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The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into allegations the sheriff discriminates against Hispanics in his program to crack down on illegal immigrants. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe ...

A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects in northern Tamaulipas state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said. Troops were patrolling yesterday in the town of General Trevino around noon when they came ...

A respiratory therapist accused four years ago of fondling two female patients in Woodbury was arrested Wednesday at the U.S.-Canadian border. After lengthy negotiations, Abdi Elmy Hersy, 49, was picked up by the Washington County sheriff's office ...

The U.S.-Mexico border But among economic pundits, the discussion is heading in exactly the opposite direction. Pro-immigration arguments are booming, and reached a zenith this week with the publication of a paper by the San Francisco Federal Reserve ...

MONTERREY, Mexico - A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects Thursday in northern Nuevo Leon state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said. Troops were patrolling in the town of General Trevino around ...

MONTERREY, Mexico Federal Police officers detained 33 illegal Central American immigrants on the highway that links Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, to Reynosa, a border city in the neighboring state of Tamaulipas. ...

QUITO, Ecuador -- One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States. Luis Freddy ...

WASHINGTON-The US government has followed through with its warnings to a prominent Arizona sheriff, filing suit against him Thursday for not cooperating with an investigation into alleged discrimination against illegal immigrants. The target of the ...

MONTERREY, Mexico Mexico's military said 25 suspects were shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the US border on Thursday. A spokesman said soldiers were patrolling around noon in the town of General Trevino when they came under fire from gunmen ...

MEXICO CITY The Mexican government announced a 'comprehensive strategy' against the kidnapping of undocumented migrants headed for the United States to prevent incidents like the recent massacre of 72 immigrants by an organized criminal group. The ...

QUITO, Ecuador - One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday not to attempt the journey to the United States. Luis Freddy ...

WASHINGTONThe US government has followed through with its warnings to a prominent Arizona sheriff, filing suit against him Thursday for not cooperating with an investigation into alleged discrimination against illegal immigrants. ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, the number of illegal immigrants coming into the United States is dropping. In a study based on analysis of 2009 census data, the Pew Hispanic Center Report notes that there has been an 8% drop in the number of ...

AFP//File Sheriff Joe Arpaio, seen here in August 2010, accused the US administration of treating him as a 'whipping Play Video Immigration Video:Study: Arizona Illegal Immigration Down FOX News Play Video Immigration Video:Economy or Enforcement ...

MONTERREY, Mexico At least 25 drug suspects were killed Thursday in a gunfight with the Mexican army near the U.S. border, military sources said. A spokesman said soldiers were patrolling around noon Thursday in the town of General Trevino when they ...

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A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead advised other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one he and his companions met. The victims in the killings, which happened in northern Mexico, were migrants from Central and ...

The drones can carry equipment including night vision cameras that operators use to detect drug and human smugglers and can stay in the air for up to 30 hours at a time. ...

The Predator Unmanned Aerial System started flying over Texas this week, according to DHS officials. The drones will conduct surveillance of the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials say surveillance of the entire border -- from Texas to California -- is now ...