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U.S. TRACKED FOREIGNERS LEAVING FOR CANADA
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of foreigners passing into Canada from the United States have unwittingly been a part of a grand experiment by the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on visitors who violate laws governing the length of their stay. Long ...
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
El Paso Times. May 20, 2013. Military 'crisis': Sex crimes seen as epidemic The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this ...
AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate. President Barack Obama backs the proposal to give equal treatment ...
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting ...
Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis
An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era. The exhibition, "Against All Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe's Refugees, 1933-41" will be on view for a year at the ...
Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. But the shelter is no safe ...
Afghan refugee can stay in US despite assault case
An appeals court has ruled that an Afghan refugee granted asylum in 1999 can stay in the U.S. despite pleading guilty to second-degree assault on a Montgomery County police officer. The Daily Record of Baltimore (http://bit.ly/14GrAmQ ) reports the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed a final ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize ...
Murder charges dismissed in double slaying
Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a migrant worker in the deaths of two unidentified people. The charges were brought against Mariano Arias last year after police found two sets of skeletal remains in Fleming County. Prosecutor J. Kelly Clarke told The Ledger Independent (http://bit.ly/113IXtJ) that the charges were dismissed ...
Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. But federal officials say in an indictment that Fazliddin Kurbanov also was teaching people to ...
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