Border war over immigration comes to Midwest
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A routine city hall appointment threatens to turn Kansas City into a new front in the U.S. debate over illegal immigration, even though the closest Mexico border crossing is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.
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REYNOSA, Mexico  - Tougher security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing migrants to take more dangerous, remote routes to cross into the United States and pushing up the number of deaths in the desert.
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A smuggler of illegal immigrants from Mexico on the ins and outs of crossing the border.
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DOUGLAS, Arizona  - Building a fence to try to secure the U.S. border with Mexico is impractical and would simply lead illegal immigrants to cross elsewhere, according to former Customs and Border Protection agents and other experts.
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TORONTO, Sept. 1 -- When the radio crackled with news that two California murder suspects were racing toward the U.S. border in January, Canadian border guards quickly  cleared passenger cars from their posts and then fled.
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A planned border fence has provoked alarm among land owners fearful of being cut off from their own property.
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A U.S. alert about violence along the border in Mexico created unexpected friction with a crucial neighbor Thursday, just as new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other new members of President Bush's team are starting to take office.
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Out of respect for U.S. troops fighting overseas, Missouri and Kansas are changing the name of their sports rivalry from "Border War" to "Border Showdown."
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OTTUMWA, Iowa  - In the snowswept American heartland, discussion of foreign policy often boils down to one word: security.
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The U.S. immigration debate could determine more than the future of illegal immigrants. It may help pick Mexico&#039;s next president July 2.
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A dispute has broken out between the Department of Homeland Security and unions representing Border Patrol workers and immigration officers after the publication of a survey that found that most employees believe they have not been given sufficient resources, training and support to fight terrorism.
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Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.
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The latest fights over immigration have focused on who should get a place in line for a legal life in the United States. But the real agony, says Tien Bui, comes when you finally get in line.
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The immigration debate has rattled many and may tip them toward the Democrats. But which one?
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Illegal immigrants to the United States have been arriving in a Canadian border town looking for asylum.
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The border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico is a blurry one, no matter what barriers may be going up to keep people from illegally crossing it.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Central American nations are putting aside border bickering to allow the relatively free movement of people and goods between nations -- a goal that has US officials worried about a jump in smuggling of drugs and people in a region already plagued by crime and on the lookout for terrorists.