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WASHINGTON A federal judge in Alabama ruled on Wednesday that the state can move forward with key provisions of an immigration law designed to drive illegal immigrants out of the state, ending a 14-month losing streak for anti-immigration advocates ...

US Ambassador to Algiers, Henry Ensher refuted reports that his country is pressing Algeria to open border with Morocco, adding that he feels embarrassed with the travel warrants being issued by the State Department on Algeria. Mr Ensher told Echorouk ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said today that the Hispanic community can continue to count on him as the strongest of advocates for comprehensive immigration reform but that it doesnt depend solely on him, and added that it doesnt help the ...

This file illustration photo shows people standing on the front steps of the 16th View slideshows 4 photos - 4 hrs ago 5 photos - 5 hrs ago 16 photos - 15 hrs ago A judge upheld some of the toughest, most controversial parts of the state of Alabama's ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says passing comprehensive immigration reform is still a top priority for his administration. But he is offering no plan for getting legislation through the US Congress. The president is blaming Republican ...

US authorities arrested 2,900 illegal immigrants with criminal records during a seven-day sweep across the country, the biggest of its kind, immigration officials said yesterday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said the operation, which it ...

Parts of the strict law are upheld, including a requirement that police check suspected illegal immigrants' status on traffic stops. A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked portions of Alabama's strict immigration law but upheld others, including a ...

Mexicos fight against international drug-trafficking organizations is approaching its five-year anniversary. It is a somber occasion, as the costs of this fight have been extraordinarily high, with the most tragic measurement being lives lost, now ...

US has welcomed India-Pakistan talks to expand border trade. The US view in this regard was conveyed when visiting Pakistani Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh met Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides, the State Department said in a statement today. ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Immigration agents arrested 186 people in Northern California and more than 2,900 nationwide in a week-long sweep in search of illegal and legal immigrants with criminal records. In the Bay Area, the majority of arrests occurred in Santa ...

President Obama told a largely Latino audience Wednesday that his administration has not become more aggressive in deporting illegal immigrants, despite statistics to the contrary that he calls misleading. "The statistics are actually a little deceptive, ...

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said today that the Hispanic community can continue to count on him as the strongest of advocates for comprehensive immigration reform but that it doesnt depend solely on him, and added that it doesnt help the ...

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York minced no words in a speech today about the need for immigration reform to make a priority of keeping top foreign students who have come to the United States from returning home after they graduate from college. ...

A federal judge Wednesday upheld most sections of Alabama's far-reaching immigration law that had been challenged by the Obama administration, including portions that had been blocked in other states. The decision, by Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn of ...

The chief of British Petroleum, Robert Dudley, on Wednesday said that he expected output from Reliance Industries' gas blocks off India's east coast t ... [read story] A woman in UK has credited her faithful pet spaniel for saving her life from breast ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking back his charge that critics of a law granting children of illegal immigrants in-state college tuition don't have a heart. The GOP presidential hopeful made his comments in an interview today with Newsmax, a conservative ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday said "we are a nation of immigrants" and "we need a system that works for all of us." Speaking at an "Open for Questions" roundtable at the White House, Obama answered Yahoo!, MSN Latino ...

Alabama's governor says a federal judge left most of the state's tough new immigration law in place and it's still the strongest in the nation. Gov. Robert Bentley spoke at a news conference Wednesday in Montgomery after reviewing rulings by U.S. ...