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As America's busiest immigrant smuggling hub, Arizona has earned the distinction as a place that's tough on people who sneak across the border. That reputation would harden if the Legislature and governor approve a proposal that would draw local ...

Japan's foreign minister on Monday denied a report that the country had demarcated its territorial waters so as to avoid disputes over the movement of U.S. warships carrying nuclear weapons. 'The territorial waters were not demarcated from a military ...

While they celebrate President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, some Latino advocates worry the president may also be buying time on promised immigration reform. ...

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers will gather at the White House this week for a working session on immigration legislation, a meeting that has been highly anticipated by Hispanic leaders eager for President Obama to honor his campaign promise to put millions of ...

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Vows reform: US President Barack Obama addresses the 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast yesterday in Washington, DC. Hispanic spiritual and community leaders gathered in the nations capital for a three-day convention. Picture: AFP WASHINGTON ...

Arrests of illegal immigrants by the Border Patrol declined in 2008 to 724,000, the lowest number in 35 years, the Department of Homeland Security reported. Apprehensions by the agency fell from a peak of 1.6 million in 2000, declining by 39 percent in ...

Writing on behalf of his brother bishops, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued a statement urging President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to work together to enact ...

President Barack Obama on June 19 attended the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and used the occasion to reaffirm his commitment to changing the nation?s immigration laws. The appearance also served as a lead-in to next week?s scheduled ...

A national commission blasted the federal government for its tactics in a series of workplace immigration raids, saying in a report released Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had violated workers' rights and traumatized ...

U.S. TARGETS BORDER IN DRUG CRACKDOWN ( CNS ) - The Obama administration is strengthening efforts to intercept and to break up drug rings smuggling narcotics across the Canada-U.S. border under an agreement announced yesterday that will see a sharp ...

MANILA, PhilippinesThe Bureau of Immigration (BI) has formally asked the United States government to provide information about erring immigration officers reportedly involved in human trafficking. In a letter to US Ambassador Kristie Kenney, Edgardo ...

WASHINGTON Eight years ago, Hispanics were just glad to be in America. Today, they're pushing for upward mobility and for the ears on Capitol Hill. 'We are now making our voices heard,' said the Rev. Luis Cortes, Jr., who heads Esperanza, the largest ...

President Obama this morning again backed immigration reform, but left open the timing for any push through Congress. Speaking before Latino leaders at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington, Obama said he remained ...

Border Governors Conference (BGC) representatives from the U.S. and Mexico met at Arizona State University June 17-18 for a third planning meeting, sponsored by the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) in preparation for the upcoming XXVII Border Governors ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday said he was committed to comprehensive immigration reform, amid rising calls by Hispanic supporters for a path to citizenship for 12 million illegal immigrants. Obama did not, however, lay out a timetable for ...

This morning the President addressed the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference. He spoke at length of the role faith has played in America?s history, and the role it will play in America?s future. He spoke of the role prayer ...

Pledge to Aid in 'Pressing Humanitarian Issue' SAN ANTONIO, Texas, JUNE 19, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops' conference president is calling on President Barack Obama to work with Congress for comprehensive immigration reform by the end of 2009, and ...

Today, on Juneteenth, a date steeped in the rich symbolism of freedom for African Americans, community organization ACORN intends to raise the banner of comprehensive immigration reform by announcing the launch of The Black Leadership Immigration Project ...

President Obama said on Friday that he is committed to passing an immigration reform which could give an opportunity for illegal immigrants to become citizens. Obama said the government was taking steps to strengthen border security and the status of ...