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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS Federal agents arrested hundreds of people Wednesday in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal-immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers. In separate sweeps, authorities also ...

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 ...

The driver of the truck and five illegal immigrants were taken to a Border Patrol station, agency spokesman Daniel Doty said. He did not know about any others who may have also fled the truck or the immigration status of the driver. The truck driver said ...

0 The arrests were made over a five-state area and involved employees at five of Pilgrim's plants. The 400 represent about 4 percent of Pilgrim's work force at those plants, the company said in a statement. No civil or criminal charges have been filed ...

BUFFALO, N.Y., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Attorney Terrance P. Flynn and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, today announced the arrests of five individuals in the Western District of ...

Poultry producer Pilgrims Pride Corp. (PPC | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) on Wednesday said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division took into custody a total of about 400 employees due to ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) -- Federal agents arrested hundreds of people Wednesday in raids at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants in five states, the latest crackdown on illegal immigrant labor at the nation's poultry producers. In separate sweeps, ...

KINGSVILLE, Texas - A truckload of suspected illegal immigrants fled when pulled over at a university Wednesday, forcing a lockdown of the school, officials said. The truck driver, who was turned over to Border Patrol agents, said he had been forced at ...

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) disclosed that as many as 163,000 applications have been filed for the 65,000 H-1B visas for highly skilled workers in the US. More than 31,200 of those petitions were for the advanced degree exemption. ...

A U.S. immigration court on Tuesday granted political asylum to Kim Ki-sam, a former South Korean intelligence agent who quit the National Intelligence Service in 2000 after revealing information about illegal activities committed by the spy agency. In ...

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (PPC | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) said that U.S. Department Of Homeland Security's Immigration And Customs Enforcement Division took into custody a total of abo ut 400 hourly, non-management employees at Pilgrim's Pride ...

(Reuters) - About 400 employees of U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp (PPC.N: Quote, Profile, Research). were taken into custody on Wednesday by immigration authorities in connection with immigration-related crimes including identity theft, the ...

0 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Immigration agents arrested workers on Wednesday morning at five Pilgrim's Pride Corp chicken plants from West Virginia to Texas as part of an ongoing probe, immigration and company officials told Reuters. The arrests related to ...

IRVING, Texas -- More than 290 people have been arrested in immigration and identity theft raids at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plants in five states. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say Wednesday's raids were part of a long-term ...

There are millions of people living in the United States in violation of U.S. immigration laws. Some have crossed a border illegally, while others may have violated the terms of their visa without even knowing it. An immigration advocacy group in New ...

If your H-1B visa petition was among the 163,000 filed earlier this month, you've got about a 50/50 shot that you're application was selected in the government's H-1B lottery the other day. Fifty-fifty odds look great if you're playing lotto. But they're ...

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(Reuters) - U.S. immigration agents arrested workers on Wednesday morning at five Pilgrim's Pride Corp (PPC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) chicken plants from West Virginia to Texas as part of an ongoing probe, immigration and company officials told ...