Illegal immigrant crossings down 45 percent along Mexico border
US Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar said Tuesday that arrests of people trying to cross the border illegally have dropped by 45 percent in the two months since President Bush announced a...
Two Republican members of the US Congress announced a proposal Tuesday to bridge the gap between the Senate and House versions of immigration reform legislation . The plan devised by US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison...
UK Home Office plans to toughen immigration rules in major overhaul
The UK Home Office announced plans to overhaul Britain's immigration system Tuesday in a review outlining how the Home Office's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) will respond to the impact of...
UK government weighing sanctions on companies employing illegal immigrants
The British Home Office is considering enacting rules that would dismiss company directors and seize assets of firms caught employing illegal immigrants, the Sunday Times has reported. Under the new rules, employers could even be punished if...
The UK will not implement an amnesty program for illegal immigrants, Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said Wednesday, and will instead seek "fair but tough" enforcement of current rules. Byrne's comments came at the conclusion of an official...
Colorado legislature passes bill requiring proof of citizenship for public benefits
Colorado state lawmakers passed a bill Monday that will force residents receiving state or federal benefits to prove their citizenship in order to continue receiving aid, in what some are calling one of the toughest...
US resumes repatriation flights for illegal immigrants from Mexico
The US Department of Homeland Security resumed its repatriation program for illegal immigrants from Mexico Friday with a flight carrying 67 people to Mexico City. This is the third straight summer that the...
Federal regulators relax Medicaid rule requiring proof of US citizenship
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, issued a final rule Thursday clarifying proof of citizenship required to apply for Medicaid benefits. The new rule...
Bush presses immigration compromise as House holds hearing at border station
President Bush repeated earlier calls for a compromise immigration reform bill that would satisfy the demands of both House and Senate leaders during a press conference in Chicago Friday. After promoting the use...
France to grant 'amnesty' to thousands of immigrant families
France intends to grant residency papers to thousands of immigrant families with children in French schools, government officials said Thursday. Many children and their parents faced deportation at the end of the French school year after a deportation moratorium...
