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The Obama administration is cancelling more than 40 agreements it has signed with states under the Secure Communities program. (Michael S. Williamson / Washington Post / June 18, 2011) Related Government alters deportation program Either scrap or revamp ...

US Army citizen, headlines Gazeta Wyborcza, reporting that many young Poles with green cards (permanent US residency permits) are joining the American army to obtain US citizenship. Having completed 14 weeks of training, they are swiftly sent on ...

Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) We are first Catholics and, as such, we need to approach this issue - and every 'social issue 'We are called to live our faith in our businesses, homes and communities, and in our participation in public life.That means ...

Mexico and 15 other countries want to make sure their citizens are treated "fairly" in the state of Alabama and with the law suit against the state for their new immigration law. The new law allows police officers to inquire about immigration status ...

SUMMARY Objective This article aims to identify opportunities, barriers and challenges in Mexico's policy networks for the development of healthcare programs for undocumented migrants in the USA and their families. Methods We used policy analysis, ...

- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. According to a recently released report by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research institution, fewer Mexican migrants returned to their sending country in 2008 and 2009 than chose to do so in the two ...

- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. While U.S. Homeland Security Department officials repeatedly assure Americans that the southern border is more secure than ever, a separate government agency has issued an alarming report warning of ...

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MEXICO CITY Temporary visas will be provided to people taking part in a caravan to draw attention to the cases of missing Central American migrants in Mexico, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said. The caravan is heading to Mexico City in ...

ROME - Italy has called on NATO to investigate reports that an alliance warship failed to come to the rescue of a boat stranded off Libya for nearly a week and that scores of migrants aboard may have died for lack of food and water. ...

Nearly three quarters of Britons think there are too many immigrants in the country, a survey by IPSOS Mori has said. The survey put UK third highest in a league table of 23 countries according to concerns about migrant numbers. It showed Britain topped ...

The US Consular Agency in George Town, Grand Cayman, will begin accepting applications for American passports and consular reports of birth abroad by appointment beginning on Monday, 8 August. No appointment will be necessary for notarial services. ...

(Raymundo Aguirre/Borderzine.com) EL PASO A young policewoman feels trapped living in abysmal despair after fleeing a Mexican town near the border. She attempted to uphold the law in a society fed by narco-violence, but faced insurmountable ...

Apprehensions Decrease with Unprecedented Resource Deployment Contact: Christina DiPasquale Phone: 202-481-8181 Email: cdipasquale@americanprogress.org Read the full report here. Washington, D.C. Despite the conservative border security first ...

TIJUANA, Mexico After 15 years of installing marble in homes in Escondido, California, Porfirio Perez was caught without a drivers license during a February traffic stop and deported. Now the 42-year-old just tries to survive in this sprawling industrial ...

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Guillermo I. Martinez Columnist In South Florida we have learned the lesson well. When Cuba starts talking about allowing its citizens to leave the island, we all follow the age-old Boy Scouts rule: Be prepared. Ral Castro, the current Castro ruler in ...

What is the current state of unauthorized migration at our southern border? What is the reason for the decline in unauthorized migration? Why is now the right time for a comprehensive approach to immigration reform? ...

In an effort to ensure their citizens are treated fairly in Alabama, 16 nations, including Mexico, filed briefs against the states controversial new immigration law that has already drawn fire from the U.S. Department of Justice. Edward Still, a ...

Washington believes Syrian President Bashar Assad's government was responsible for more than 2,000 deaths in its nearly five-month crackdown on protests, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday.Clinton repeated that the United States believes ...