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State and local police officers who enforce federal immigration laws are not adequately screened, trained or supervised, and the civil rights of the immigrants they deal with are not consistently protected, according to a report released Friday by the ...

Geological experts say the millions of people who felt everything from intense shaking to gentle rolling from Sunday's powerful should expect more to come. 'Don't be surprised if you feel something in the next few days,' said U.S. Geological Survey ...

AFP Enlarge photo MEXICALI, Mexico (AFP) - Emergency teams scrambled Monday to assess damage after a major 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Mexico, killing two people and rocking buildings as far away as Los Angeles. Sunday's earthquake ...

William Fisher NEW YORK - A controversial government programme that enlists local police officers and sheriff's deputies to help enforce U.S. immigration laws is verging on being out of control and unable to assess whether it is meeting its stated goals. ...

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We take a look at the threat of deportation that non-citizen veterans of American wars continue to face despite US military promises of citizenship. We talk to Rohan Coombs, a Jamaican-born US vet who was in the US Marine Corps for six years and served ...

MEXICALI, Mexico -- Roads were torn up, buildings cracked and electricity posts toppled on Monday after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook cities in northern Mexico and Southern California, but few casualties were reported. Mexican civil protection ...

THREE Cuban refugees accepted by Australia as part of a deal with the US, which in turn agreed to take 28 of the Tamil refugees on the Oceanic Viking, will arrive in Australia this week. The Immigration Department foreshadowed the men's arrival as two ...

MEXICALI - (UPDATE 2) Emergency teams scrambled Monday to assess damage after a major 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Mexico, killing two people and rocking buildings as far away as Los Angeles. Sunday's earthquake jolted millions in a wide ...

The northbound border into Calexico, Calif., from Mexicali, Mexico, remained closed Monday morning because of concerns about damage to the U.S. federal building, but people continued to stream into the U.S. on foot as aftershocks rattled the region. A ...

TIJUANA, Mexico - Aftershocks rattled the southwest Mexico-U.S. border on Monday morning in the aftermath of a major earthquake that killed two people, blacked out cities and forced the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes. Sunday's 7.2-magnitude ...

A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake that has killed at least two people sent jolts hundreds of kilometers from the quake's center in the western Mexico-U.S. border region. Reports said most of the damage from Sunday's earthquake happened in Mexicali, the ...

At least two people have been killed after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck just south of the US-Mexico border on Sunday, local officials report. Tremors were reportedly felt across three US states, with rides at Disneyland in California being closed. ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has hit the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, killing two people and causing tremors as far away as Nevada. In San Diego, tall buildings swayed. The Mexican city of Tijuana was also rocked by tremors, with power ...

At least 13 prisoners escaped during an alleged attack by hit men in northwest Mexico's Reynosa city, which borders the United States, officials said on Sunday. The General Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the attack took place on Friday when ...

City fire helicopter crews said initial assessments showed all reservoirs were holding water normally. Meanwhile, it is reported that nearly 2,400 customers lost power in Dana Point, just inside the Orange County line near Los Angeles, and over 600 ...

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CALEXICO, Calif. -- Police closed off the downtown of this U.S. border city after a powerful earthquake struck just inside Mexico, damaging prewar buildings not updated to handle strong quakes. Businesses in Calexico, the U.S. area hit hardest by the ...

At least two people have died in an earthquake near the US-Mexico border. Many more were injured when the quake hit the area around Southern California and northern Mexico. The magnitude 7.2 event collapsed many houses in Mexico. One of the people who ...