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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bolivia's leftist government asked Washington to disclose whether it granted political asylum to a former defense minister accused of ordering violent crackdowns against protesters five years ago. Ambassador Gustavo Guzman, ...

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0 What's this WASHINGTON (AFP) - Bolivia's former defense minister Carlos Sanchez Berzain was granted political asylum in the United States last year, after saying he feared persecution by the government of Evo Morales, according to documents released in ...

In recent years, public debate over illegal immigration has been passionate, divisive and loud, and it has provided plentiful fodder as a wedge issue for politicians, especially Republicans. But there has been virtual silence on the topic on the ...

Brdo, Slovenia - The European Union and the United States pressed Russia to back off its push for influence in former Soviet republics, calling on Moscow to respect Georgia's sovereignty, according to a draft statement at an EU-US summit Tuesday. US ...

VentureOutsource.com announced today it presented Democratic and Republican 2008 U.S. presidential nominees Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) questions on outsourcing, immigration, and H1-B visas as part of the ...

Washington -- Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff on Monday blamed tightened security on the U.S.-Mexico border for increased violence there, and he said the border probably will not be fully secured until 2011, two years after President Bush ...

QUINCY - On a proud December day, Nancy Hanna raised her right hand in the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester and took the oath of US citizenship. Then she rushed home to call her congressman: She told him she wanted her husband back. Hanna believed ...

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US officials announced plans for more high-tech border fencing and rules making it harder for federal contractors to hire illegal workers, but said it would take another three years to declare victory in immigration control. In an election-year update on ...

ST. LOUIS - The audit by the Office of Inspector General found that the FBI's name-check system relies on outdated and inefficient technology, inadequately trained personnel, overburdened supervisors, and inadequate quality-assurance measures. Problems ...

MADRID - With the United States riven by calls to legalize millions of illegal immigrants, Americans might consider the possible effects by looking at southern Europe, where illegal immigration abounds and so have forgiveness plans. In the last two ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Serious deficiencies in how the FBI checks the backgrounds of immigrants seeking to become citizens can lead to delays for those who are here legally and impede the deportation of applicants who are threats, according to an audit ...

QUINCY - On a proud December day, Nancy Hanna raised her right hand in the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester and took the oath of US citizenship. Then she rushed home to call her congressman: She told him she wanted her husband back.Hanna believed ...

WASHINGTON - President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S. Bush signed the order Friday and the White House announced it ...

By Gregory D. Lee Ask any U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent about his job, and he or she will tell you that the vast majority of people they investigate and arrest for drug trafficking are primarily criminal illegal aliens from ...

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, CNN ANCHOR: Wolf, tonight Senator Obama launching a two-week tour of the country with a blistering attack against Senator McCain and his economic policy. ...

ST. LOUIS - Serious deficiencies in how the FBI checks the backgrounds of immigrants seeking to become citizens can lead to delays for those who are here legally and impede the deportation of applicants who are threats, according to an audit released ...

WASHINGTON The Bush administration, in an aggressive new effort to keep illegal immigrants out of the workforce, on Monday ordered all companies doing business with the federal government to begin ensuring their employees can legally work in the U.S. ...