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immigration plan? Mike Huckabee announced Tuesday a plan to block immigrants hailing from terror-sponsoring nations -- one of the hardest stances in the Republican presidential race that could incidentally lead to restricting immigrants from Cuba. At a ...

Immigrant advocates said Tuesday they have registered 5,600 new Cook County voters since August, part of a nationwide effort to rally newly naturalized U.S. citizens for the 2008 presidential election. Along with get-out-the-vote efforts in Chicago, Los ...

(Computerworld) More than half of H-1B visas issued are issued to Indian nationals, who received 54% of the total number of temporary visas approved in 2006, according to a government study released Tuesday. And an increasing number of foreign workers ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas When Congress approved the construction of a nearly 700-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago to keep out terrorists, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants, many residents in this bustling border town were certain ...

The United States expects to deport more than 200 000 immigrants The United States expects to deport more than 200 000 immigrants this year who are serving time in prisons and jails across the country, the top US immigration enforcement official said. ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has ruled out a permanent U.S. presence on borders between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the official MENA news agency reported on Friday. The United States would sell advanced technical equipment to Egypt to detect ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects to deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are serving time in prisons and jails across the country, the top U.S. immigration enforcement official said. The move to speed the deportation of ...

A world-renowned Israeli conductor and pianist who has championed Palestinian rights has been granted honorary Palestinian citizenship. Daniel Barenboim (file photo)Daniel Barenboim says he hopes his acceptance of a Palestinian passport will help promote ...

With just the clothes on their backs, 14 Cuban migrants arrived along the Rickenbacker Causeway Tuesday morning shivering but happy. They were greeted by passing bicyclists who said in Spanish, ''Welcome to America. Viva Cuba!'' After taking off Monday ...

WASHINGTON A U.S. official says there will be some leeway in new security rules requiring Canadians driving or sailing to the United States to produce documents proving identity and citizenship starting Jan. 31. The official says people who don't have a ...