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WASHINGTON -- Obama said he's instructed his administration to examine the Arizona bill to see if it's legal, and said the federal government must enact immigration reform at the national level - or leave the door open to "irresponsibility by others." ...

DEMOCRATIC leaders in the Congress may try to win passage of contentious immigration reform legislation this year in a move that could further harm prospects for a climate- change bill, congressional aides said on Wednesday. House of Representatives ...

A moderate aftershock from the magnitude 7.2 Mexican earthquake occurred at 7:22 a.m. (0222 GMT) Thursday near the border town of Seeley in Imperial County, California, the Los Angeles Times reported. The 4.2 magnitude temblor was felt in the area, ...

Lots of people cheered this week when it was reported that . This is a bold, exciting plan -- and if it works, it could be a game-changer. But that's only if it leads to a genuine, bipartisan push for an overhaul. A symbolic, partisan effort -- such as ...

A trio of key senators on Thursday pressured Democratic leaders not to let immigration reform displace a global warming bill. Moving the immigration bill first, as House and Senate leaders have discussed, threatens the rare chance of winning passage of ...

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WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, trailing in polls in heavily Hispanic Nevada, wants to pursue legislation to provide legal status for many unlawful immigrants before the Senate tackles a climate change and energy bill and as Democrats ...

PHOENIX Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is nearing a deadline to act on the nation's toughest state legislation against illegal immigration. A Saturday deadline was set when the legislation landed on her desk Monday. She can sign, veto or allow the bill to ...

WASHINGTON - Hispanic leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to act against Arizona's controversial illegal immigration legislation and to throw his weight behind a comprehensive immigration overhaul. Reps. ...

An Arizona state bill that would give law enforcement greater authority over arresting illegal immigrants has caused national uproar and could set the stage for court battles over how far states can go when it comes to immigration policies. The bill ...

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Kathleen Coll, Lecturer in Anthropology and Feminist Studies, Stanford Standing at the intersection of immigration and welfare reform, immigrant Latin American women are the target of special scrutiny in the United States. Both the state and the media ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confirmed on Thursday that she would not object if the Senate passed an immigration overhaul before climate and energy legislation. If the Senate is ready with an immigration bill, we dont want anybody holding it up ...

SAN JUAN. The U.S. authorities in Monito Island, located between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, rescued 12 Cubans taken there illegally by Dominican smugglers, the United States Border Patrol announced today. It said a U.S. Department of the ...

PHOENIX Arizona lawmakers who still aren't convinced President Barack Obama was born in the United States are pushing a bill that would require the president to show his birth certificate to get on the state's 2012 ballot. Opponents say the bill, passed ...

An Arizona state bill that would give law enforcement greater authority over arresting illegal immigrants has caused national uproar and could set the stage for court battles over how far states can go when it comes to immigration policies. The bill ...

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SAN FRANCISCO A 13-year-old boy who faced deportation to Australia after he was arrested for punching a schoolmate and stealing 46 cents was granted a green card, as his American stepfather criticized the San Francisco immigrant policy that had ...