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The American Embassy in Accra has announced a new non-immigrant visa appointment service which takes effect from March 1, 2011. From that date, all non-immigrant visa applicants are to schedule their appointments through the US Visa Information Service ...

MEXICO CITY Mexico's Senate has approved a bill offering illegal immigrants greater rights, while stripping out controversial proposals that would have toughened enforcement measures. The legislation would guarantee education, health care and more equal ...

TORONTO - Charging Canadian visitors to enter the United States would hinder trade and travel between the two countries, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday as a proposed "passenger inspection fee" ruffled feathers on both sides of the border. ...

A soldier escorts Julian Zapata Espinoza (third from the left) a ring leader of a cell of Los Zetas operating in southern Nuevo Leon. He stands accused of the roadside killing of a US immigration agent in Mexico. Image Credit: Reuters Mexico City: ...

In this photo provided by NBC television Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. The new House Majority Leader said he believes Obama is a citizen and that most Americans are beyond that question. He ...

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MARTINEZ -- The federal immigration agency has finally linked all California police agencies to reveal immigrants -- legal or not -- arrested for violating laws and subject to deportation. The action, announced Friday morning in Southern California, ...

Reportedly, about 3,000 visas were issued to US officials by our Embassy in Washington between July 14 and December 31, 2010. Prior to authorisation of Ambassador Haqqani by the PM, all visas to diplomats were issued only after the Ministry of Foreign ...

RICHMOND, Virginia -- The government says 22 people have been charged with operating a violent, Mexico-based enterprise that sold fake documents to illegal immigrants in several states. An indictment released Thursday by the U.S. attorney's office in ...

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(Orin Kerr) Dafna Linzer has the scoop over at ProPublica. An excerpt: Then there is Question 12: What is the rule oflaw? I showed it to lawyers and law professors. They were stumped. There are four acceptable answers: Everyone ...

(CNN) -- In Mexico, a man who tried to journey illegally into the United States to seek work vows that he will never again leave his home. His trip turned into a nightmare when he was kidnapped along the route, as happens to thousands of migrants ...

By News on the Net Written by Army Sgt. Amanda Jo Brown, TF Phoenix Thursday, February 24, 2011 Sgt. Andreas Buttner (right), a 34-year-old crew chief with Co C, Dustoff, TF Phoenix, 10th CAB, 10th Mtn Div, TF Falcon, proudly displays his ...

RICHMOND, Va. ? Twenty-two people have been charged with producing more than 15,000 false documents for illegal immigrants in 11 states and protecting their lucrative turf through kidnappings, beatings and the slaying of a rival, officials said Thursday. ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Senate has approved a bill offering illegal immigrants greater rights, while stripping out controversial proposals that would have toughened enforcement measures. The legislation would guarantee education, health care and more ...

By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM -- Nearly 100 American Orthodox rabbis have signed a letter demanding that the conversions they perform outside Israel be recognized -- at least for immigration purposes -- by Israel's Interior Ministry. ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Senate has approved a bill offering illegal immigrants greater rights, while stripping out controversial proposals that would have toughened enforcement measures. The legislation would guarantee education, health care and more ...

LIMA, Peru - The Peruvian journalist deported by the United States to Russia in a spy swap last year says that she never spied for Moscow and that her husband hid his espionage from her until the couple's arrest.Vicky Pelaez says she also intends to ...

(CNN) -- In Mexico, a man who tried to journey illegally into the United States to seek work vows that he will never again leave his home. His trip turned into a nightmare when he was kidnapped along the route, as happens to thousands of migrants ...

MEXICO CITY Mexicos Senate approved a new Immigration Law to protect and guarantee the human rights of immigrants in its territory, although the parts of the measure described by some lawmakers as racist remained pending for debate. The ...