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Sa California, gumawa ng kasaysayan ang isang Pinoy na dating UP professor bilang kauna-unahang Pilipino na binigyan ng asylum sa Amerika dahil sa kanyang pagiging homosexual. Nagpapatrol, North America News Bureau Chief Ging Reyes. TV Patrol Sabado, ...

Boeing's proposal to use more than 1,000 sensor- and camera-equipped towers to secure U.S. borders has won the competition for the Department of Homeland Security's $2 billion SBInet contract, industry and congressional sources confirmed Sept. 20. The ...

A new survey by the Pew Research Center has found that, while the American public holds a high opinion of scientists, a minority feel that U.S. scientific achievements are best in the world. At the same time, scientists felt the biggest impediments to ...

New plan to catch illegal workers underway. The issue of immigration has moved to the front-burner as both the U.S. Senate and the Department of Homeland Security has begun taking action on employee eligibility verification. The Senate voted this week to ...

Calls to investigate the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are growing after media outlets revealed that immigrants with inadequate certifications may be working on American airplanes. In many cases, according to reports, mechanics who don?t even ...

Gutierrez to Update Press on Immigration Meeting with President Obama, Status of Reform Efforts Media Contact: Rebecca Dreilinger (202) 225-8203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Chicago, IL) On Friday, March 20, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez will hold a press conference ...

Until about a year ago, 28-year-old Nicholas Rudin and his family were living the American dream. He had a well-paying job in North Florida, with health insurance and a 401k to support his wife and two toddlers. Eating out and buying toys for his two- ...

Today, following the publication of New York Times' article, 'Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority,' Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez, Chair of the CHC Immigration Task Force made the following statement. 'Last month, the CHC sat down with ...

Napolitano revises local-enforcement policy The Arizona Republic Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano imposed strong new standards on Friday for a federal program that lets local police enforce immigration laws, saying the priority is catching ...

Five Quebecers Arrested; Smuggled About 300 Pounds of Marijuana a Day into United States, Authorities Say Authorities in the United States say they have broken up a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring that has been smuggling marijuana into the U.S. ...

In an age of international terrorism and illegal immigration, a well-functioning border is vital for homeland security. For the United States and Canada, however, it is also vital for national prosperity, for each is the other's largest trading partner, ...

Islamabad, July 11 : Pakistan has sealed its border with Afghanistan and has reportedly deployed huge number of troops along the region bordering the Helmand province in the neighboring country, where the US-led allied forces have launched a massive ...

The Department of Homeland Security will rein in a controversial program that deputizes state and local police agencies to enforce federal immigration laws by targeting illegal immigrants who commit major drug or violent crimes, Secretary Janet ...

Local police agencies empowered by the federal government to enforce immigration law must focus their efforts on criminals who pose a threat to public safety, with less emphasis on those who commit minor crimes, Department of Homeland Security officials ...

Local police agencies empowered by the federal government to enforce immigration law must focus their efforts on criminals who pose a threat to public safety, with less emphasis on those who commit minor crimes, Department of Homeland Security officials ...

Surging caseloads and a chronic lack of resources to handle them are taking a toll on judges in the nations immigration courts, leaving them frustrated and demoralized, a new study has found. The study, published in a Georgetown University law journal, ...

Vatican radio today interviewed Vatican Press Office director, Fr. Federico Lombardi, who said that ?moral values in international politics, immigration and the Catholic Church?s contribution in developing countries? were key topics of discussion ...

Washington, DC This year's events will take place in New York, Chicago and Baltimore on August 8, and September 19 'PILG is thrilled to host this conference and job series for the 14th consecutive year,' said Pederson. 'Foreign physicians have a long ...

Spain have honoured 93-year-old John Hovan, one of the last surviving US citizens who fought against Franco's fascists in the Spanish civil war, by granting him citizenship. The honour is made possible by a 2008 law that allows foreign volunteers who ...

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