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Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board Thursday denied the asylum claim of Jeremy Hinzman , the US soldier who deserted his unit before being deployed to Iraq and subsequently fled to Canada, saying that Hinzman did not...

Estimates of the Size and Characteristics of the Undocumented Population, Pew Hispanic Center, Jeffrey S. Passel, March 21, 2005 [documenting recent massive growth of the illegal immigrant population in the United States - a 23 percent increase was reported in...

The Pew Hispanic Center , a private research group, released a report Monday documenting recent massive growth of the illegal immigrant population in the United States. A 23 percent increase was reported in the population of undocumented...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the European Commission (EC) said Microsoft has failed to deliver on its commitment to comply with sanctions related to violations of European antitrust rules [JURIST Hot Topic news...

Retail giant Wal-Mart agreed Friday to pay $11 million to settle US Department of Justice allegations that it had employed hundreds of illegal immigrants to perform janitorial services in 60 stores across the country. The...

Malaysia Tuesday began a campaign to round up an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants currently in the country, after extending an amnesty period several times. Police and immigration officials conducted searches around the country in an effort to...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the Sino-US Joint Liaison Group (JLG) has signed a joint agreement at the conclusion of a two-day meeting of US and Chinese...

In Monday's international brief, Spain has began an amnesty program that will allow a large portion of its illegal immigrant population to apply for legal resident status. The new legislation, promulgated by the ruling Socialist party, requires...

More than 200 foreign nationals currently being detained in US immigration facilities could be released under a recent Supreme Court ruling according to figures released Monday by Cheryl Little , executive director of the Florida...

Michael Chertoff , President Bush's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security faced repeated questions Wednesday from Democrats at his Senate confirmation hearing about any role he might have played while at the Justice...