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U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- Jorge S., an East Bay grocery store clerk, worries about his family's future if the Bush administration follows through with its declaration this month to crack down on employers who fail to verify the legal status of their workers. "Everyone at the st.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 16, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Immigrants are rushing to apply for citizenship, green cards and other benefits before hefty fee increases kick in at the end of the month. Starting July 30, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will raise application fees an average of 66.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 4:59pm neoform

BBC News -- The White House and the US Senate have reached a deal on an immigration bill that could give legal status to many of the 12m illegal immigrants in the US. Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy announced the agreement that would also establish a merit-based.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 16, 2007 @ 1:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The mayor and police chief assured Bosnian immigrants Thursday that authorities would not stand for any backlash against them after an Bosnian teenager shot five people to death in a crowded shopping mall and then died in a shootout with police. As man.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 16, 2007 @ 12:54am neoform

Yahoo News -- A former U.S. border agent who allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to cross from Mexico in return for $120,000 in cash was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison. Get the gifts you really wanted Michael Gilliland, 44, who worked on th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 13, 2007 @ 3:48pm mrmdc

CNN -- Bank of America Corp. has begun offering credit cards to customers without Social Security numbers, typically illegal immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In recent years, banks across the country have been offering checking accounts a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 10:11am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Three illegal immigrants were shot dead and two more were wounded after falling prey to suspected bandits as they crossed into the United States from Mexico, police said. Sergeant James Ogden of Pima County Sheriff's Department said the bodies of three.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 10:24am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have yet to be filled in, authorities said, raising concerns because smugglers have tried to reuse such passages before... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 11:57pm neoform

www.thestate.com -- A company that knowingly hires illegal immigrants could lose its business license under a county law given final approval Wednesday evening... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 27, 2006 @ 12:18am neoform

International Herald Tribune -- The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks, including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and put more immigrants on a faster track to U.S. citizenshi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 14, 2006 @ 1:05pm mrmdc

Associated Press -- Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian courts, the Bush administration said Monday, opening a new legal front in the fight over the rights of detaine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 2, 2006 @ 10:12pm neoform

New York Times -- Under a new policy, children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, federal officials said today... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 24, 2006 @ 8:18am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:26am neoform

Washington Post -- Immigrant workers are sending more money than ever to their families in Latin America, but two new studies show that only a small portion of the billions of dollars directed there has gone to economic development... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- Christian Ocampo makes about $200 a day selling nutritional supplements to fellow Hispanics in Milwaukee. His income helps support his mother, who uses a wheelchair, and his 21-year-old sister. If Ocampo misses work, he doesn't get paid. On Wednesda.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

USA Today -- Local officials getting tough on illegal immigrants have a new target: their cars. Communities in Alabama, California, Illinois and elsewhere are using laws that punish drivers without licenses. Cities often tow cars immediately. The laws don't sing.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Somewhere in central Los Angeles, about 20 miles from LAX airport, there is a nondescript building housing a detention facility for foreigners who have violated US immigration and customs laws. I was driven there around 11pm on May 3, my hands painfully h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 9:59am neoform

Washington Post -- Frustrated with Congress's inability to pass an immigration overhaul bill, state legislatures are considering or enacting a record number of strongly worded proposals targeting illegal immigrants. By the time most legislatures adjourned in May, at leas.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 3:41pm neoform

SF Gate -- New York has the right to deny driver's licenses to people who can't prove they are in the country legally, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. A lawsuit brought by immigrants and their advocates claimed a Department of Motor Vehicles policy "is.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 6:09pm neoform

USA Today -- City officials approved a plan Monday to offer illegal immigrants identification cards that would let them open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs. Supporters say the program, appr.. Read More