Border issue is tricky in Texas race
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Locked in a four-way race for re-election, Republican Gov. Rick Perry is walking a 1,200-mile political tightrope &#151; the Texas-Mexico border.
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Foes of illegal immigrants in Ariz. senator's home state say he is not a true conservative on issue.
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President Bush's young, Hispanic nephew and his bride are on the campaign trail &#151; in Mexico, where they are joining the increasingly vigorous battle for the votes of 1 million U.S. citizens living south of the border.
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His White House away from the White House is as likely this year to be in Pennsylvania as Texas, but President Bush doesn't mind. With his re-election campaign winding down, the rancher-president thinks fence-mending is more urgent up north.
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The stalemate between the House and Senate on immigration reform is riling US voters.
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The presidential election may be decided along party lines, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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These are not the best days in political life, on either side of the border that divides North America. Canadian politics is in an advanced state of drift, the Prime Minister and premiers posturing over competing
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AUSTIN -- Against his doctor's advice, a stooped and feeble state Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr. (D) arrives at the Texas Capitol each day, just to make sure his chamber does not take up a bill that would require voters to produce identification at the polls.
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SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 28 -- Almost since the time the votes were tallied here on election night, the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District has been surrounded by a contentious mystery:
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President Bush faces difficulties as he tries on a state visit to revive what many Mexicans see as a moribund partnership.
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House Republicans seeking to build a pre-election record for getting tough on illegal immigration plan a new vote Thursday on a border fence proposal that won House approval last December.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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The U.S. government said it plans to build 70 miles of 16-foot-tall (5 meter) border fencing in southern Texas, including a section through a sensitive wildlife refuge, but local opponents vowed on Tuesday to keep fighting the wall.
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Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip.
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Nearly two-thirds of Texas voters want one of Gov. Rick Perry's challengers to beat him in the upcoming election, but none of his opponents has enough support right now to win, a newspaper poll shows.
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DALLAS, Texas  - The most expensive U.S.  congressional campaign in the country this election year will  likely be the one in the Dallas area where two incumbents are  slugging it out in a Texas-sized battle.
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The U.S. government has a blunt message for landowners along the Mexico border: Let us on your land or we'll sue. It's the latest battle over a border fence. Eloisa Tamez isn't about to give up land in her family since 1767. "I am not backing down," she told CNN.