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Mexico's President Felipe Calderon speaks during a news conference at the Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, 26 April 2010 The Mexican government continues to react to the U.S. state of Arizona's new immigration law, issuing a travel alert ...

ARIZONA's new law on illegal immigrants is set to move from the emotive arena of public protest to the quieter confines of court. The measure, set to take effect in late July or early August, would make it a crime under state law to be in the United ...

PHOENIX - The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every 'safe house' discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico. The tensions finally spilled over this month with passage ...

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog Washington is continuing to play ping-pong with the immigration issue. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who needs at least the lions share of the votes to be cast by Nevadas Hispanic community if he hopes to ...

WASHINGTON ? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday backed off a plan to make immigration the next item on the Senate's agenda, but a controversial new Arizona law and a push by immigration rights groups has renewed a debate many lawmakers would ...

Immigrants contribute to the economic growth and productivity of this nation. However it is not good time to bring at this time the issue of Immigration Reform because there will not be enough support across party lines. And the political division that ...

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain says Arizona had to pass a tough immigration law because the Obama administration has failed to ''secure our borders.'' The Arizona Republican called the situation in his state ''the worst I've ever seen,'' saying ...

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Posted by Spencer Magloff Leave Comment Share E-mail Print Font Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared on CBS' 'The Early Show' today to discuss a recently passed bill in his home state that would make it a crime under state law to be in the U.S. illegally. ...

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of Americans living outside the United States are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship. What we have seen is a substantial change in ...

Ryan Young and Alex Nowrasteh make an essential point about immigration: What's the right approach to dismantling the black market? Liberalization. The immigration black market only exists...because the government has made the legal market as ...

Arizona's law is a serious setback for civil rights and provides a political impetus to restructure the nation's immigration laws The enactment of the harsh and controversial immigration law in Arizona on Friday, starkly denounced by President Obama ...

Harry Smith spoke with Ariz. Sen. John McCain about what changes the G.O.P. wants for the financial reform bill and his state's controversial immigration law. ...

H-1B applications got off to a slow start at the beginning of this month with only about 13,500 applications being received within the first 14 days of eligibility. Economic factors have been tabbed with a portion of the lag in application numbers. ...

Law could hurt Arizona's tech industry by discouraging businesses from locating in the state and dissuade top foreign students from attending schools there H-1B workers in Arizona that can't immediately prove they're working in the U.S. legally may find ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said the House's ability to approve an immigration bill depends on the Senates action. Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday indicated a Senate bills border-security and enforcement provisions could go a long way in persuading ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government is warning its citizens about travel to Arizona because of a tough new immigration law there. The travel alert from the Foreign Relations Department urges Mexicans in Arizona to 'act with prudence and respect the ...

is feeling the heat of the national spotlight as thousands protest across the state and some have called for a boycott of Arizona goods following the signing of a In response to the criticism, Brewer has lashed out at President Obama who has called the ...

Felipe Caldern warns relations with Mexico will suffer as police allowed to stop anyone they suspect is an illegal immigrant The Mexican president, Felipe Caldern, has condemned Arizona's new immigration law and warned that relations with the border ...

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain says Arizona had to pass a tough immigration law because the Obama administration has failed to "secure our borders." The Arizona Republican called the situation in his state "the worst I've ever seen," saying ineffective ...