Bill Adds Fuel to Flames in a Divided Border State
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While ties to Mexico run deep in Arizona, it is also where more people cross illegally from Mexico than anywhere else along the border.
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Government forces through bill extending controversial refuelling mission
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As heated as the debate over the immigration overhaul is on Capitol Hill, the divisions may run even deeper among immigrants themselves.
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A plan to allow Mexican trucking companies deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction from labor leaders, safety advocates and members of Congress.
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Blasting House Republicans' proposals to control immigration as a "monument to demagoguery," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson urged the new Democratic Congress to pass a bill securing the border and enabling some illegal immigrants to gain citizenship.
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The US and Mexico try to defuse a row about increasing violence near their shared border.
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Local leaders in South Texas are puzzled and alarmed over the implications of a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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By Dennison, Mike HELENA - A bill pitched as a catalyst for future energy development in Montana won endorsement Thursday from the Montana House, but not without criticism that it needlessly expands government.
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PRINCETON, B.C. - Dense smoke Monday kept crews from battling the leading edge of a fire that has crossed the border from Washington state into British Columbia.  The Tatoosh fire, which was started by lightning on Aug.
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Many in the state of Utah have decried the callous and often ridiculous comments made by legislators over SB190, Henry's Bill. We have an alarming rate of child abuse and domestic violence in the state.
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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 10 -- Almost everywhere nationwide, the midterm elections are but a distant memory, supplanted by Christmas shopping and holiday parties. But here, candidates are still battling to determine the makeup of the House and the fate of Texas's first Hispanic Republican elected to...
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 14--There is a slope. And it is slippery.   Especially, it seems, regarding issues of public health.   Lawmakers in North Dakota and Minnesota have spent lots of time on health  proposals -- bills that protect us from ourselves.
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SANTA FE, N.M. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry promised to work for the middle class and energy independence, as he landed in this closely divided southwestern state to prepare for the last presidential debate...
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President Bush peered across this hot, dusty and very busy illegal crossing point on Thursday, hoping to offer conservatives balking at a broad immigration bill firsthand evidence that he&#039;s serious about tightening the nation&#039;s 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Down to Earth  Something's been largely missing in the debate over building a massive fence along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants: the potentially devastating impacts on wildlife.
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There was plenty of outrage south of the border last week over the news that the British newspaper, the Guardian, had organized a letter-writing campaign to influence undecided American voters.
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners