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The backlog of deportation, political asylum and other cases awaiting a hearing in federal immigration courts has reached an all-time high even as a record number of judge positions remained unfilled, according to a report released Friday. The analysis ...

President Barack Obama has said that he is committed to a comprehensive immigration reform, which is expected to benefit lakhs of illegal immigrants and also large number of Indians living in the US who are having painful years of long wait to get ...

Predator B unmanned vehicles wait to be deployed inside a hangar at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Border Patrol uses unmanned aerial vehicles to spot illegal immigrants, smugglers Democratic Texas congressman wants use of drones stepped up ...

Dushanbe/Geneva -- A new US$1.5 million project to make 16 health facilities and the staff working in them better able to deal with humanitarian crises is being rolled out along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. The yearlong project is being funded ...

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies along the southwest border and those charged with weeding them out say they don't have the money to catch all of the corrupt agents, homeland security ...

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. ...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has said that he is committed to a comprehensive immigration reform, which is expected to benefit lakhs of illegal immigrants and also large number of Indians living in the US who are having painful years of long wait ...

Reporting from Washington - A pair of influential senators presented President Obama with a three-page blueprint for a bipartisan agreement to overhaul the nation's immigration system, but the proposal's viability is threatened by politics surrounding ...

(By James Rosen, McClatchy Newspapers) Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Charles Schumer of New York discussed a major overhaul of U.S. immigration laws Thursday with President Barack Obama at the White House. Graham, a Seneca Republican, waded ...

Tags: Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, Schumer, Graham, US President Barack Obama [ Images ] has said that he is committed to a comprehensive immigration reform, which is expected to benefit lakhs of illegal immigrants and also large number of Indians living ...

Federal anticorruption investigators continue to struggle to keep up with the screening of newly hired United States law enforcement officers working on the Mexican border and have fallen far behind in checking current employees as well, federal ...

President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will ...

The Untied States Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados has announced changes being made to the US visa application process.long_spacelong_space According to a press release, beginning on 22 March, 2010, all non-immigrant visa applicants will be required ...

President Barack Obama vowed to continue partnering with congressional leaders on comprehensive immigration reform. Obama, after a meeting with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who are working to craft a comprehensive ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. Back-to-back White House ...

President Obama said Thursday that he would proceed with an overhaul of the immigration system this year if he could attract substantial Republican support. But a leading Republican who supports an overhaul said an immigration bill could not go forward ...

As of Thursday, the State Department has increased fees for a US passport. The cost of a renewal jumps to $110. Washington Want to see the Eiffel Tower or soak up the sun on a Bermuda beach, but dont have a passport? Its going to cost you a little ...

U.S. federal officials say corruption among some law enforcement officers is jeopardizing anti-drug and security patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border. Officials say drug dealers have infiltrated their agencies, often through huge payoffs. Mexico is ...