President Bush granted prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. ...more

January 19, 2009

The Border Patrol has finished installing razor-sharp barbed wire atop a 5-mile stretch of fence on the Mexican border, an addition critics call heavy-handed and an eyesore. ...more

November 20, 2008

The Bush administration said Friday it plans to raise fines significantly for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants, part of a broader effort that includes improved border security after Congress failed to pass immigration-related legislation in 2007. ...more

February 23, 2008

The federal government soon will offer passport cards equipped with electronic data chips to U.S citizens who travel frequently between the United States and Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean. ...more

January 1, 2008

Re: "Exodus: The Tide Of Emigration" ...more

December 28, 2007