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Crime-ridden Northern Mexico may have lost another resident to drug related activities. This loss could be more significant, however: Marisol Valles Garcia, the 20 year old single mother and police chief is rumored to have fled the city of Praxedis G. ...

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown issued the following news release: America's second first lady Abigail Adams will be the focus of the 14th annual University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Great Americans Day Citizenship Forum and Luncheon being held ...

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Several reports indicate she is, but the El Paso Times is reporting that she will be back to work on Monday Editor's Note: There are still conflicting reports in regard to this story. The version below indicates that she is not seeking asylum, but ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The immigration measures approved by both chambers Friday night would allow illegal immigrants to get a permit to work in Utah. But they also include a requirement that police check the immigrant status of anyone stopped for a felony or ...

FLORENCE, Italy -- Svetlana Cojochru feels insulted. The Moldovan has lived here seven years as a nanny to Italian kids and caregiver to the elderly, but in order to stay she's had to prove her language skills by writing a postcard to an imaginary friend ...

It is a well known fact that the United States is the preferred destination for all immigrants. Though an immigrant can visit and work in the US with a visa or green card, becoming a US citizen has its own advantages. US laws does give many rights to ...

The Rancho Cordova resident of Armenian origin faces deportation as she illegally entered the U.S. nine years ago, the Sacramento Bee website reports. Silva Mamigonian was told by immigration officials she had to return back to Armenia as the woman ...

US has said it is currently focusing on the reinstatement of those students not implicated in the ongoing investigations into the visa scam by the California-based . "I think the focus right now (is) on what happens for students who are not implicated in ...

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The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil would like to warn Brazilian citizens that fraudulent e-mails, websites, and print advertisements offering visa services are on the rise. In particular, one widespread Diversity Visa (DV) scam e-mail instructs ...

Pine Valley, Calif. - A harsh winter storm hit east San Diego County, delivering freezing rain and up to four feet of snow in some areas. Border Patrol agents responded to the storm this past Saturday, February 26 and rendered life-saving assistance to a ...

A college student and mother who became the police chief of a Mexican border town has fled to the United States seeking asylum, one of her relatives said. ...

Arab foreign ministers condemned Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on his own people, and said they would consider imposing a no-fly zone over the country in the turmoil continues. While no final decision has been made on an air embargo, ...

After became the police chief of the small Mexican town of Praxedis, she became known as the bravest woman in town. Now has apparently fled the Mexican town and is seeking asylum from the United States of America. According to the statement of a close ...

MEXICO CITY - Surviving relatives of a slain human-rights activist said Friday that they are seeking asylum in the United States after several family members were killed and others received death threats. Marisela Reyes said the last straw was a death ...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlantas Mexican Consulte is expressing concerns over the potentially grave effects pending legislation targeting illegal immigration could have on Mexican nationals here. Miguel Martinez/Mundo Hispanico In ...

(TAP) - The United States embassy in Tunis donated 50,000 dollars to the Tunisian Red Crescent as an emergency assistance to help the various refugees in their flight from violence in Libya, according to an embassy's press release, on Friday. Besides, ...

This past summer, immigration agents raided a factory in Fullerton, California run by the company Terra Universal. Agents corralled the workers and handcuffed and arrested 43 people, most of whom are now in deportation proceedings. In late August the ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has asked a top U.S. Justice Department official to take another look at the efforts of agents who hunt gun traffickers along the U.S. border with Mexico. Some in Congress have suggested the current ...