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Original article The Mexican government reported the results of recent studies on Tuesday showing that 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the United States do so without documents and 55 percent of them hire immigrant smugglers. The ...

The pumped-up loonie is having a major effect on cross-border travel between Canada and the United States, but the traffic is largely one way. Same-day car travel by Canadians to the United States reached its highest level in almost seven years in ...

Nation Audio for this story will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET , December 19, 2007 Arizona has passed a tough immigration bill that would crack down on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, starting Jan. 1. Arizona Republic reporter ...

WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Oakland, CA) today released a GAO report which finds that Homeland Securitys Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is spending inordinate time and resources looking for ...

National Post Canada.com Network Shop | | | Newsletter Home News Opinion Arts Life Sports Multimedia Your Post Financial Post Canada World Toronto Posted Home / News Grant Surridge, National Post Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 -+ ...

The 'dominant reality' is Mexican emigration to the United States, Conapo said Tuesday in a communique, pointing out that the Mexico-born population north of the border was only around 800,000 as recently as 1970. 'If one also considers the U.S.-born ...

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the application fee for a US non-immigrant visa (NIV) will increase. The new fee will be B$196.50 or USD$131.00. The increase will allow US embassies worldwide to recover the cost of security and other enhancements to the nonimmigrant visa application ...

The report, timed to coincide with the U.N. International Migrants Day, also noted that the Mexican-born population living in the United States increased from about 800,000 in 1970 to more than 11 million in 2006. The majority of Mexicans now living in ...

ITHACA, N.Y. 'Our country is reaping what Congress has sown,' said Craig Regelbrugge, a vice president of the American Nursery and Landscape Association and co-chairman of the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, a national coalition of more ...

Some 300 Turkish soldiers crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas yesterday in the wake of the heaviest air raids for years by the Turkish airforce on the mountain hideouts of the rebels. The Turkish military claimed that its soldiers ...

PM MEXICO CITY-The Mexican government reported the results of recent studies on Tuesday showing that 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the United States do so without documents and 55 percent of them hire immigrant smugglers. The ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A bill passed by both chambers of the U.S. Congress could make it easier for emergency responders in the northeastern United States and Canada to respond to major crises in the other country. The International Emergency Management ...

Chuck Langpaul Jr. has been in the custom home business for more than a decade, so he thought he knew a thing or two about groundbreaking ceremonies: Hoist a shovel, snap a picture and it's done. Then, a Hindu family in Great Falls asked him to build its ...

NOW, working with coalition partners La Raza, the National Immigration Law Center and many others, has signed onto and helped distribute a letter to Congress asking them to stand up to public attacks on hard-working immigrant families and to support ...

WASHINGTON -- American legislators are renewing their push to delay requiring passports at the Canada-U.S. border until June 2009 by slipping the measure into a critical spending bill. But the Homeland Security Department says it's determined to move ...

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Kandahar Santa LYNDEN, Wash. - American border guards at the Lynden, Wash. border crossing used a vehicle gamma-ray imaging system to uncover hundreds of kilograms of marijuana. Guards also arrested a 30-year-old Surrey man ...

LONDON (AP) Britain may start requiring residents to pay deposits when their non-European Union family members visit refundable only when the relatives go home, according to a government proposal aimed at tightening borders and eliminating illegal ...

Mexico, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) As many as 437 Mexicans have died so far this year trying to cross the border with the US, local chancellery confirmed Tuesday. The figure accounts for the January-December 5 period, and corroborates emigrants keep facing ...

Like British Columbia's best-known ski destination, Revelstoke Mountain Resort will boast world-class, all-season recreation, a village centre and mushrooming real estate values in the surrounding area. GLORIA GALLOWAY Manufacturers could be fined ...