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U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday closing the U.S.-Mexico border should be an option in combatting the H1N1, or swine flu strain that has hit Mexico City hard and shown up in Phoenix, San Diego and New York City. His comments comes as the ...

CALEXICO, Calif. -- It's a border, not a barrier, yet the money changers on the Mexican side wear rubber gloves and face masks. And 50 feet to the north Raul Martinez changes pesos into dollars with his bare hands, and not a stitch covering a smile that ...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that his health advisors have not recommended closing U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking at a prime-time news conference marking his saying his100th day in office, Obama said ...

HOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Closing the U.S. border with Mexico to prevent the spread of swine flu is an option, but action now would be premature, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said on Wednesday. 'That obviously would be an option, but again, I think playing ...

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WASHINGTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday that closing borders with Mexico would not help contain the swine flu. Napolitano said in prepared testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and ...

Previous Issues Comment Immigration Stimulus A opinion piece points out that an infusion of innovators is even more needed in a recession. 'Companies founded by immigrants include Yahoo, eBay and Google. Half of Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by ...

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided a second update on the number of H1-B petitions it has received subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2010 cap (FY 2010 begins October 1). USCIS has received approximately 44,000 H-1B petitions counting ...

A United States Border Patrol vehicle cruises along the primary and secondary fence line on the Tijuana, Mexico border in San Diego, December 20, 2007. The area has been the site of alleged increased violence against the Border Patrol. The Border Patrol ...

Wanting to take every precaution to stem the spread of swine flu, at least two members of Congress are calling on the government to close the U.S.-Mexico border. As dozens of cases are being reported in Texas and other states, Reps. Michael Burgess, ...

The Georgia Dome, home of the Atlanta Falcons football team, was recently crowded with cheering fans and adrenaline-filled competitors. A thrilling competition crowned new champions. But this was not a football game. It was a robotics competition for ...

- Dave Bertrand, Traffic Alert USA The U.S. Border Patrol agent in a Chevy Tahoe patrol truck arrived to our location on the border to confirm, the word had been put-out over his radio that Minutemen and Border Patrol Auxiliary (BPAUX) personnel were in ...

POTTSVILLE, Pa. A teenager who punched an illegal Mexican immigrant who later died has cut a deal with federal prosecutors that could get him out of prison in four years. Colin Walsh, 17, testified Tuesday against two teenage friends charged in ...

7 more swine flu cases confirmed in Canada, all mild The number of Canadians confirmed to have suffered mild cases of the human form of swine flu swelled to 13 on Tuesday, with new cases reported in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia. Lawsuit ...

by Shan Qiao OTTAWA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Pedro Andrade finally has a stable income of 570 Canadian dollars (some 467 U.S. dollars) a month during the worst economy downturn in Canada. It is a welfare cheque that Andrade calls 'social assistance.' ...

CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two Muslim Albanian brothers were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a plot to kill soldiers on a U.S. Army base, which prosecutors said was inspired by the idea of holy war against the United States. Dritan Duka, ...

Since the beginning of the outbreak of the new strain of swine influenza virus, many workers said they've been in constant contact with their families and have spoken to them almost every day on the phone. Salome Estrada has been working on a farm in ...

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