Immigration News from around the Web

SAN FRANCISCO: A lot has been said, discussed and written about flawed US immigration policies and the consequent pains inflicted upon entrepreneurs and the US economy. Now, finally, a Silicon Valley start-up - whose favourite word is "visafree" - has ...

PORTLAND A Portland teen admits he was wrong to steal a shirt, but he's fighting the consequences deportation to Mexico. Gustavo Romero-Alvarez told KATU (http://is.gd/KpBrK8) he has no memory of Mexico. He was brought to the United States ...

Border agencies in the U.S. and Canada are considering , according to a leaked document obtained by CBC News. Some Canada-U.S. border crossings would be unstaffed and operated by remote. (CBC)The document, created by the bi-national Small Port Working ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded CSC (NYSE: CSC) a task order to continue to operate and maintain USCIS' Verification Information System. The task order, which was awarded during CSC's fiscal 2012 second quarter, has a one-year base ...

A leaked internal presentation of the bi-national Small Port Working Group reveals details of the negotiations over the fate of so-called "small ports of entry," rural or small-town crossings stretching from St. Stephen, N.B., to Chopaka, B.C. The ...

Canada and the U.S. have been negotiating to do away with some small border crossings and merge others as part of the far-reaching perimeter security deal recently announced between the two countries. A leaked internal presentation of the bi-national ...

LOS ANGELES -; Four U.S. citizens were erroneously arrested in Southern California recently through the federal immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. The arrests offer another point ...

Dec. 15--Amtrak Cascades passengers will enjoy more reliable southbound service into Bellingham because U.S. border agents will conduct security inspections in Vancouver, B.C., rather than along the tracks in Blaine. A recently released agreement between ...

UNMANNED U.S.-MEXICO BORDER CROSSING SLATED FOR SMALL TEXAS TOWN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK - The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid rising fears of spillover violence. This hardly seems a ...

Increasing numbers of Americans are being wrongfully labelled as illegal immigrants due to tightened security policies. In recent cases, U.S. citizens, who have been arrested by police on separate, minor charges, have been left languishing in jail, some ...