Immigration
U.S. illegal immigrant population declines for second year
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States fell by 1 million, or 8 percent, between 2007 and 2009, the U.S. government reported Tuesday.
Obama aunt to fight deportation for second time: report
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant who has cared for his siblings, will fight in federal immigration court Thursday to avoid deportation, the Boston Herald reported.
Thai family wins US citizenship after divorce mix-up
LOS ANGELES — Andy Promsiri needed to clutch his naturalization certificate in his hand to believe he had finally become a U.S. citizen after trying for 26 years.
Report: Immigration Raids Violated Rights
Immigration agents raiding homes for suspected illegal immigrants violated the U.S. Constitution by entering without proper consent and may have used racial profiling, a report analyzing arrest records found.
President welcomes new soldiers-turned-citizens
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told two dozen members of the U.S. military who were sworn in Friday as U.S. citizens that they are "living examples" of America's promise.
AP IMPACT: US citizens held as illegal immigrants
Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and...
No longer rounding up just fugitive immigrants
For more than five years, U.S. immigration authorities have touted the success of a national program aimed at arresting and deporting dangerous criminals and fugitives. In frequent early morning raids at homes in Los Angeles and around the country...
5 Afghan students missing from U of Wash. program
SEATTLE (AP) — Five Afghan scholars visiting the University of Washington to work on their master's theses were reported missing after failing to show up for training sessions, university officials said.
Study finds 11% drop in illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON -- A report Wednesday indicating a marked decline in the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. fueled a widening national debate over the Bush administration's policy of immigration enforcement through aggressive workplace raids.
Bellevue man served with WWII Nazi death squad, US says
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to revoke the citizenship of an 86-year-old Bellevue man it says was a member of a Nazi death squad responsible for the murders of more than 17,000 Serbian civilians during World War II.
US to erect more "virtual" border fences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials announced plans for more high-tech border fencing and rules making it harder for federal contractors to hire illegal workers, but said on Monday it would take another three years to declare victory in immigrat...
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
EASTSOUND, Wash. (AP) — Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care — not for anything.
Indian workers on Hunger Strike Say They Were Misled on Visas
WASHINGTON — About a dozen metalworkers from India staged the fourth week of a hunger strike here this week, camped under a shade tree on Embassy Row. The workers, who walked off jobs in Gulf Coast shipyards in early March, say they were victims o...
State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants
SPOKANE — The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.
A Washington state town of Latino immigrants learns to 'habla espanol'
"Nearly everyone in this small farming community in eastern Washington speaks Spanish -- nearly everyone except those in city government and the Police Department, where English is spoken."
Report: Immigrants assimilate faster
The nation's immigrants are adopting American ways just as quickly as they were in 1990 despite a doubling in their numbers, according to research out today. The findings show, however, that Mexicans, the largest immigrant group, are making slower...
House approves massive public lands bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would extend federal immigration and labor laws to the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is on its way to the president's desk.
MEXICALI, Mexico — New Mexican discount airlines are using rock-bottom fares to cater to legal and illegal migrants heading for the USA. The airlines — known among fliers as Aeromigrante, or "Migrant Air" — take passengers from central or southern...