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U.S. WARNS TRUCKERS ON BORDER WASHINGTON -- A government-funded intelligence group is warning U.S. trucking companies working in Mexico or near the border to establish special security procedures in light of the surge in drug-related violence along the ...

U.S. gov?t adds cops (front page) Using increasing drug cartel violence in Mexico as a pretext, Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced March 24 at the White House that Washington is sending at least 450 more ...

The Justice Department announced today that it is making grant funding available for public education programs concerning immigration-related employment discrimination. The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices ...

The U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said that Pakistan?s Afghan border regions had turned into ?the most dangerous place in the world. Obama pledged a major effort, including through a spike in economic assistance, to bring stability to ...

A United States court for the first time ruled that a Chinese national who was persecuted by the Chinese authorities for helping North Korean refugees are entitled to asylum, RFA reported Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled ...

LAREDO, Texas (Reuters) - Ending years of lax controls, the United States is stepping up checks of vehicles heading into Mexico to stop weapons and cash fueling a drug war south of the border. But local U.S. officials on the border are clamoring for even ...

The North Koreans have reportedly captured two American journalists in the Chinese border town of Yanji in the early morning hours a few days ago as they travel past the border. Two American Journalists were captured last t week in the North ...

Drug-related killings continue south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and the Obama administration worries that the violence could creep north. Drug cartels have killed more than 6,000 people in Mexico over the past year. NPR's Ted Robbins reports on the U.S. ...

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Washington, Mar.28 (ANI): The US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrook has said that the insurgency in Pakistan along the Afghan border is the most daunting situation that the US is facing presently. Talking to media persons right ...

Washington, March 27 : The U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said that Pakistan's Afghan border regions had turned into 'the most dangerous place in the world. Obama pledged a major effort, including through a spike in economic assistance, to bring ...

An immigration reform activist says that, during her two days of talks in Mexico City, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should urge Mexico to get serious about the flood of illegal aliens who are coming across the border. ...

U.S. journalists Euna Lee, left, and Laura Ling are seen in this undated combination photo released by Yonhap news agency in Seoul. Yonhap / Reuters The northeastern Chinese city of Yanji sits a quick 30 minute drive from the border of North Korea, and ...

Contractors that want H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers can begin filing their applications April 1. The visas allow foreign workers to participate on federal information technology projects. Some observers said they believe the recession this year ...

Thirty years ago, back when we were a young married couple living in Minneapolis, my husband and I volunteered to help a family of Russian immigrants. I'm not sure why we raised our hands. Now, I think it was some combination of longing for family, ...

Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan insisted today he's not concerned about a thickening of the U.S. border based on comments by a senior U.S. official comments he says have been exaggerated by the media. At a conference in Washington on Wednesday, a ...

In response to highly publicized wave of turf battles among drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama administration issued an ambitious multi-agency $700 million plan this week to combat the violence. The on-going problem has caused more than ...

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President Obama?s plan to bolster federal enforcement on the Mexico border may come with a hidden price tag: Less vigilance over illegal aliens elsewhere. That?s the concern of some GOP leaders who are calling for the administration to provide more ...

Zeituni Onyango, the aunt of Barack Obama who has lived in the US for the past eight years, four of them illegally, is preparing for a crucial immigration hearing in Boston on Wednesday that could see her deported back to her native Kenya. The ...