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In this Sept. 19, 2013 photo, Irka Ducasse Blanes, a recent Cuban immigrant, smiles during an interview at a tax preparation office where she works in Miami. Since 2002, the number of Cubans leaving has hovered around 30,000 annually, making the last 10 years the largest exodus since the start of the revolution. The influx of new arrivals is evident throughout Miami, the heart of Cuba’s exile population. In 2007, Blanes came to America when she was six months pregnant, bringing with her a 7-year-old daughter, followed soon after by her husband. The family wanted a better future for their children, and today Blanes does identify with the term “exile.” (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Exodus of Cubans fuels clash of new and old

At a small store on Eighth Street near Miami's Little Havana, Armando Perez paid $25 to activate his daughter's cell phone in Cuba. Store owner Laura Benitez sat behind a glass window, typing in the phone numbers for Perez and others calling Cuba. "I call my daughter every week, even ...

Shutdown halts civil, immigration cases in courts

U.S. attorneys are shelving most civil prosecutions and immigration courts are closed except for the most pressing cases because of the federal government shutdown. The Justice Department issued a directive saying U.S. attorneys will continue to handle criminal cases without interruption "to maintain the safety of human life and the ...

Not all federal agencies taking a hit in shutdown

As many high-profile agencies sit idle because of the federal government shutdown, others are humming along just fine, thank you. Many of them have escaped the fiscal ax because they pay much of their own way, or enjoy a revenue stream that's insulated from Congress. That means the cable bill ...

APNewsBreak: Shutdown affected border prosecutions

The top federal prosecutor in San Diego said prosecutions of immigrant and drug smuggling offenses would be fully restored Friday, three days after they were curtailed in response to the federal government shutdown. Laura Duffy, the U.S. attorney in San Diego, said late Thursday that prosecutions would return to normal ...

Ipolito Nurez celebrates outside City Hall after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill AB 60, which allows immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver licenses. Immigrant advocates have long lobbied for the change in the nation's most populous state so immigrants can drive without fearing being pulled over for a ticket, which could wind up getting them deported. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

California gives immigrants driver's licenses

California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill in front of a cheering ...

In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo, Ines Valencia, center, of Coalcoman, Mexico, walks with her three young children after seeking asylum at the border and being released by federal authorities, in San Diego. Her children are, from right, Jose, 5, Erelda, 7, and Joel 3. Valencia is part of a wave of Mexicans who have sought asylum in San Diego to escape the violence in their region of Michoacan and, in an unusual twist, are being released while their cases are considered. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Mexicans seek asylum as drug violence persists

Elizabeth Silva was walking her younger sister to school when two hooded men burst into her house and pumped three bullets into her father. When her 14-year-old brother rushed out of his bedroom to see what was happening, he was also shot dead. The killings in a sun-seared farming region ...

Government shutdown halts aid for refugees

The federal government shutdown has halted cash assistance and medical aid for refugees resettled in Georgia. Refugees are permitted to use the federal cash aid for food, clothing, shelter, transportation and any other expenses until they become employed or otherwise self-sufficient, according to the Georgia Department of Human Services. A ...

Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., center, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., laugh in reaction to Garcia's statement that he corrected during a news conference on immigration reform, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats have unveiled an immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living here illegally and tightens border security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House Dems offer immigration bill, fate uncertain

House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled an immigration bill that provides a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living here illegally and tightens border security, and they warned of political fallout if House Republicans fail to act. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and more than a dozen Democrats said ...

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 1999 file photo, clouds float over the Millennium Island, Kiribati, in the South Pacific. A man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he’s a refugee - suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his remote atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati six years ago for higher ground and better prospects in New Zealand, where their three children were born. Immigration authorities have twice rejected his argument that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his family to return to Kiribati. On Oct. 16, 2013, the man’s lawyer, Michael Kidd, plans to argue the case before New Zealand’s High Court. Kidd, who specializes in human rights cases, told The Associated Press he will appeal the case all the way to the country’s Supreme Court if necessary.(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

'Climate refugee' fighting to stay in New Zealand

A man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he's a refugee — suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his remote atoll in the Pacific nation of Kiribati six years ago for higher ...

Some young migrants in Laredo protest released

Eight of the 34 young migrants who presented themselves to immigration officials at the U.S.-Mexico border without legal documents have been released from U.S. custody, a lawyer said Tuesday. The others remained in detention, but U.S. authorities haven't said where, immigration attorney David Bennion said. Nearly all of the group ...

