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From Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-born 19th-century steel baron, to Roberto C. Goizueta, the Cuban exile who led Coca-Cola (KO) through most the 1980s and '90s, immigrants have been at the helm of many of America's top companies. That's just as true ...

By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias The Immigration Service has recently begun investigating H-1B employers to identify fraudulent petitions. Employers are reporting privately contracted investigators arriving unannounced at worksites to ...

The border crossing from Calais, Maine, to St. Stephen, N.B., has had a 46.9 per cent drop in traffic in the last five years. The decline in St. Stephen border traffic was revealed as Statistics Canada reported this week that the number of U.S. ...

In an interview released on Wednesday by daily newspaper El Tiempo, US Ambassador to Bogot William Brownfield said that any issue related to the Colombia-Venezuela borders and Colombia-Ecuador borders, or any of its neighbors ?are sovereign matters ...

8/14/2009 According to a new survey, 66 percent of U.S. adults are not keen on opening the border to Mexican trucks operating in the U.S., even as the Obama Administration works to open the border. Meanwhile, only 19 percent said Congress should lift the ...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 21, 2009) - A new international initiative puts Canada at the forefront of worldwide efforts to identify and combat immigration fraud, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Public ...

A federal appeals court gave the green light Thursday to a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrant detainees who claim the government unfairly denied their right to a hearing. A three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an ...

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In the opening scene of the script to ??My Name Is Khan,? Karan Johar??s latest film starring Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, Rizvan, a shy, quiet Muslim man (Khan) is hassled by authorities at a U.S. airport. Little did the ...

This week, the Asian American community is putting its newly-cemented political power to use in the first ever national week of action in support of comprehensive immigration reform. ...

President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants rights advocates who were angered when Obama said in Mexico that immigration reform would have to wait until after health care and energy bills passed ...

President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday told leaders of pro-immigrant, religious, union, business and police groups that they will push for immigration reform. Napolitano met Thursday at the White House with ...

This week, the Asian American community is putting its newly-cemented political power to use in the first ever national week of action in support of comprehensive immigration reform. ...

Advocates for creating a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants pushed Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to be a more forceful voice on the issue at a White House meeting Thursday. But despite the low-key approach by Napolitano and ...

Robert Rector, senor fellow on domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, spoke on Wednesday about how the current proposed health care legislation could provide taxpayer funded health care to illegal aliens (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) ? ...

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North Korea announced on Thursday it was scrapping tough border restrictions it had imposed on South Korean travellers, the latest in a series of conciliatory moves after months of hostility. Pyongyang's diplomats meanwhile held talks in the United ...

At the invitation of the Obama administration, 130 representatives of law enforcement, business, labor, religious and advocacy groups were at the White House today. The meeting was addressed by DHS Secretary Napolitano (the full list of invitees and ...

The US State Department Thursday issued a permit to the Enbridge-backed Alberta Clipper crude line, a project designed to start in mid-2010 carrying 450,000 b/d to Superior, Wisconsin, from Hardisty, Alberta. The 1,000-mile project's plans call for ...

(American Meat Institute) AMI President J. Patrick Boyle was invited to the White House today to give the meat industry's perspective on comprehensive immigration reform. Boyle, along with other business, labor, law enforcement and faith-based leaders, ...