U.S. to step up deportation of jailed immigrants
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The United States expects to deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are serving time in prisons and jails across the country, the top U.S. immigration enforcement official said.
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Federal legislators from Mexico's ruling party have introduced a bill to eliminate jail terms for illegal migration into Mexico, saying they want to send a message that migrants should not be treated like criminals.
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Making it easier to deport immigrants seeking political asylum will get a vote in the House this week, a few days after a federal commission said that many of them already are being treated like criminals.
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Law enforcement officials in the Phoenix area are using new tactics to cut off illegal immigration: They are going after used-car salesmen who sell vehicles to smugglers, and arresting operators of safe houses where immigrants stay after crossing the border.
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Up to 600,000 illegal immigrants would be eligible for amnesty under plans adopted at party conference.
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US authorities may have to release more than 1,000 Cubans held since a 1980 influx of asylum-seekers whom Cuba will not take back, lawyers said following a Supreme Court immigration decision.
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After almost four years of minimal progress, Secretary of State Colin Powell says prospects are improving for congressional action to grant legal status to millions of undocumented aliens in the United States.
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The U.S. Justice Department has asked a  federal judge in Detroit to toss out the convictions of three  Middle Eastern men caught in a roundup of hundreds of Arab  immigrants after the Sept. 11 attacks and charged with  supporting terrorism and document fraud.
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The prison service is operating two jails as foreign-national only prisons in an experiment aimed at speeding up the deportation process, Justice Minister David Hanson said Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider whether the government can deport an immigrant who pleaded guilty to auto theft.
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When a heavy knock came on the door of her Phoenix home, Mari knew that the immigration police had finally caught up with her. Arrested and held for a month in a U.S. jail, she was sent back to Guatemala on a prison flight.
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Messages reminding people not to overstay their visas are part of a government drive to clamp down on immigration.
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The home secretary is to announce measures to tackle abuses of the immigration and asylum system.
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Illegal immigrants who are victims of violent crimes in the US can now apply for special visas, seven years after Congress offered protection against deportation to those who cooperate with law enforcement agencies
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The Bush administration will announce an increase today in immigration application fees of more than 80 percent, federal officials said yesterday.
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A court has ordered the extradition of two terror suspects wanted in the United States.
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More than 1,000 prisoners are to be freed later ahead of schedule as part of a move to ease prison overcrowding.