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A Delray Beach man who was formerly a Guatemalan soldier involved in a 1982 village massacre was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for lying on his U.S. citizenship application about his participation in the killings, according to the U.S. ...

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In recent days the President and senior White House officials havein the presence of foreign dignitariescastigated a law passed in the state of Arizona. This new Arizona law directs that when law enforcement officers engage in a lawful stop, ...

Hopes that foreign-born partners of gay and lesbian Americans could follow the same path to citizenship as heterosexual spouses got a boost Thursday when U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago said he would fight to include such a proposal in the campaign ...

Michelle Obama is used to being in front of children. She routinely visits schools, community centers, shelters, and social service agencies in and around Washington, D.C. She speaks with them, reads stories to them, and brings them to the White House to ...

BOSTON Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, has endorsed a federal proposal that would allow und college students a pathway to permanent residency and US citizenship. Aoun sent US Senator Scott Brown a letter last week urging the passage of ...

Hopes that foreign-born partners of gay and lesbian Americans could follow the same path to citizenship as heterosexual spouses got a boost Thursday when U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago said he would fight to include such a proposal in the campaign ...

A US schoolgirl has challenged First Lady Michelle Obama during a visit to a primary school near Washington.The girl said her mother - who she revealed was an und migrant - said Barack Obama was "taking everybody away that doesn't have some papers".Mrs ...

Prospects for an immigration overhaul are fizzling this year and some Democratic lawmakers are focusing blame on the pugnacious Democratic operative who works just down the hall from President Obama. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff and longtime ...

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army says it has freed 55 kidnapped Central and South American migrants in a raid on a house near the U.S. border. The Defence Department says soldiers acting on a tip found five children, 12 women and 38 men at the house in ...

The encounter came during a trip to a primary school with Margarita Zavala, the first lady of Mexico, designed to promote Mrs Obama's campaign against childhood obesity. During the visit at the New Hampshire Estates Elementary School just outside ...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon took his opposition to a new Arizona immigration law to Congress Thursday, saying it "ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree." Calderon's comments on the Arizona law and his request that Congress do something ...

The encounter came during a trip to a primary school with Margarita Zavala, the first lady of Mexico, designed to promote Mrs Obama's campaign against childhood obesity. During the visit at the New Hampshire Estates Elementary School just outside ...

The president hosted Mexico's president at the White House Wednesday. ...

WASHINGTON President Felipe Caldern of Mexico escalated his assault Thursday on that allows law enforcement officials to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally, calling it a terrible idea. He offered the criticism in a particularly ...

An immigration reform rally with more than 100 protesters has blocked a major intersection in downtown Seattle. The rally began outside the Federal Building, then moved to a nearby building that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office and ...

Former state Sen. Scott Pruitt -- a candidate for Oklahoma attorney general -- plans to announce on Thursday that, if elected, he will sue the federal government for all expenses his state incurs as a result of illegal immigration, Fox News has learned. ...

Reporting from Washington Mexican President Felipe Calderon implored a joint session of Congress on Thursday to ban assault weapons that are showing up in his country in great numbers, and he also denounced Arizona's strict new immigration law. Winding ...

Prospects for an immigration overhaul are fizzling this year and some Democratic lawmakers are focusing blame on the pugnacious Democratic operative who works just down the hall from President Obama. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff and longtime ...

JIM LEHRER: Immigration reform, which is back in the spotlight today in Washington. Ray Suarez has our story. MAN: Madam Speaker, the president of Mexico. RAY SUAREZ: It was the second and final day of President Felipe Calderon's state visit to ...