IRVING, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry called for the use of unarmed Predator drones to patrol the Texas-Mexico border on Monday as he tried to shore up his border security credentials in a campaign stop at the Irving Police Association Hall.
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Responding to pleas from immigration judges and lawyers who say the nation's immigration courts are faltering under a crushing caseload, the American Bar Association called Monday for Congress to scrap the current system and create a new, independent court for immigration cases.
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Every Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy will receive training on the authority of local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law under a new education program.
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Local governments that use established governmental programs to find and identify criminal illegal immigrants would be given monetary incentives under a newly-proposed senate bill.
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Lawyers for the war contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss an Oregon Army National Guard soldiers' lawsuit against it, saying the court in Oregon lacks jurisdiction.
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By Ryan J. Foley, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not pose a threat to national security.
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