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Republican divisions may hinder party's momentum

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:22:42 -0400

WASHINGTON - A string of unrelated events are highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems.

Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:07:15 -0400

SEATTLE - As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.

Immigration bill heads to full Senate

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:29:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict.

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:07:39 -0400

WASHINGTON - Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

Obama voices support for Senate immigration bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:05 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is largely consistent with his own principles.

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

Trump: Legalized immigrants would vote Democratic

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:15:36 -0400

NOVI, Michigan - Donald Trump says if the U.S. creates a path to citizenship for immigrants who don't have permission to be here, "every one of those people will be voting Democrat."

Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:36 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition at state colleges and steers new money to job-creation programs.

Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:07 -0400

GULFPORT, Mississippi - Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.

Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:22 -0400

AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:34:12 -0400

WASHINGTON - 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.

NC immigration bill advances to House floor

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:59:03 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - A bill granting driving privileges to North Carolina residents who are living in the country illegally is headed to the state House floor.

Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:17 -0400

NEW YORK - 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.

Pinal officials meet with ICE on costly contract

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:15:21 -0400

CASA GRANDE, Arizona - Representatives of Pinal County and the federal government have started discussing the possibility of renegotiating the county's money-losing contract to house federal immigration detainees in the county jail in Florence.

Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:30 -0400

MATAMOROS, Mexico - 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.

GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - 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 on Democrats' woes, legislatively or politically.

More centers in DC area speak seniors' language

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:05 -0400

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland - If Mohammad Rahro, 91, had gone to just any senior center in Maryland, chances are he would not have encountered someone who remembered the headmaster with four wives who rode to school each day on a beloved white donkey.

Afghan refugee can stay in US despite assault case

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:18 -0400

ROCKVILLE, Maryland - 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.

Manchester continues to grapple with new refugees

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:36:26 -0400

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - After being exiled from his native Bhutan at age 4, Chuda Niroula spent the next two decades in a Nepali refugee camp with no running water, no electricity and never enough food. Almost two years ago he arrived in Manchester as one of the 60,000 to 80,000 refugees taken in each year by the U.S.

GOP US Senate candidates denounce immigration bill

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:41:43 -0400

ATHENS, Georgia - The four Georgia Republicans running for U.S. Senate said Saturday they are united in opposing a comprehensive immigration reform bill, because it doesn't do enough for border security.

Immigrant inspires scholarships at St. Paul school

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:18:12 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - The first two students have awarded college scholarships bearing the man of Congolese native who died in a traffic accident after moving to Minnesota.

Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:17:48 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - 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.

Brazil approves law to modernize ports

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:18 -0400

SAO PAULO - Brazil plans to modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, attract private investments to the sector and make it easier for companies to hire skilled foreign workers, in a bid to spur economic growth,

Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:09 -0400

SAN JOSE, California - The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration system.

Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:34:25 -0400

PHOENIX - The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.