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Many Workers Facing Criminal Charges DALLAS ? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice and an array of other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, today arrested more than 280 ...

LO DE LUNA, Mexico -- The effects of the subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. economy have cascaded into Mexico, causing a sudden, precipitous drop in the flow of money sent home by Mexican immigrants and highlighting this country's ...

The five-sided courtyard in the center of the Pentagon hosts a variety of special events. And there was a particularly unusual one there on a glorious spring day this week. VOA's Al Pessin reports. General Graves addresses the ceremonyA total of 22 ...

was thrown into doubt later when the refugee leader said Thai authorities were moving him and 15 other North Koreans from a Bangkok detention center to another facility north of the capital. The leader, who requested to be identified only by his surname, ...

WASHINGTON: Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion (euro6.6 billion) in military and economic aid, according to a government watchdog agency.The ...

MADRIDPatricia Snchez stands in front of her flower stand in Madrid's Tirso de Molina Square and speaks about her life as an immigrant in Spain. 'My intention was to remain about three to six months and then return, like all immigrants say they will,' ...

United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has conducted its computer-generated random selection process on the thousands of H-1B petitions they received during the fiscal year 2009 filing period between 01 April and 07 April 2008. The H-1B ...

By Emilio San PedroBBC News, PennsylvaniaMr Barletta has no regrets about trying to clamp down on immigrantsIn July, 2006, the little known town of Hazleton in Pennsylvania became a key focal point in the national debate over immigration reform. The ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas Federal authorities carried out the sweeps Wednesday, arresting hundreds of workers at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants on charges of identity theft, document fraud and immigration violations. Authorities also arrested dozens of ...

SANTA TECLA, El Salvador - When Oscar Ordoez, 56, pleaded guilty to attempted theft in Colorado, he didn't realize he could lose his right to live in the USA. Now he sits on his sister's balcony overlooking the green Salvadoran hills, dreaming of the ...

Al-Qaida is using the Pakistani border, where the Bush administration has no comprehensive plan to fight terrorism, to coordinate 'the last element necessary to launch another attack against America', an independent government agency said today. Despite ...

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) - The government must act fast to help the nation's economy, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain told business leaders Wednesday. Speaking one day after a major speech announcing his plan for economic ...

WASHINGTON: Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion (?6.6 billion) in military and economic aid, according to a government watchdog agency. The ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough regular H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2009. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of ...

WASHINGTON Democrats called the assessment appalling because of past congressional mandates that demanded the nation do more to coordinate efforts by federal agencies. Some federal agencies, including the Defense Department, agreed with the findings. But ...

(FORTUNE Small Business) -- Axiom Microdevices, a semiconductor company in Irvine, Calif., is embroiled in an increasingly futile annual ritual - the scramble by U.S. businesses to score scarce H-1B visas for their highly skilled foreign employees. Axiom ...

(CNN) -- Federal immigration agents fanned out across five states Wednesday, detaining hundreds of employees of Pilgrim's Pride, one of the nation's largest poultry companies. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with the U.S. ...

The numbers are in from this years lottery for H-1B visas and, as expected, the number of requests far surpassed the number available. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during the five-day period it accepted them, reports InformationWeek. Of ...

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Government watchdog says militants present despite billions in U.S. aid WASHINGTON - Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion in military and ...