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Updated: 7 minutes ago Print Text Size Lauren Frayer Contributor AOL News (Sept. 2) -- With immigration as a hot-button issue ahead of this year's midterm elections, a new report shows that the number of illegal immigrants to the U.S. fell last year in ...

Mexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico. Police have said they believe at least 17 migrants have gone missing. It is believed human traffickers are responsible for the lost people, who were ...

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While the federal government squares off with Arizona about its Immigration law, the actual number of foreigners crossing the border into U.S. territory has decreased for the first time since 1990. In 2007, nearly 12 million undocumented aliens made the ...

This article reviews the recent literature that has incorporated critical race theory to study migration. It includes a survey of the uses, approaches, and contributions of critical race theory in the field of migration. Immigration studies have ...

Sept. 02--The unlawful flow of Mexican immigrants into the U.S. continues to slow, and the nation's illegal immigrant population is down by nearly 1 million people, the Pew Hispanic Center said in a report released today. But Texas didn't show a decline ...

This essay explores the different ways historians have struggled to understand the emergence of citizenship in the American Revolution. From pieces of an empire of subjects, the United States of America became a republic of citizens, which promised real ...

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Mexican police have rescued six Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month near the popular beachside resort of Cancun, officials said. A police patrol stormed a house in Bonfil, on the outskirts of Cancun, on Tuesday after receiving a tip, ...

WASHINGTON Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the last several years, a study released Wednesday concludes. The decline marks the first significant turnaround in two decades, researchers with the nonpartisan Pew ...

WASHINGTON Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the last several years, a study released Wednesday concludes. The decline marks the first significant turnaround in two decades, researchers with the nonpartisan Pew ...

At least 16 migrants, including a woman, were being held for ransom by human smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a migrant who was freed, authorities said late Wednesday. "With respect to the man, we are not releasing his name but he is between 20 ...

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MIAMI Mexican police have rescued six illegal Cuban migrants kidnapped by gunmen in the beach resort of Cancn who were demanding ransoms of up to $10,000 for their release. One migrant said he had been living in Cancn for 20 months and was kidnapped on a ...

A deep recession and tougher border enforcement have led to a sharp decline in the number of immigrants entering the United States illegally in the past five years, contributing to the first significant reversal in the growth of their numbers in two ...

Suspected human traffickers abduct 17 migrants near US border, police say. Mexican authorities are atruggling to contain a rise of smuggling and drug-related violence in the country's north [AFP] At least 17 migrants have been kidnapped by suspected ...

Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday. The abductors, who were not ...

At least 17 migrants have been kidnapped near the US border in northern Mexico by human traffickers, Tijuana police said on Wednesday. Two freed kidnap victims reported the incident to authorities, saying 'another 17 kidnapped people were inside a safe ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico An alien from the Dominican Republic will be indicted today in the US District Court, facing charges of fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. Late Friday night US Customs and Border Protection officers ...

At a time when immigration is a political flash point across the country, the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is in sharp decline. Fewer migrants without papers are sneaking into the United States and more may be leaving, according to a ...