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The D.C. Council plans to take up a resolution as early as next Tuesday that calls on the city government to boycott Arizona over the state's recently enacted immigration law. This Story The final language of the resolution still must be fine-tuned, but ...

The Mexican government will act against a new law targeting immigrants in the U.S. state of Arizona, which borders the Mexican state of Sonora, President Felipe Calderon told a broadcast public event. On Friday, the U.S. Arizona State governor Jan Brewer ...

Typically the subject of global travel warnings due to rampant, drug-fueled violence, Mexico on Tuesday issued an unusual alert to Mexican citizens in Arizona . The states adoption of a strict immigration enforcement law has created a negative ...

A couple hold up a sign in support of illegal immigrants on April 27, 2010 outside of Federal Plaza in New York City. Attorney-General, Homeland Security Secretary express concerns about tough legislation to crack down on illegal foreigners Email Please ...

The Retail Industry Leaders Association said Tuesday that Visa Europes just-announced settlement with European Union regulators capping interchange fees on debit transactions paid by European retailers is a settlement that should be echoed here in the ...

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Migrants face a perilous journey (Copyright: Ricardo Ramirez Arriola) Migrants in Mexico are facing a 'major human rights crisis' as the authorities fail to tackle widespread abuses, Amnesty International has warned. The human rights group said officials ...

Regarding the April 27 editorial "Stalled front": The irony of Democratic efforts to push so-called comprehensive immigration reform ahead of climate change in hopes of catching a political wave against Arizona's strict new immigration law is that even ...

President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that the new Arizona immigration law could lead to racial profiling. Speaking to a town hall in Iowa, Obama brought up the Arizona law when asked about immigration reform. "You know, you can try to make it really ...

Editor's note: Thomas A. Saenz is president and general counsel of MALDEF, the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (CNN) -- With her signature Friday on Senate Bill 1070, Gov. Jan Brewer launched Arizona into a maelstrom of national ...

* Obama refers to America's 'broken immigration system' * Democrats may push immigration reform effort in Congress * Arizona governor enacts tough immigration law (Updates with Arizona measure signed into law) WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - President ...

(RTTNews) - Mexico on Tuesday warned its citizens that they could be harassed if they traveled to the US border state of Arizona, which recently approved a controversial anti-immigration law. 'There's an adverse political atmosphere for migrant ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas Condemned Texas inmate Samuel Bustamante has been executed for fatally stabbing an illegal immigrant during a robbery attempt a dozen years ago. The 40-year-old Bustamante became the seventh prisoner put to death this year in the ...

OTTUMWA, Iowa -- Obama pledged to bring his own party along, pleading with Republicans to join in as the only realistic hope to solve a politically volatile problem. On a day dominated by his economic message, Obama offered a fresh, stern criticism of a ...

To hear the Latino lobby tell it, Arizonas tough new state law passed to halt illegal immigration into that state, is just short of establishing concentration camps for Mexicans. Mexicos president, Felipe Calderon claims the law opens the door to ...

Politico's Jonathan Martin: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is speaking out against the new hard-line immigration law in Arizona, becoming the first prominent national Republican to do so. "I think it creates unintended consequences," he said in a ...

Typically the subject of global travel warnings due to rampant, drug-fueled violence, Mexico issued an unusual alert Tuesday to Mexican citizens in Arizona. The country warned that the state's adoption of a strict immigration enforcement law has created ...

Propose Importance of Education on the Need for Reform WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops joined their voices to those of Arizona prelates in denouncing the highly controversial immigration law passed Friday in Arizona. In a ...

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Flag of Arizona In 90 days, the State of Arizona will begin enforcing a law that criminalizes the entry and residence of undocumented migrants in the state. The law, SB 1070 was signed, on April 23 and is causing apprehension among the thousands of ...