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The Northern Marianas Government has joined nine US states in filing a legal brief supporting Arizona's controversial immigration law. The law requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and allows police to question the ...

It is more productive for the federal government to take legal action against Arizona than to guard our southern border. Have we forgotten that a house divided cannot stand? It is easier to beat up BP for the monumental error... ...

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May 28: Border Patrol agents detain undocumented immigrants apprehended near McAllen Texas. FRESNO, California -- Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring, as the Obama administration continued an aggressive enforcement ...

FRESNO, California -- Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring, as the Obama administration continued an aggressive enforcement strategy championed under President George W. Bush, according to a new study released Thursday. The ...

Supporters of Arizona's immigration law stage a protest outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix, where the statute is being challenged by a police officer and a non-profit group. WATCH NOW Catch up with the latest Beltway action with USA TODAY's ...

A British man accused of stealing the identity of a dead American was today being held in the United States under house arrest. John Skelton, 41, from Yorkshire, was arrested on Monday after flying in to Baltimore-Washington airport, U.S. Customs and ...

The head of a Venezuelan pro-opposition television channel says he cannot return to Venezuela, where he could face arrest, and that he could seek political asylum in the United States. Globovision president Guillermo Zuloaga spoke to VOA's Foro ...

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BOSTON Sen. John Kerry has urged President Barack Obama to grant temporary protected status to Guatemalan immigrants living in the United States. The Massachusetts Democrat wrote to Obama on Thursday that the Central American nation has suffered after ...

PHOENIXA lawyer for a Phoenix police officer told a federal court Thursday his client could be sued for racial profiling if he enforces Arizona's new immigration law. It is the first hearing in a series of legal challenges filed over the controversial ...

FRESNO, California -- Federal prosecutions of immigrants soared to new levels this spring, as the Obama administration continued an aggressive enforcement strategy championed under President George W. Bush, according to a new study released Thursday. The ...

The Los Angeles Times Follow Matt York, APPaul Sanchez of Phoenix protests Arizona's immigration law outside a federal courthouse in the city Thursday. NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Los Angeles Times Phoenix -- In the first courtroom showdown over Arizona's new ...

Editor's note: John D. Skrentny is director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at U.C. San Diego and is working on a project on the politics of immigration reform during the Obama administration. San Diego, California (CNN) -- Another ...

SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson plans to host a meeting of U.S. and Mexican border governors in his state to replace a conference that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer cancelled in Phoenix. Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said Thursday the ...

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- The president of Venezuela's Globovision TV station said he may seek political asylum in the United States. ...

San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore spoke out against Arizona's immigration policy while calling for an end to California's three strikes program on Thursday. ...

PORTLAND, Maine - A Pakistani man detained on an immigration violation in the state of Maine while authorities investigated the attempted Times Square car bombing will continue to be held in jail because an immigration judge revoked his bail. Mohammad ...

PHOENIX Arizona's impending immigration law went before a federal judge for the first time Thursday, and attorneys for both sides sparred over who had the right to enforce immigration law: local officials or the federal government. U.S. District Judge ...

Partisans squared off for the first time in federal court, providing a glimpse into the legal arguments that will be used in the coming battle over the new law. ...