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WASHINGTON (AFP) Two key US Senators sounded the alarm on Tuesday over the US-Canada border, citing an official report that warns just 32 of its undefended 4,000-mile stretch have "an acceptable level of security." Senate Homeland Security Committee ...

OLYMPIA -- For the third year in a row, Washington state officials want to save money by putting some inmates who are illegally in the country in federal custody -- essentially speeding up their deportation. Lawmakers on Monday heard a proposal from the ...

WASHINGTON A new report for the U.S. Congress has found the Homeland Security department has acceptable control of less than one per cent of Americas 6,400-kilometre border with Canada a security failure thats prompted one U.S. ...

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., speaks during a news conference on the release of GAO report on northern border security, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP ...

Published on Febuary 1st, 2011 Topics : Government Accountability Office , Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee , U.S. , WASHINGTON WASHINGTON - A new government report says that less than 1 per cent of the 4,000-mile (6,440-kilometre) ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit Washington on Friday to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. Mr. Harpers spokesman, Dimitri Soudas, said Tuesday the two leaders will engage in a discussion that focuses on the important bilateral ...

Angie didn't know what would happen when she and her family turned themselves in to US border agents after their guide retreated to Mexico and they wandered for three days in the Texas wilderness. She just knew they couldn't go without food and water ...

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A new report for the U.S. Congress has found the Homeland Security department has "acceptable control" of less than one per cent of America's 6,400-kilometre border with Canada a security failure that's prompted one U.S. senator to suggest opening ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) NATO-led forces can still win the war in Afghanistan even if Pakistan fails to move against militant havens on the border, a top US general said on Tuesday. "That's not a mission stopper in my mind," General David Rodriguez, deputy US ...

SAN DIEGO - The Los Angeles Times reports a Muslim cleric who was deported from Canada to Tunisia has been arrested near San Diego after allegedly sneaking across the border from Mexico and hiding in the trunk of a BMW. Said Jaziri is a material witness ...

The report by the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based nonpartisan think tank, says conflicting messages from the U.S. government and local political pressure may be responsible. The study, which examined a program that allows participating ...

WASHINGTON -- With the cap on H-1B visas reached last week, proponents have renewed calls for a higher cap. But two leading critics of the program may be getting ready to seek new restrictions on the use of foreign labor. In a letter Monday to Janet ...

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER For a nation of immigrants, America has always been conflicted about new arrivals. In principle, we're proud of our history offering a brighter future to the masses yearning to be freer, or better employed. In reality, feh. "Few of ...

Although much of the American debate over illegal immigration centers of the flood of Mexicans who are violating federal law to seek residency within the United States, the invasion pouring over the southern border is not limited to Mexicans or other ...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with her Mexican counterparts in Mexico in January to discuss implementing a cross-border trucking program. In a Jan. 24 press conference, Clinton said she and Patricia Espinosa, Mexicos foreign ...

At last count, the iOS App Store had over 400,000 apps. But not all of those are available globally. In fact, many of the cooler apps particularly in the audio and video streaming category are blocked from users outside of the US. But its not ...

Two Arizona lawmakers have begun the battle against birthright citizenship. State Rep. Joe Kavanaugh (left) and Sen. Ron Gould, Republicans who supported Arizonas law that permits police to question persons about their immigration status in the course ...

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that U.S. communities on the border with Mexico are safer than most Americans believe, but also warned Mexican drug cartels they'll be ``met by an overwhelming response'' should they ...

A new US Visa and immigration bill has been proposed in Arizona, one that would deny automatic citizenship to all children born in the United States. A new bill in Arizona would would deny automatic citizenship to all children born in the United States. ...