IMMIGRATION

Going against Republican states that want tougher immigration enforcement, California's governor issues a veto -- even though he is a Democrat.

The UAE is making it more difficult for immigrant laborers to enter the country on tourist and other short-term visas in a bid to prevent foreign criminals from entering the country under the guise of looking for work. The rapidly developing country has been built up with immigrant labor mostly from South Asia, who form a majority of the Gulf nation's 8 million plus population.

If polls are to be believed, pro-immigration activists may need to work harder to prevent the reelection of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Authorities deported a record number of immigrants in 2011, underscoring the delicate balance President Obama has attempted to strike on immigration.

A federal judge is allowing the most criticized piece of Arizona's tough immigration law to proceed, ushering in a new era of immigration enforcement in the state.

On Wednesday, another unseaworthy boat with more than 150 asylum-seekers sunk to the bottom of the sea off Indonesia while seeking asylum in Australia. A continuing massive search and rescue operation has plucked 55 survivors out of the sea, but more are still missing as critical hours just ended.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush renewed his call for Republicans to reconsider their immigration platform on Tuesday, warning attendees of a panel discussion that the future of the party is at stake.

Immigration agents are suing the federal government over a new policy that spares young immigrants from deportation, saying it is illegal and undercuts their obligations.

Regional accents are vanishing across the U.S. and English-speaking world.

France will abandon some of its discriminatory policies against Roma immigrants and give them greater access to the French job market.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting applications Wednesday for a new Obama administration initiative, first announced in June, that allows many undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to temporarily avoid deportation and obtain legal work permits.

The Australian government is approaching a compromise on sweeping reforms to immigration policy that would set up controversial offshore detention centers and increase the number of refugees the country accepts annually.

After rounding up over 6,000 suspected illegal immigrants over the weekend, Greek authorities announced that 1,600 will be deported.

The Obama administration is starting to launch an initiative that could protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation, announcing on Friday that it would start accepting applications in mid-August.

Thalia Paraskeva, 24, was getting increasingly desperate. Equipped with a degree in graphic design from Athens, she had no luck finding a job in Greece. One day, she booked a ticket to Berlin and swiftly packed some dresses, a jacket, a pair of snug boots and a Greek-German dictionary before boarding the plane.

The U.K. Home Office's hard-nosed line on immigration cuts new avenues for job growth and business investments, further jeopardizing an economy that is under the sway of a double-dip recession.

British Members of Parliament have condemned the UK Border Agency for failing to address its growing backlog of immigration cases involving foreign nationals who should have been removed from the country.

PCS said the industrial action is due to worries over job cuts, pay and privatization.

The Basic Law guarantees subsistence-level support for a life in decent conditions as a human right, the court said.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed on Tuesday a measure that would prohibit police officers from turning undocumented immigrants over to federal authorities if the immigrants had not committed crimes.

Mitt Romney will not modify the immigration stance he took during the Republican presidential primary, the presumptive Republican nominee told supporters at a private meeting.