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keeJim Born in New Mexico - Anwar al-Awlaki The issue is that US immigration is supposed to permit a defined number of immigrants to come into the country legally based on criteria, including that they have something to add to society, exceptional skill, ...

Israeli sources on Monday confirmed that the US proposed that Israel lease parts of the Jordan Valley from the Palestinians for an additional seven years, Army Radio reported. According to the Monday report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a youth group of her Christian Democrats party that the multicultural society had failed in Germany. In Germany's fierce debate on integration, Chancellor Angela Merkel has appeared to be erratically changing ...

The three American hikers accused of espionage by Iran stepped off an unmarked dirt road inadvertently crossing from Iraq into the Islamic republic only because a border guard of unknown nationality gestured for them to approach, the lone hiker to be ...

PHOENIX Arizona's controversial new immigration law will get its day before an appeals court Monday, with the central issue being just what role state and local authorities can play in confronting those who cross the border illegally. A three-judge panel ...

In this year's mid-term elections it's become a flashpoint in some races across the country from Nevada to Louisiana. "Immigration has never been this hot," said Roy Beck, who has been at the helm of anti-illegal immigration group NumbersUSA Activists on ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced its intention to create an H-1B Registration and Lottery system to register online for an H-1B number in advance of the release of the annual quota of H-1Bs. Targeted for use for the fiscal ...

Map of Afghanistan's provinces. Click map to view larger image. US Marines and Afghan security forces launched an operation today against the Taliban stronghold of Baramcha in southern Helmand province. Baramcha, a border town in the southern ...

Native-born Americans lost more than a million jobs while foreign-born workers gained hundreds of thousands of jobs as the country emerged from a painful recession, according to a new analysis of economic trends. In the second quarter of this year, ...

[See also: A Gypsy is haunting Europe, by Steve Sailer] Ah, here we go again. Another top left, Page One immigration piece in the Washington Post : "Italy closes the door on Gypsies" [By Anthony Faiola, October 12, 2010] Its designed to strum ...

PHOENIX Arizona's controversial new immigration law will get its day before an appeals court Monday, with the central issue being just what role state and local authorities can play in confronting those who cross the border illegally. A three-judge ...

WASHINGTON Immigrants are returning to work more quickly than their U.S.-born counterparts but are earning significantly less than before the economic downturn, a Pew Hispanic Center study reported Friday. Immigrants in the U.S. have gained 656,000 jobs ...

While real estate professionals across the country are doing everything they can to keep their companies profitable, many have placed their charitable giving on hold. But, it is important to note that being a good corporate citizen is more important than ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who faces a tough fight for re-election on Tuesday, has been using the issue of offshore outsourcing to attack his opponent, Tea Party-backed Republican Sharron Angle. One of Reid's TV ads includes someone ...

?The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 28.2 percent of Hispanic voters in the 2008 election were immigrants,? according to Steven Camarota of Center for Immigration Studies In the midst of his whirlwind nationwide campaign to salvage Democrat control of ...

Two major Mexican soccer teams have canceled an exhibition in Glendale in response to the state's new immigration law. A match between Club Amrica and Club de Ftbol Pachuca had been scheduled for July 7 at University of Phoenix Stadium. A stadium ...

A new study released Friday by the Pew Hispanic Center confirms that immigrants are benefiting before native-born workers from the slow-paced economic recovery. Foreigners gained 656,000 jobs in the first year following the official end of the recession ...

SANTA FE, N.M. - U.S. and Mexican border governors called Monday for reform of U.S. immigration policies, but New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said it's unrealistic to expect Congress to act on the hot-button political issue before the November general ...

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Immigrant rights activists have sued the federal government in New York federal court seeking documents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on whether local law enforcement can refuse to take part in a controversial immigration enforcement ...