Immigration News from around the Web

With the introduction of an online application filing system, streamlined procedures, relaxed requirements, more English-speaking personnel and the opening of a permanent branch office in Chapala, it has never been easier for foreigners to take full ...

WASHINGTON -- Hispanic lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with President Barack Obama for not using his executive authority to change immigration policy, an issue with next to no prospects in Congress for at least another two years. A ...

Arizona National Guard Soldiers train for Operation Copper Cactus at an undisclosed location in Arizona. (U.S...Jim Greenhill) As the scheduled deployment of the National Guard along the United States' Southwestern border comes to a close, the campaign ...

LAREDO, Texas Federal authorities on Friday opened seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the U.S. from Mexico, nearly doubling capacity at the bridge that's the busiest commercial port on America's southwestern border ...

Share: President Barack Obama will use the Texas-Mexico border as a backdrop Tuesday to call yet again on Congress to fix the nation's broken immigration system and address the 11 million immigrants in this country illegally including 1.6 ...

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is adding its voice to those who want the federal government to stop checking fingerprints of people booked at local and state jails to find immigrants who can be deported. The caucus has written a letter to President ...

The White House Twitter account is soliciting opinions on immigration: Why do you think fixing our #immigration system is important? Send your reasons our way w/ #immigration. I have yet to see the point of Twitter, but if thats the way you ...

Several states have expressed disagreement with President Barack Obama's Secure Communities program, saying it has caused erroneous deportations and failed to clarify whether state participation is necessary. The program checks for immigration violations ...

By Domenico Montanaro and Andrew GrossPresident Obama goes to Texas to deliver a speech on comprehensive immigration reform; Newt Gingrich gets in the presidential race. Does Jon Huntsman follow suit?Produced by Andrew Gross; Edited by Andrew Gross and ...

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By Domenico Montanaro and Andrew Gross President Obama goes to Texas to deliver a speech on comprehensive immigration reform; Newt Gingrich gets in the presidential race. Does Jon Huntsman follow suit? Produced by Andrew Gross; Edited by Andrew Gross ...

May 06--The Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether Muslims are harassed, body searched, and detained by federal agents at the Detroit-Windsor border because of their appearance or religious background. In a letter sent ...

DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Filed Under The Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether Muslims are harassed, body searched, and detained by federal agents at the Detroit-Windsor border because of their appearance or ...

The Princeton couple, married in Connecticut almost a year ago, are seeking a moratorium on deportations of same-sex binational couples, who are not protected under the same immigration laws as heterosexual couples. Valandia, a native of Venezuela, could ...

A Venezuelan salsa dancer who legally married an American man in a same-sex ceremony last year has had his deportation placed on hold. The decision comes one day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder set aside a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling in a ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) A program to expand the busiest commercial crossing over the U.S.-Mexico border was inaugurated on Friday, nearly doubling the capacity for trucks entering Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, authorities said. The program ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a new "immigration index" that would measure Southwest border security beyond the conventional way of observing state and local statistics, which focus mainly on data such as arrests and drug ...

President Obama is making it clear he will used his newly earned political capital by pushing his version of immigration reform, including potential citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already in the United States. ...

(05-06) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- College students who entered the country illegally appear closer than ever to receiving financial aid in California. On a party-line vote of 51-21, the state Assembly approved a bill Thursday that allows those students to ...