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2012 file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows Jorge Sosa, a former Guatemalan soldier, as he is extradited to Los Angeles from Canada. Sosa was convicted Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2013 of lying on his application to become an American citizen about his role in the massacre of at least 160 people more than three decades ago. The former second lieutenant could face both a prison sentence and loss of his U.S. citizenship when he is sentenced Dec. 9. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, File)

Ex-Guatemala soldier guilty in US immigration case

A former Guatemalan soldier was convicted Tuesday of lying on his application to become an American citizen about his role in the massacre of at least 160 people more than three decades ago. A federal court jury found former Guatemalan army officer Jorge Sosa guilty of making false statements and ...

Government shutdown takes E-Verify offline

The E-Verify work authorization program went dark Monday, becoming another casualty of the federal government shutdown.While it is offline, employers won’t be able to enroll in the free online program or use it to verify whether newly hired employees are eligible to work in the U.S.This development is particularly problematic ...

5 Things to Know-Health Overhaul-California

1. WHAT IS COVERED CALIFORNIA? Covered California is the state-run agency established to oversee the health insurance exchange and enroll people for insurance coverage. To review insurance options, go to www.coveredca.com or call 1-800-300-1506. The exchange is scheduled to go online at 8 a.m. Tuesday. ___ 1. WHO WILL BENEFIT ...

Wearing graduation-style caps and gowns, Mexican youth raised in the U.S, chant slogans outside a migrant shelter before crossing the international bridge from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Monday Sept. 30, 2013. Wearing a colorful array of graduation-style caps and gowns, 34 young people who spent long stretches of their childhoods in U.S. cities like Phoenix and Boston chanted "undocumented and unafraid" as they crossed the Rio Grande into Texas. (AP Photo/Christopher Sherman)

US-raised immigrants try to return across border

Nearly three dozen migrants marched across the U.S.-Mexico border without papers Monday, the latest group of a younger generation brought to the U.S. illegally as children that seeks to confront head-on immigration policies they consider unjust. Wearing a colorful array of graduation-style caps and gowns, 34 young people who spent ...

Arizona county halts smuggling prosecutions

Arizona's most populous county halted prosecutions on Monday of smuggling suspects and the people they allegedly bring to the United States. The move came after U.S. District Judge Robert Broomfield ruled Friday that a 2005 state law doesn't allow Sheriff Joe Arpaio or county prosecutors to charge immigrants with conspiracy ...

Fla. fighting to prove he was born in the USA

If Nebeth Carbajal's claim is true, he is living a life just the opposite of so many Latino immigrants today. He is a legal, U.S.-born citizen who has been forced to live as if he were undocumented. Carbajal, 33, whose Mexican parents came to the U.S. illegally, claims he was ...

California health insurance exchange at a glance

Open enrollment on the health insurance exchanges begins Tuesday. Consumers must sign up by Dec. 15 for coverage that starts Jan. 1. Key information for consumers: CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH BENEFITS EXCHANGE Covered California is the state-run agency established to oversee the health insurance exchange and enroll people for insurance coverage. Go ...

Experts fear Dominican ruling could cause crisis

Experts warned Friday that a Dominican court decision to strip citizenship from children of Haitian migrants could cause a human rights crisis, potentially leaving tens of thousands of people stateless, facing mass deportation and discrimination. Officials promised to create a path to Dominican citizenship, but gave no details about how ...

Survivor tells of Guatemalan massacre at US trial

Peering out of a church where he was taken during a horrifying attack three decades ago, Ramiro Osorio watched armed men take small children from his Guatemalan village and bash them into a tree before tossing their bodies into a well. He was 5 years old. Osorio and his siblings ...

In this Sept. 24, 2013 photo, immigrant Rosi Derma views the flood damage inside her home, which was declared uninhabitable due to permanent damage, at a trailer park in Evans, Colo. The majority of the residents in the trailer park are immigrants who didn’t have flood insurance, and because some are not citizens or legal residents, they can’t get government help. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Colo. immigrants face uncertainty after floods

Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally returned to their mobile home parks in flood-ravaged Colorado to find that there was little left to salvage — not the water-damaged cars, not the old family pictures and not the sheds carried away by the rushing waters. The destruction, however, was only the ...

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