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(WAFA) - The US Consulate General in Jerusalem Tuesday announced what it described as important changes to visa application procedures, according to press release. It said that as of December 12, the US Consulate will implement new visa application ...

The U.S. Border Patrol busted a driver with more than $8.3 million worth of cocaine on Thanksgiving Day, it announced today. The 262 pounds of cocaine were seized from a tractor-trailer that was driven through the Indio station checkpoint at highways 78 ...

Yesterday on Laura Ingraham's radio show, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) sought to differentiate herself from opponent Newt Gingrich on immigration. She explained that while Gingrich wants to give amnesty to 11 million people (a claim PolitiFact deemed ...

Citizenship Counts Board Member Diane Eckstein and her husband John will begin a cross-country journey with their dog, Kipp, walking and biking 3,500 miles to promote engaged citizenship and awareness of the naturalization process and to raise $3.5 ...

Illegal immigration is a key issue facing 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls. Former Senator Norm Coleman told reporters Tuesday that debating the issue is a good thing, but the tone of the debate is hurting Republican candidates. Republican candidates need ...

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speak in Charleston, S.C. The Republican presidential contenders are tying themselves in knots over immigration. But do voters really care? Newt ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On November 23, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama temporarily ordered certain Alabama officials to halt enforcement of Section 30 of HB 56, Alabama's discriminatory ...

Family says teen feared harsh anti-immigration laws in Texas, and became especially distressed after Dream Act failed to pass Before he died, Joaquin Luna put on his best suit, white shirt and black skinny tie, the same outfit he wore every Sunday ...

White House Correspondent E-Mail: mambinder@nationaljournal.com. Twitter:@marcambinder Marc Ambinder is the White House Correspondent for National Journal Group. He also writes on intelligence and national security and is a contributing editor at The ...

Pakistan's chief military spokesman said he didn't believe Pakistan fired on the Americans or that the border post attack could have been inadvertent. By , McClatchy Newspapers Tension between Pakistan and the United States over a US air strike that ...

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Texas Governor Perry had hoped to assuage concerns about his views on illegal immigration by winning the backing of tough-talking Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but at his first event with Arpaio in New Hampshire Tuesday he was confronted by a voter ...

Editor's note: , a CNN contributor, is the author of the newly published ": Readings on the Path to Manhood." Bennett, the Washington fellow of the Claremont Institute, was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and was director of the Office of ...

On November 18, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced its intent to investigate the effect of various state anti-illegal immigration statutes on the civil rights of alleged targets of those laws. A unanimous vote taken at the eight-member ...

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With more than 17,700 Border Patrol agents, 1,200 National Guard troops, federal agents, Border Enforcement Security Task Forces, Border Liaison Officers, intelligence analysts, mobile surveillance units and unmanned aerial systems, the federal ...

A pregnant U.S. photographer has claimed she was strip-searched and humiliated by Israeli soldiers during a security check. Lynsey Addario had requested not to go through an x-ray machine as she entered Israel from the Gaza Strip because of concerns for ...

US government agencies including the Department of Justice and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have seized the domain names of 150 websites accused of selling counterfeit products, including sports jerseys, handbags and shoes. The targeted websites, ...

40 photos - 23 hrs ago 10 photos - 14 hrs ago 12 photos - 19 hrs ago To: NATIONAL AND STATE EDITORS Contact: CONTACT: Gretchen Pfaff, +1-805-564-6626 President Obama Continues Admitting Millions of Legal Immigrants and Temporary Foreign Workers To Take ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announces the release of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) highlighting the benefits of the IMAGE (ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers) Program. IMAGE Charter Member Staff Management | ...