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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 ...

WASHINGTON 'I have endured numerous unfounded allegations against me by Morales in the past, and now I fear that his new powers as president will allow him to silence me once and for all,' Sanchez Berzain wrote in his asylum petition. The former defense ...

The number of Cuban migrant interdictions so far this year by the U.S. Coast Guard has exceeded 1,000. Figures posted by the U.S. Coast Guard on its Internet website -- http://www.d7publicaffairs.com/-- show that as of Tuesday at least 1,093 Cuban ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 ...

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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 ...

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. ...

According to news reaching here, protesters broke through police security cordons made up of vehicles. The protest came after Sanchez Berzain told local radio last week that a U.S. court had granted him political asylum. The demonstrators also voiced ...

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 ...

According to news reaching here, protesters broke through police security cordons made up of vehicles. The protest came after Sanchez Berzain told local radio last week that a U.S. court had granted him political asylum. The demonstrators also voiced ...

* European-descent Americans want to become 'global citizens'Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: The European Union and its booming economy is attracting millions of European-descent Americans, who are eligible to claim citizenship in one of the 27 EU countries ...

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 ...