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eborah HowellOmbudsmanThe Washington Post1150 15th St. NWWashington, D.C. 20071 I write to lodge a formal complaint about the series of articles published this week in The Washington Post about detention healthcare. Disguised as objective investigative ...

LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- Local police are accustomed to dealing with illegal border crossings but were astounded by the video of 15 Chinese immigrants unfolding themselves from the back of a sport-utility vehicle near this small border town. The SUV ...

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TRENTON, N.J. - A group opposed to illegal immigration is using federal anti-corruption laws to sue a New Jersey property manager for allegedly renting apartments to undocumented immigrants. The Immigration Reform Law Institute is suing Plainfield-based ...

ST. LOUIS -- A group of Muslim immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship sued federal officials on Friday, claiming they've been left in limbo for months or years because of slow background checks. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of 33 plaintiffs ...

U.S. rejects Bolante?s asylum bid Print | Email to friend Total Views: 194 | Rating: MANILA ? The U.S. has rejected former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn ?JocJoc? Bolante?s request for political asylum, according to a press statement from ...

Baghdad - Hundreds of people loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protested the long-term Iraqi-US security pact on Friday, while Iranian forces shelled two border villages it claimed harboured a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in ...

The effort in Congress to make it easier for tech companies to hire foreign nationals gained support Thursday from two U.S. senators who are pushing a bill to give foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees in the U.S. permanent residency. The latest ...

Gujrat (Pakistan), June 6 : US troops are not violating the sanctity of Pakistani borders while using pilotless drones to hit Al-Qaeda hideouts in the country's tribal areas, Pakistan Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has said. Apparently justifying the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Texas native Monica Castro accuses the U.S. Border Patrol of refusing to release her daughter to her when the girl's father was arrested in December 2003. Despite proving the child was born in the U.S., Castro says officials took ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Texas native Monica Castro accuses the U.S. Border Patrol of refusing to release her daughter to her when the girl's father was arrested in December 2003. Despite proving the child was born in the U.S., Castro says officials took ...

? Media Center Video Immigration News In a post on its public policy blog, on 5 June 2008, Google voiced its desire to see the U.S. government raise the 'artificially low' H-1B visa cap. The Internet search giant submitted 300 H-1B visa ...

Ottawa, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The Canadian Parliament's House of Commons approved an initiative Wednesday, that if ratified, would give asylum to US defectors from joining the Army for the occupation and war in Iraq in Canada. The approval of the project ...

The top U.S. immigration enforcement official told a congressional subcommittee yesterday that the Bush administration will disclose more information about foreigners who die in the sprawling network of federal detention centers around the country. Julie ...

Arthur Mkoyan, 17, and his family are set for deportation 10 days after graduation The family says they left Armenia in 1992 fearing for their lives Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the family has no legal basis to stay (CNN) -- A high school ...

OTTAWA (AP) - Parliament's lower house passed a nonbinding motion Tuesday allowing U.S. military deserters to stay in Canada, but the Conservative government was expected to ignore the vote. The opposition parties banded together to bypass ...

Senate bill would allow advance degree holders to get green cards Share Top Stories June 5, 2008 (Computerworld) WASHINGTON -- The effort in Congress to make it easier for tech companies to hire foreign nationals gained support today from two U.S. ...

Immigration Daily: the news source for legal professionals. Free! Join 17000+ readers Enter your email address here: The old adage of the more things change, the more they remain the same still holds some truth. Public perceptions still have a strong ...

SAN DIEGO Christopher Saint Lucero and Manley Lamont Smith work for Wackenhut Corp., which holds a Border Patrol contract to escort illegal immigrants to Mexico after they are captured by agents in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. It was ...

WASHINGTON The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog told lawmakers his office has new information that contradicts an earlier conclusion in the case of Maher Arar. Inspector general Richard Skinner released two versions of the investigative ...