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Previous Issues Comment Enforcement Milestones reports that the Department of Homeland Security released a fact sheet touting its end of the year accomplisments. The accomplishments listed include doubling the size of the Border Patrol from about 9,000 ...

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WINNIPEG - A Minnesota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for trying to smuggle guns into Manitoba. Benjamin James Hamlin, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiring to import firearms into Canada. Hamlin was one of 18 people ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the selection of Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) as Secretary of Labor in the Obama administration, Dan Stein, president of FAIR, issued the following statement:'President-elect Obama's selection ...

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has released a paper titled: A Canada-U.S. Border Vision discussing opportunities for improvement of North American security and competitiveness with the new leadership in the U.S. The paper identifies five border ...

A New Brunswick Conservative MP says he's optimistic a 'made-in-Canada solution' can be found for a unique problem that could see barricades block a road leading to a war veteran's farm and a golf course near the U.S. border. A small portion of Canadian ...

Check out this colorful animated map showing immigration to the United States between 1870 to 2007. Each colored dot represents the migration of 100 people. The U.S. Census Bureau has immigration data available on their website. Comments (0) Comments No ...

In the first two years of the Felipe Calderon administration, Mexico has become a focal point in the violation of the human rights of immigrants even as it criticizes the treatment of Mexican migrants in the United States. The UN Special Rapporteur on ...

NEW DELHI: Several leading IT companies have warned investors of a cutback in H1-Bs. In their US Securities and Exchange Commission filings, these IT companies, which includes Indian IT major Wipro, have alerted investors that it may become more ...

WASHINGTON ? The U.S. government has completed 500 miles of fencing along the border with Mexico, which is just 170 miles short of its goal. At this pace, the administration expects to have at least 600 miles complete by Jan. 20 when the Obama ...

The border checkpoint between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Ysidro, Calif., is the busiest land port into the U.S. and could be one of the busiest crossings in the world. Upward of 65,000 vehicles and 35,000 pedestrians cross in each direction every day. ...

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Previous Issues Comment Unconventional Wisdom The conventional wisdom on a number of issues may no longer be true: Conventional Wisdom: The incoming Obama administration's priorities will guide Congress as it goes about making laws in 2009 and 2010. ...

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In filings with the , companies that use H-1B and L-1 visas are alerting investors that it may become more difficult to obtain them in the future. Some firms are also noting that they don't know whether and the new Congress get adequate . Bangalore, ...

WASHINGTON_The U.S. government has completed 500 miles 9800 kilometers) of fencing along the border with Mexico, which is just 170 miles (274 kilometers) short of its goal. At this pace, the administration expects to have at least 600 miles (965 ...

What's this MCALLEN, Texas (AFP) - More than 7, foreigners were detained after entering the US illegally, and 386 died in attempts to do so during the 28 fiscal year, US Border Patrol said here Wednesday. Most -- 661,766 -- were Mexicans, many who had ...

By Patrick Thibodeau Bangalore, India-based Wipro Ltd., one of the largest users of H-1B visas, warned in an SEC filing shortly after the November presidential election that the 'increasing political and media attention' directed at outsourcing may lead ...