American wife. Pir Khan, of Watertown, was one ...

The Arizona anti-immigration law has been beset by boycotts and demonstrations, yet a new poll suggests more Americans may want one just like it for their state. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, 48% say they want their state to pass an ...

If President Obama wants to solve America's immigration dilemma, he should avoid mixed messages. On May 19, he naively sided with visiting Mexican President Felipe Caldern who complained that Arizona's new immigration control law could lead to racial ...

A new poll says more American voters want an immigration law in their own state that's similar to the one in Arizona. ...

In response to the controversial Arizona immigration law, Mexico extended a repatriation program to help ease the transition of illegal migrants back home. The governments says the Arizona law could lead to a flood of returnees when it goes into effect, ...

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A new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday showed that more Americans favor Arizona-like immigration laws than oppose them. According to the poll, which surveyed 1,914 voters May 19 - 24, 48% of Americans want their state to pass an immigration ...

TACOMA, Wash. Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea that the federal government would count him in the census. No one gave him a census form. No one told him his ...

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TACOMA, Wash. - Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea the federal government would count him in the census. No one gave him a census form. No one told him his information would ...

I've been trying to stay away from discussing Arizona's immigration law because most people would rather dismiss the validity of the legislation than truly understand its purpose. The title alone immediately invites comments and opinions, but the law's ...

President Barack Obama's decision to send 1,200 National Guard troops to bolster security along the porous U.S.-Mexico border should be seen for what it is -- not a long-term solution but a reactive, political move that solves nothing over the long haul. ...

Saying comprehensive immigration reform could wait no longer, 32 labor, religious, and community leaders and an elected official were arrested after blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices May 25. The civil disobedience was part of a ...

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With 10% unemployment, one would think that the government would consider lowering the number of green cards issued to foreign workers until Americans were back on their feet. Amazingly, recently released data from the Department of Homeland Security ...

The reservation that Alex Soto lives on straddles the border between the United States and Mexico. He shares his views on the current debate in Arizona about border and immigration controls. Alex Soto is an activist with the Tohono Solidarity Across ...

President Obama, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and the list goes on, acknowledge that they have not read SB 1070. The now internationally famous 10-page Arizona law, which essentially says that Arizona ...

The New York City imam at the center of a controversial mosque-building project makes an interesting case for restoring ideological exclusion. Feisal Abdul Rauf has been a Muslim imam in New York for 25 years and chairs the Cordoba Initiative. The ...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, right, listens to Michel Ouellette, vice president and general manager of Bombardier's challenger assembly line while on a visit to Bombardier's Dorval Challenger plant in Montreal, Friday, May 28, 2010. (AP Photo/The ...

As Arizona and about ten other US states mull more draconian anti-immigration laws, the Obama Administration still has not gotten fully engaged in this festering problem. Distracted by the British Petroleum (BP) company oil spill the largest and ...