http://www.mail.com/subjects/17034-border-security.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/17034-border-security.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158796-cbo-8-to-gain-legal-status-senate-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would initially gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades. The eagerly awaited report by Congress' non-par... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158796-cbo-8-to-gain-legal-status-senate-bill.html 2013-06-18T22:02:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157890-immigration-splits-gops-national-house-interests.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans. Many House Republicans are chilly or openly hostile to the bipartisan bill before the Senate, embraced by President Barack Obama. Even substantial changes to the bill may do little to placate these ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:41:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2157890-immigration-splits-gops-national-house-interests.html 2013-06-17T20:41:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2156464-immigration-bill-decide-2016-senator.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' hopes to reclaim the White House in the 2016 elections hinge on whether they support — or sabotage — the immigration overhaul being debated in the Senate, two lawmakers who helped write the proposal warn. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday told conservatives who are trying to block the measure that they will doom the par... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:10:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2156464-immigration-bill-decide-2016-senator.html 2013-06-17T11:10:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155378-graham-without-immigration-gop-to-fail-2016.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the Senate, said conservatives who are trying... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:22:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155378-graham-without-immigration-gop-to-fail-2016.html 2013-06-16T17:22:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2149374-senators-consensus-border-amendment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Key Senate Republicans are working to develop a compromise on border security that would satisfy GOP demands for stronger enforcement language in a far-reaching immigration bill without costing Democratic support, lawmakers and aides said Thursday. To win over skeptical Republicans, senators are considering mandating specific requirement... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:26:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2149374-senators-consensus-border-amendment.html 2013-06-13T21:26:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146018-border-security-issue-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Bickering across a deep divide, supporters of immigration legislation pushed back hard Wednesday against Republican demands for tougher border security measures before millions living illegally in the country could take the first steps toward U.S. citizenship. Even modest changes were snared in the political crossfire that erupted on the... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:11:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2146018-border-security-issue-immigration-bill.html 2013-06-12T22:11:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2145958-crackdown-filling-nkorean-prisons-with-defectors.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living in South Korea and researchers who study Pyongyang's notorious network of labor camps and detention centers. Soon after he succeeded his father as North Korea... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:08:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2145958-crackdown-filling-nkorean-prisons-with-defectors.html 2013-06-12T11:08:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145188-immigration-green-cards-citizenship.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. All eyes are on a more than 1,000-page Senate proposal with the you-said-a-mouthful title of the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013." The bill cle... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:47:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145188-immigration-green-cards-citizenship.html 2013-06-12T07:47:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140112-ayotte-to-immigration-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized "the broken immigration system we have now" as "unworthy of a great nation." In a television interview and in a longer statement on her website, the New Hampshire senator became one of the first Repu... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:21:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140112-ayotte-to-immigration-overhaul.html 2013-06-09T18:21:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2137256-health-care-thorny-issue-immigration-debate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care coverage for newly legalized immigrants is emerging as a thorny issue in Congress' drive to remake the nation's immigration system, posing hard-to-solve problems for Senate negotiators and threatening a bill-writing effort in the House. The question is how much access to taxpayer-subsidized care should be granted to immigrant... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:22:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2137256-health-care-thorny-issue-immigration-debate.html 2013-06-07T20:22:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2124498-schumer-immigration-bill-to-pass-senate-july-4.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul immigration predicted on Sunday that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would write their own version, one piece at a time. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he anticipates as many as 70 of the 10... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:59:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2124498-schumer-immigration-bill-to-pass-senate-july-4.html 2013-06-02T17:59:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112980-fierce-fighting-sudan-troops-rebels.html KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese government troops clashed with rebels in the conflict-wracked state of Southern Kordofan near the border with South Sudan, and each side claimed Monday it inflicted heavy losses on the other. The clashes erupted Sunday in the Dandor area, 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of Khartoum. Southern Kordofan state has been hit by v... Mon, 27 May 2013 20:46:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112980-fierce-fighting-sudan-troops-rebels.html 2013-05-27T20:46:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2112504-border-entry-fee-study-sparks-northern-opposition.html SEATTLE (AP) — By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians. Gas north of the 49th parallel, he said, is about $1.30 per gallon more expensive than in the United States. But that's not the only product that Canadians seek in visits to Washington sta... Mon, 27 May 2013 18:17:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2112504-border-entry-fee-study-sparks-northern-opposition.html 2013-05-27T18:17:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2106192-house-immigration-group-resolves-dispute.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voters' questions on the issue. The eight lawmakers in the House immigration group have struggled fo... