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PHOENIX, April 5 (UPI) -- A man sworn in as an American citizen in Phoenix a day before his 101st birthday calls it a 'dream come true.' Vicento Osorio Rios -- the first centenarian to become a U.S. citizen in Arizona -- was accompanied in court by three ...

WASHINGTON - The number of people who legally immigrated to the U.S. dropped 17 percent last year, largely because of administrative problems, according to a Homeland Security Department report. A total of 1.05 million people became legal permanent ...

SAN FRANCISCO ? The city of San Francisco has started an advertising push with a very specific target market: illegal immigrants. And while the advertisements will come in a bundle of languages ? English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese ? ...

- It has now emerged that an American family was given asylum in the Netherlands in 1996. The justice ministry is investigating how this could have happened, newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported Friday. Holly Ann Collins came to the Netherlands with her ...

(Washington) Foreign students studying science, math, engineering or technology in the United States can stay in the country 17 months longer if their future employers comply with a Homeland Security Department immigration verification programme.The ...

In a major crackdown on migrant smuggling, federal authorities on Friday announced indictments of 18 suspects on a variety of charges involving efforts to bring more than 200 Cuban nationals into the United States illegally. The eight separate conspiracy ...

BAGHDAD - U.S. military officials in Iraq say a civilian contractor with dual Iraqi-Canadian citizenship has been charged under U.S. military law with aggravated assault. The U.S. Command says the contractor, employed as an army translator, is accused of ...

Dr. Jorge Bustamante Central American migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States are facing violence and abuse by Mexican authorities, a UN official stated on March 15.Jorge Bustamante, the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on the human rights of ...

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NEW YORK - A federal jury in Manhattan has rejected a Palestinian man's claims against the city that two police officers violated his constitutional rights by reporting him to immigration authorities. The man, Waheed Saleh, had sued the city, saying that ...

? Media Center Video Immigration News For many people, immigrating to the United States is a life-changing decision and a culmination of many months or even years of planning. The process of gaining entry to the United States, whether as a skilled ...

Army drug squads in the northern state of Tamaulipas, a smuggling hot spot over the border from Texas, found the U.S. currency stuffed into eight suitcases as they inspected a tractor trailer and smaller truck parked along a highway. They also found four ...

Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) has asked the House Judiciary Committee to move forward with a bill that has already passed the Senate by unanimous consent proclaiming Revolutionary War Hero General Casimir Pulaski an honorary citizen of the ...

KITTY PILGRIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks, Suzanne. Tonight, new figures on jobs and unemployment, new evidence our economy may be in recession. We'll have a special report. And corporate elites again put their interest before the national interest on the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers looking for drug traffickers found $6 million in cash inside a truck near the U.S. border and arrested five men at the scene, the army said on Friday. Army drug squads in the northern state of Tamaulipas, a ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico warned on Friday of an 'alarming' surge in violence in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and said he could heighten a travel alert for U.S. citizens traveling there. Tony Garza said he was preparing an ...

MEXICO CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico warned on Friday of an 'alarming' surge in violence in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and said he could heighten a travel alert for U.S. citizens traveling there. Tony Garza said he ...

?A new poll using neutral language finds that primary and caucus voters have little knowledge of candidates? immigration positions. The results also show that voters often do not share their candidate?s position. Among the findings: Only 34 ...

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- Iranian Alliances Across Borders is pleased to announce its first Iranian-American Student Summit, to be held during the weekend of April 4-6, 2008 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. The Iranian-American Student Summit will bring together ...