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Freed Cuban political prisoners and their families are invited to 'explore their options' for possible immigration to the United States, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday. On July 7, Cuba committed to releasing 52 jailed political activists, according ...

PHOENIX The federal judge who will decide whether to block Arizona's sweeping new immigration law has dealt with the realities of the state's porous border for nearly 10 years. Susan Bolton sentenced a Mexican smuggler to 16 years in prison for leading ...

The 1,200 soldiers that United States president Barack Obama ordered to the border with Mexico will begin deploying next month, a senior official said. US National Guard troops will begin deploying along the US-Mexico border from August 1 to help crack ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that only two state workers were responsible for compiling and publicly distributing a list of personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants, and one of them has confessed to his or her ...

PHOENIX, Ariz.What strikes you the most when you speak with Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce is his steely determination to prevail. 'Enough is enough,' he kept saying, during his July 13 exclusive interview with this writer, referring to the flood ...

'A message was sent from the White House officials to the leadership council of the PKK on Saturday demanding the PKK officials to permit the members of the MKO to settle in the Qandil Mountains at Iranian borders,' a senior PKK official told FNA on the ...

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In this file photo, a National Guard Soldier stands watch on a ridge above Nogales, Ariz., at the Mexico border in the summer of 2006. R. D. Ward Alan Bersin, left, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, responds to reporters' questions during a ...

Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter On June 7, during a scuffle with some rock-throwing Mexican teenagers in a concrete drainage canal near El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Border Patrol officer shot Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, 15, in the head, killing ...

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WASHINGTON - National Guard troops will head to the US-Mexico border August 1 for a yearlong deployment to keep a lookout for illegal border crossers and smugglers and help in criminal investigations, US federal officials said Monday. The troops will be ...

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(RTTNews) - The US government will deploy next month 1,200 National Guards to the country's southwest border with Mexico to curtail illegal immigration, drugs smuggling and human trafficking from across the Mexican border. US Homeland Security secretary ...

Julia Ojeda, 38, listens to Repeal Coalition group members during a meeting Wednesday in Phoenix on what to do when the immigration law goes into effect July 29. HUNT FOR IMMIGRATION NEWS How are the media covering Arizona's new immigration law? Find out ...

The United States says it will send 1,200 National Guard troops to the country's border with Mexico next month. This comes amid concerns about escalating violence and efforts to stem the flow of illegal immigrants and narcotics into the U.S. and weapons ...

Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru filed separate, nearly identical motions to join Mexico's legal brief supporting the lawsuit filed by U.S. civil rights and other advocacy groups. A federal judge formally accepted ...

Three times as many Americans renounced their citizenship in 2009 as in 2008. Many are eager to quit for tax reason -- so much so that some U.S. embassies report a waiting list to escape from Uncle Sam's clutches. Continue reading More Rich ...

In response to ongoing calls for tighter security the United States will send 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexican border by August 1st. Four border states Arizona, Texas, California and New Mexico will host the new troops. However the majority ...

An increasing number of affluent expectant mothers in China are choosing to fly to the United States to give birth with the help of companies that offer 'baby tourism' packages, in order to get a US passport and citizenship for their new babies, said an ...

US National Guard troops will begin arriving along the border with Mexico on August 1 to bolster security as the Obama administration tries to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, weapons and narcotics, US officials say. In addition to the deployment of ...