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The trend is most significant in the Mexican-American community where during 2000 to 2010 births outnumbered immigrants significantly. It's also a change from the previous two decades. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us ...

child strains to see then President George W. Bush at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington June 26, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst PHOENIX | Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:33pm BST PHOENIX (Reuters) - For the first time births have overtaken ...

A few years ago, Mark Stein wrote a book on the states often goofy borders. Why, for example, is the Upper Peninsula not part of Wisconsin, to which it is attached, rather than of Michigan, to which it is not? How the States Got Their Shapes was ...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a U.S. visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery because a ...

Married same-sex couples find their commitment has no standing in the eyes of immigration agents when one partner isn't a citizen. The Obama administration says their cases are a low priority, but that doesn't always prevent deportation. Bradford Wells, ...

The U.S. recession and the global financial crisis did not lead to an increase in the number of immigrants returning to Mexico, a new study shows. "Migration in both directions between the United States and Mexico slowed during the recession, but our ...

PHOENIX: For the first time births have overtaken immigration as the main driver of dynamic growth in the US Hispanic population, according to a new study released on Thursday. The survey found the new trend especially evident among Mexican-Americans, ...

SAN BERNARDINO Seven illegal immigrant students arrested in a Southern California street protest are now waiting to see whether they will be deported in a test of the Obama administration's immigration policy, students said Thursday. The students ...

Ten illegal immigrants from Mexico were arrested on drug trafficking charges after federal and Las Vegas law enforcement officials seized 212 pounds of drugs worth $5.7 million in the largest methamphetamine bust in Nevada history, authorities announced ...

A Mexican migrant worker has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of men and women who allegedly beat him in northwest Iowa, as well as two police officers accused of covering up the crime. The federal lawsuit, filed on behalf of Rafael Trevino, 43, ...

This program, launched in 2004 and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is aimed to protect Mexican nationals from high temperatures and dangerous conditions near the border during the height of summer. "We are committed to provide these ...

(NewsCore) - NEW YORK -- Immigrant hotel maids and their supporters plan to come knocking at Dominique Strauss-Kahn's $50,000-a-month New York City townhouse Thursday night. The contingent -- which includes advocates for battered women, for housekeepers ...

A Myanmese diplomat has requested asylum in the United States, apparently in response to a crackdown by his government after the defection of a senior colleague this month. ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio addresses the media during an immigration and I.D. theft sweep Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Mesas Alpine Valley Bread bakery outlet. By Mike Sakal, Tribune Ahwatukee Foothills News | 0 comments The Maricopa County ...

The fast-growing population in the United States of people of Mexican origin increased far more in the last decade from births here than from immigration from Mexico, according to a report on Thursday by the . After one of the largest mass migrations in ...

Earlier this week, the Department of Commerce published international trade figures for May. The U.S. trade deficit, with the rest of the world, was the highest its been in three years, surpassing everyones expectations. The deficit totaled ...

Customs officials have seized pickled pork skins hidden in a container of coffee creamer that a Colorado man was attempting to smuggle across the border into West Texas ...

Seven illegal immigrant students arrested in a Southern California street protest say they're now waiting to see if they'll be deported in a test of the Obama administration's immigration policy. Jonathan Perez, a 24-year-old communications student who ...

Illegal immigration is a hot topic in this country. And even though there are many in the Obama administration who refuse to recognize the need for a tough stance on it, there are those who see a need to address it. Officials at one U.S. embassy abroad ...