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US included in "Trafficking in Persons Report"

Human trafficking is, as per experts, a form of modern slavery, a growing industry, and it can happen to anyone. An annual worldwide estimate of 12...

Obama: Congress may not have "appetite" for immigration reform

The political scenario couldn’t be worst for those wishing for immigration reform this year: with energy legislation pending and midterm...

Department of State issues Travel Warning to Mexico

The U.S. Department of State has extended a Travel Warning to U.S. citizens planning to visit and/or living in Mexico, due to concerns about the...

Department of State issues Travel Warning to Mexico

The U.S. Department of State has extended a Travel Warning to U.S. citizens planning to visit and/or living in Mexico, due to concerns about the...

Terrorists allowed to enter U.S. with visas

As the events occurring in Oslo, Norway, serve as a reminder that extremists who espouse violence are deeply entrenched in the free-world, U.S....

Diplomatic Security: Expanded missions, inadequate facilities pose threats

There have been more than 40 violent attacks on embassies worldwide since 1998, including the attack on the American embassy in Monrovia, Liberia...

US Embassies placed on high alert

As a result of the Christmas season bombings of the Ukrainian, Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, Italy, the U.S. State Department directed all U...