French police and Interior Ministry officials said Wednesday that newly-authorized state of emergency powers were helping to subdue violence in the 13th day of rioting around the country. The government on Tuesday issued...
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Wal-Mart executives knew of illegal workers, unsealed affidavit shows
Two senior Wal-Mart executives were aware that cleaning contractors were hiring illegal immigrants, according to an affidavit filed by the US Bureau of Immigration and Custom Enforcement as part of an effort to secure a...
US Republicans propose Mexican border wall to combat illegal immigration
Republican legislators have proposed a bill to build a 2,000 mile wall at the border between US and Mexico in order to keep illegal immigrants out. The True Enforcement and Border Security Act also calls for thousands...
Homeland Security chief outlines new border security efforts
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has outlined plans to increase security along US borders by hiring more federal agents, constructing additional fences and ending policies that allow illegal immigrants to be released in the US. Chertoff...
A group of asylum-seekers originating from Asia and Africa has begun a hunger strike in a detention camp in southwest Morocco in an attempt to gain refugee status from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , the...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases, including one where the Court will clarify the rights of illegal immigrants upon reentering the United States after having been deported. In Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales...
Amnesty condemns Spain, Morocco for rights violations against migrants
Amnesty International condemned Spain and Morocco for human rights violations against all migrants and asylum-seekers of sub-Saharan origin Wednesday. Immigrants attempting to use Morocco as a conduit to Europe have recently met increased security forces along the...
US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NB) introduced a package of four bills on US immigration policy Tuesday that depart from Bush administration policy. Hagel, a possible contender for the Republican nomination in the...
Morocco has blocked access to migrants, UN refugee agency says
Morocco has prevented UN officials from visiting African migrants detained in the country despite repeated requests for access, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported Wednesday. The agency has said it fears that Morocco has forced many...
Chertoff vows to return illegal immigrants in Senate Judiciary testimony
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff promised Senators Tuesday that he would no longer allow non-Mexican immigrants who have entered the United States illegally to be released back into the US if they are apprehended. This so-called "catch and...