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SYDNEY -- A German-born woman wrongfully detained under Australia's tough migration policies will receive millions of dollars in compensation, officials said Friday. Cornelia Rau, a legal permanent resident in Australia, was held behind bars for more ...

State lawmakers around the country are proposing hundreds of bills this year aimed at curbing illegal immigration, but experts say the cost and public opposition will keep many from becoming law. Lawmakers in at least eight states are now sponsoring ...

BOGOTA, Colombia - The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela later joined other leaders in approving a declaration to end the crisis triggered by Colombia's cross-border military attack on a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador. The dramatic high point ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A Latin American summit on calming a border crisis erupted into an angry showdown Friday, with finger-jabbing lectures and passionate speeches before a plea for goodwill prompted stiff handshakes between the leaders of ...

State lawmakers around the country are proposing hundreds of bills this year aimed at curbing illegal immigration, but experts say the cost and public opposition will keep many from becoming law. Lawmakers in at least eight states are now sponsoring ...

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela agreed Friday to resolve their angry recriminations over a cross-border Colombian commando raid, a crisis that has brought troop movements and talk of war. The uneasy ...

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A Latin American summit on calming a border crisis erupted into an angry showdown Friday, with finger-jabbing lectures and passionate speeches before a plea for goodwill prompted stiff handshakes between the leaders of ...

TUCSON, Arizona: A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with fatally shooting an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Jurors had been deliberating since late Tuesday before declaring themselves ...

DENVER - When the American Dream failed Arlin Gonzalez, the 31-year-old native of Mexico looked homeward for a second chance. The divorced mother of two sold her Denver home after she could no longer afford the mortgage payments. Then she spotted a TV ...

MIAMI: State lawmakers around the country are proposing hundreds of bills this year aimed at curbing illegal immigration, but experts say the cost and public opposition will keep many from becoming law. Lawmakers in at least eight states are now ...

WASHINGTON -- Here comes another of those tiresome little 'border wars' in Latin America. Just another example of Latinos foolishly fighting one another over the cocaine and kidnappings that are sapping a rich continent's potential. Obviously, it's not ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Anne Mulcahy and Jonathan Schwartz became the latest technology CEOs to call on the government to let more foreign-born computer engineers into the United States. 'You have to raise the quotas,' said Mulcahy, CEO at Xerox. Schwartz, ...

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(Reuters) - A judge declared a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury on Friday in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with killing a Mexican man crossing illegally into Arizona. U.S. District Judge David C. Bury canceled the trial of Border Patrol ...

American authorities searching for clues in Thursday's Times Square blast have been led to the Canadian border, a report from Agence France-Presse says. The news agency reports New York's police chief, Ray Kelly, told CNN television Friday that federal ...

Odds of getting a work visa this year may be less than one in three Share Top Stories Related March 7, 2008 (Computerworld) The U.S. is concerned that some companies, desperate to get an H-1B visa, may try to 'game' the random visa lottery selection ...

AM Mar. 7--MEXICO CITY -- Remittances to Mexico were down nearly 6 percent in January, the biggest drop in 13 years, which experts attributed to a downturn in the U.S. economy and anti-immigrant policies. In its report this week, Mexico's central bank, ...

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