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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 ...

PHOENIX - Republican Sen. John McCain, who once championed a path to citizenship for the nation's roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants, is now pushing for a crackdown on illegals amid the toughest re-election fight of his career. McCain's hardline ...

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- The White House pursues tough immigration enforcement against people who pose no threat to the United States, immigrant rights advocates charge. Yet at the same time the Obama administration calls for a new immigration laws ...

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WASHINGTON: Democratic leaders in the US 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 ...

WASHINGTON The doorbell rang early that morning in 2006, before the three oldest Romeike children had begun their schoolwork at the familys kitchen table in Bissingen, Germany. Uwe Romeike peeked through a window and saw two police officers. ...

Lawmakers in Washington say U.S. and Mexican authorities need much more help to battle violent drug traffickers. At a hearing this week, several members of a Senate committee blasted plans for a so-called "virtual fence" as a waste of taxpayer dollars. ...

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PHOENIX A bill the Arizona Legislature passed this week that would hand the state and local police broad powers to enforce immigration law has split police groups and sown confusion over how the law would be applied. While Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, ...

HONOLULU Hawaiian lawmakers are moving closer to passing a measure allowing the state to ignore repeated requests for President Barack Obama's birth certificate. A conference committee unanimously voted Tuesday to advance the bill, which is aimed at ...

Let us be clear. We support the idea of enhanced border enforcement, but we support it as one ingredient in the recipe of comprehensive immigration reform. Enforcement only doesnt work as a national strategy to control illegal immigration. In October ...

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Presidential candidate Barack Obama once spoke about his commitment to bring millions of illegal immigrants 'out of the shadows' by overhauling federal immigration law during the first year of his administration. But now, nearly a year and half after ...

made a series of phone calls to Republican senators on Tuesday in an effort to grease the wheels for a bipartisan bill on immigration reform. The time frame for consideration of that bill remains vague, however, as the administration dismissed reports ...

WINSLOW, Ariz. In the days since it became clear that Arizona would pass the nation's toughest law targeting illegal immigrants, this congenial Old West outpost has shown signs of splintering, with neighbors turning against neighbors and police worried ...

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Opponents of the Senate Bill 1070 held a vigil outside the State Capitol during the lunch-hour Monday, showing solidarity in their hope for her veto. (John Pellizzari) Passage sends the bill to Gov. Jan Brewer, who has not taken a position on the measure ...

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