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WASHINGTON - A U.S. administration official says President Barack Obama is creating a new border czar position and has chosen a former Justice Department official to fill the post. The new Homeland Security post will be responsible for issues related to ...

Mexican police seized an anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on a van and other heavy weapons and arrested a young woman guarding the haul at a house near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday. The seizure came two days before a visit to Mexico by U.S. ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Immigration officials removed John Demjanjuk from his home for deportation to Germany. Family members told media they were caught unaware Tuesday afternoon when a van arrived to remove the former death camp guard from his suburban ...

John Demjanjuk, the 89-year-old Ohio man accused of being a former guard in a Nazi death camp, was removed from his home today and taken into federal custody before a federal appeals court delayed his deportation to Germany. Demjanjuk was taken from his ...

The nation's top two labor federations announced a framework Tuesday for comprehensive immigration reform, setting aside differences with the hope of pushing legislation through this year. The agreement, supported by the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - U.S. agents took accused guard John Demjanjuk from his Ohio home on Tuesday to deport him to Germany where he faces charges in the deaths of 29, Jews. Demjanjuk, 89 and in frail health according to his family, was removed from his ...

WASHINGTON -- An administration official says President Barack Obama is creating a new border czar position and has chosen a former Justice Department official to fill the post. The new Homeland Security post will be responsible for issues related to ...

Ruben Navarrette: After raid, government allowed illegal workers to remain He says the rules against hiring illegal immigrants should be enforced Navarrette: Illegal immigrants hear mixed messages from the U.S. He says we need immigration reform that ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted a stay to accused guard John Demjanjuk in a ruling that acknowledged the prospect of his imminent deportation to Germany by U.S. authorities. The ruling came hours after U.S. agents took ...

Attorney general's representatives said court has no jurisdiction Immigration agents picked up John Demjanjuk at Cleveland, Ohio, home Demjanjuk, 89, has been fighting charges of Nazi war crimes for 20-plus years German authorities accuse Demjanjuk of ...

Top immigration advocacy groups are praising President Barack Obama, who seems set to deliver on his campaign promise of immigration reform. White House officials were quoted in New York Times reports as saying Thursday that the President plans to begin ...

The nations two major labor federations have agreed for the first time to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system. Member ID orE-Mail Address: Password: Remember me on this computer. ...

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WASHINGTONGrowing numbers of children of illegal immigrants are being born in this country, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents, a report says. The study released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center ...

) - The Justice Department announced Tuesday that Rene Soliz pleaded guilty to a violation of the Lacey Act for attempting to receive fifteen Tanzanian leopard tortoises that were transported into the United States in violation of a law, regulation or ...

+0200 PART of the US$1.2 billion pledged at the just-ended North-South corridor meeting in Zambia will be channeled towards the construction of a new bridge at the Beitbridge Border Post. PART of the US$1.2 billion pledged at the just-ended North-South ...

Previous Issues Comment Helping The Economy A New York Times editorial says, 'Even in a bad economy - especially in a bad economy - getting undocumented immigrants on the right side of the law only makes sense.' For the full editorial, see here. We ...

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