Immigration

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Busy agenda clouds hopes for immigration reform

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 6 days ago

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year. Representative Luis ...

U.S. cracks down on border meeting spot for Mexicans

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 6 days ago

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States has severely restricted access to a spot on the Mexican border where families and lovers divided by illegal immigration could unite briefly to hold hands or kiss through a fence. In a move to stop ...

Ariz. prosecutor files 1st employer sanctions case

AP News 7 days ago

Ariz. prosecutor files 1st case under law that prohibits knowingly hiring illegal immigrants Maricopa County prosecutors on Wednesday filed Arizona's first civil complaint against a business under a 22-month-old state law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. County Attorney Andrew ...

Mass. immigrant tuition bill to get new push

AP News 9 days ago

Advocates, lawmakers to push for Mass. immigrant tuition bill nearly 3 years after it failed It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college. The Guatemalan-born student certainly had the academic credentials, going from English as a second language ...

Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now

AP News 12 days ago

DHS Sec'y Napolitano: Border more secure, but immigration reform needed for better enforcement The Obama administration has met many of the border security benchmarks Congress set in 2007 as a prerequisite to immigration reform and now it's time to change the law, ...

Napolitano Immigration

AP News 12 days ago

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivers remarks on the Obama administration's efforts to reform the U.S. immigration system, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at the Center for American Progress in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Copyright 2009 AP News

U.S. meets immigration reform benchmarks: Napolitano

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 12 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has dramatically improved security along its border with Mexico and met other requirements set by lawmakers in 2007 for passing immigration reform, a top U.S. official said on Friday. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said improvements, ...

US officials begin push against human trafficking

AP News 15 days ago

Immigration officials target 14 US cities in campaign against human trafficking Fourteen cities are being targeted in a new campaign aimed at alerting people about human trafficking, federal immigration officials have announced. The "Hidden in Plain Sight" initiative, sponsored by U.S. Immigration ...

Less than 2,000 migrants held in Libya: official

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

The number of illegal immigrants being held by Libya has fallen to under 2,000 thanks to the country's policy of repatriation, a senior official said on Tuesday. "Fewer than 2,000 immigrants are being held in 12 detention centres across the country," Colonel ...

Why HellerÕs hard line on immigrants might sting later

Las Vegas Sun 16 days ago

WASHINGTON — The Republican Party has been told again and again that it must tone down its rhetoric against illegal immigrants if it has any hope of keeping Hispanic voters who were once gravitating to the party from moving further toward Democrats. ...

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