Obama gets gentle with Mexico, finds none in return
With flu season near, Obama, Calderon talk preparation during summit of North American leadersGUADALAJARA, Mexico —President Barack Obama pressed for a new tone in the United States’ relationship with Mexico but found no immediate progress Sunday on the divisions between him and Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the pace of U.S. drug-fighting aid and a ban on Mexican trucks north of the border. AP IMPACT: Busts of corrupt US border police rise as smugglers seek more protectionMcALLEN, Texas —Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. With flu season coming, swine flu preparation tops agenda at North American summitGUADALAJARA, Mexico —When President Barack Obama visited Mexico in April, the now-global swine flu epidemic — unbeknownst to the White House — had just begun here and an Obama aide returned home sick. Jobs are safe for foreign-born workers with bottom-rung jobs, but they’re stuckNEW YORK —Sleep is a rare commodity for Juan Cortez. 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Petitions for employment-based US green cards down sharply in poor economy, job marketDALLAS — The number of petitions from employers trying to bring foreigners to work permanently in the U.S. has declined dramatically over the last two years, an Associated Press review of government data has found. AP sources: Largest immigration detention centers to return to federal oversight, managementWASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department intends to put federal employees in charge of monitoring the treatment of detainees in the country’s largest immigration detention facilities, two years after the government turned that job over to a private company. AP sources: Obama administration to change oversight of immigration detention centersWASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to place federal employees in the largest immigration detention facilities in the country to monitor detainee treatment. 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The Seattle Times, Virgin Islands Daily News win awards from Associated Press Managing EditorsNEW YORK — An investigation into the spread of a deadly drug-resistant staph germ at hospitals in Washington state earned The Seattle Times a Public Service Award on Monday from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Businessman Schreiber being extradited from Canada to GermanyTORONTO — German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber is being extradited to Germany, Canada’s justice department has confirmed. Residents, businesses fear day-labor centers’ struggles will send jobseekers back to streetsPHOENIX — Until a day-labor center opened nearby, jobseekers in Keenan Strand’s north Phoenix neighborhood used to drink from people’s hoses, urinate on walls and duck behind bushes to escape triple-digit heat while waiting for work. Pentagon says nature of war has led to low Medal of Honor count; lawmaker disagreesWASHINGTON — Nearly eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have left 4,000 soldiers killed in action, more than 34,000 wounded — and only six considered worthy of the nation’s highest military award for battlefield valor. Migrant? What migrant? UK says man sneaked into UK in bus full of border agentsLONDON — The government says an illegal immigrant sneaked into the U.K. by smuggling himself aboard a bus full of British border agents. Lawmaker question why Pentagon has awarded so few Medals of Honor for Iraq, Afghanistan valorWASHINGTON — Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 4,000 members of the U.S. military killed in action. More than 34,000 wounded. Just six considered worthy of America’s highest military award for battlefield valor. 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DPS conducts traffic stop; finds nearly 100 undocumented immigrants inside a trailerNOGALES, Ariz. — Arizona police stopped a refrigerated truck hauling fruit and found nearly 100 illegal immigrants, some as young as 9, crammed inside the trailer in near-freezing temperatures, officials said Thursday. 60 immigrant detainees hunger strike in Louisiana; authorities deny poor conditionsNEW ORLEANS — A group of detainees at a Louisiana immigration detention center have begun three-day hunger strikes to protest poor conditions there, immigrant advocates said. Arizona traffic stop finds nearly 100 undocumented immigrants inside refrigerated trailerPHOENIX — An Arizona officer who stopped a refrigerated trailer found nearly 100 undocumented immigrants crammed inside in near-freezing temperatures. For advocates, a familiar tale: Haitian migrants risk tragedy on sea excursions to AmericaMIAMI — The tragedies happen with alarming regularity in the waters near Florida: Haitian immigrants seeking a better life pay hundreds, if not thousands, to crowd onto filthy, rickety boats with little food or water. Homeland Security chief Napolitano visits NYC, says public has role to help fight terrorismNEW YORK — The U.S. government needs to do more to educate and engage the public, so that everyday Americans can be part of a multi-layered strategy to prevent terrorism, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. |
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico —President Barack Obama pressed for a new tone in the United States’ relationship with Mexico but found no immediate progress Sunday on the divisions between him and Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the pace of U.S. drug-fighting aid and a ban on Mexican trucks north of the border.