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:13:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2106192-house-immigration-group-resolves-dispute.html 2013-05-23T21:13:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102180-key-house-chairman-slams-senate-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided Congress. Separately, a bipartisan House group that has been working behind the scenes to craft its own immigr... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2102180-key-house-chairman-slams-senate-immigration-bill.html 2013-05-22T21:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088232-house-panel-boosts-veterans-spending.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With no broader budget deal in sight, a key House panel responsible for implementing sweeping cuts to agency budgets moved Wednesday to exempt veterans and largely protect spending on border safety and other homeland security programs in the coming year. The strategy by the pragmatic House Appropriations Committee is to begin advancing a... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:28:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088232-house-panel-boosts-veterans-spending.html 2013-05-15T19:28:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the story is below: Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill Senators move to strengthen student visa secur... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html 2013-05-15T19:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073412-coalition-immigration-bill-clears-tests.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The bipartisan coalition behind a contentious overhaul of immigration laws stuck together on a critical early series of test votes Thursday, turning back challenges from conservative critics as the Senate Judiciary Committee refined legislation to secure the borders and grant eventual citizenship to millions living in the United States illegally. ... Thu, 09 May 2013 21:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073412-coalition-immigration-bill-clears-tests.html 2013-05-09T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2071846-apnewsbreak-5-charged-immigration-scam.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four federal law enforcement officers were charged with accepting cash, a TV, and plane tickets among bribes dating back more than a decade to help dozens of foreigners enter the country, authorities announced Wednesday. The ongoing investigation ensnared employees from three different federal agencies and is the latest in a series of i... Thu, 09 May 2013 00:14:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2071846-apnewsbreak-5-charged-immigration-scam.html 2013-05-09T00:14:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069748-gop-stronger-borders-immigration-bill-will-die.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Landmark immigration legislation is doomed to fail in Congress unless border-security provisions are greatly strengthened, Republican senators bluntly warned on Tuesday. "If in fact the American people can't trust that the border is controlled, you're never going to be able to pass this bill," declared Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, top Re... Wed, 08 May 2013 00:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2069748-gop-stronger-borders-immigration-bill-will-die.html 2013-05-08T00:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062490-issues-trail-obama-latin-america-trip.html SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama's trip to Latin America had a decidedly domestic feel, with issues such as immigration, energy and education that are in the forefront of U.S. political debate also dominating his talks with regional leaders. The shared priorities show how closely entwined the U.S. is with its southern neighbors. These ti... Sat, 04 May 2013 20:08:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062490-issues-trail-obama-latin-america-trip.html 2013-05-04T20:08:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062500-funeral-home-wants-to-bury-bomb-suspect.html BOSTON (AP) — A funeral home director was scrambling to find a cemetery that would bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, ignoring protesters gathered outside his business and saying everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of his or her death. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died from "gunshot wounds of torso and extremit... Sat, 04 May 2013 06:44:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2062500-funeral-home-wants-to-bury-bomb-suspect.html 2013-05-04T06:44:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2062042-boston-bomb-suspect-died-gunshots-blunt-trauma.html BOSTON (AP) — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body and read details from his death certificate. The certificate cites Tsarnaev's "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities" a... Sat, 04 May 2013 03:17:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2062042-boston-bomb-suspect-died-gunshots-blunt-trauma.html 2013-05-04T03:17:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061228-us-orders-visa-reviews-arriving-students.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure is the government's first security change directly related to the Boston bombings. The order, wh... Fri, 03 May 2013 22:41:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061228-us-orders-visa-reviews-arriving-students.html 2013-05-03T22:41:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2059240-rubio-seeks-to-boost-border-language-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may even have trouble getting through the Senate. Rubio, who is the chief emissary to conservatives on the contentious legislation, said in a radio interview and in an opinion piece be... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:23:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2059240-rubio-seeks-to-boost-border-language-bill.html 2013-05-03T00:23:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to tamp down a potential rift with Mexico over a dramatic shift in the cross-border fight against drug trafficking and organized crime, acceding that Mexicans had the right to determine how best to tackle the violence that has plagued their country. Since taking office in December, Mexican Presi... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html 2013-05-03T00:19:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057872-obama-to-pitch-immigration-overhaul-mexico.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has his top domestic ambition at the head of his agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure the border. Obama was flying to Mexico City Thursday to meet with President Enrique Pena Ni... Thu, 02 May 2013 16:10:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057872-obama-to-pitch-immigration-overhaul-mexico.html 2013-05-02T16:10:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057770-chinese-incursion-leaves-india-verge-crisis.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India in the middle of the night, according to Indian officials. They were ferried across the bitterly cold moonscape in Chinese army vehicles, then got out to traverse a dry creek bed with a helicopter hovering overhead for protection. They finally reached their destination... Thu, 02 May 2013 09:52:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057770-chinese-incursion-leaves-india-verge-crisis.html 2013-05-02T09:52:28Z