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A binational task force on U.S.-Mexico border issues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expired ban on assault weapons and for Mexico to overhaul its frontier police and customs agencies to mirror the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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.
The Homeland Security secretary said legislative efforts to streamline the immigration system will begin early next year.
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, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
White House expects Congress to start reforming laws early next year, DHS secretary says.
After an emotional appeal from a straight-A student facing deportation in 33 days, a City Council committee agreed Friday to champion the cause of Rigo Padilla and others caught in the switches while awaiting immigration reform.The Human Relations Committee unanimously approved a resolution urging the U.S. Homeland Security Department to stop deportation proceedings against Padilla and all other ...
The Homeland Security chief sees a shift in support of such an effort. She calls for a 'tough pathway' to legal status for undocumented workers. The government has beefed up border security and workplace immigration enforcement, and now should begin the work of overhauling immigration laws, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
She cited construction of 600 miles of border fence and the hiring of more than 20,000 Border Patrol agents.
Rally at state Capitol to protest proposed reform.
NOGALES, Arizona- Enforcement actions by Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Nogales ports of entry have reflected significant results for the first two months of fiscal year 2009. CBP officers have seized millions in narcotics, thousands in undeclared currency, and arrested hundreds for immigration violations and outstanding warrants.
Declaring success in border security and immigration enforcement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that the federal government has done its work and now it's time for Congress to pass a broad bill to legalize illegal immigrants. Her speech signals President Obama will make good on his promise to push Congress to pass an immigration bill next year - adding ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A new program giving U.S law enforcement agencies access to federal fingerprint files has identified about 111,000 criminal immigrants, the government says.
MEXICO, Missouri (BP)--"Until recently, we felt like we were tolerated here. Now, we feel like we're embraced by this church." With those two sentences, Antonio Alfaro confirmed what Glenn Forman already suspected.
After an emotional appeal from a straight-A student facing deportation in 33 days, a City Council committee agreed today to champion the cause of Rigo Padilla and others caught in the switches while awaiting immigration reform.The Human Relations Committee unanimously approved a resolution urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to stop deportation proceedings against Padilla and all ...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement program focusing on catching illegal immigrants with a criminal history is proving to be effective, 10News reported.
The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
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