In Mexico and Latin America, old migratory patterns are changing as migrants move to a wider range of cities and countries, creating regional challenges and opportunities.

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Immigration Upended : Migrants’ New Paths Reshaping Latin America

Hundreds of patients, including illegal immigrants, who are well enough to be discharged have languished in city hospitals for months or years because there is nowhere to send them.

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Nowhere to Go, Patients Linger in Hospitals, at a High Cost

The government said it would spend $160 million to build an Egyptian border fence, expand detention centers and increase the policing of companies that hire immigrant workers.

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Israel Steps Up Efforts to Stop Illegal Immigration From Africa

Mexicans, the fastest-growing major immigrant group in the city, have the highest dropout rate: about 41 percent of Mexicans ages 16 to 19 have dropped out of school.

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Now Arriving: Mexicans in New York City Lag in Education

New York education officials’ legislative agenda will focus for the first time on the contentious topic of immigration.

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New York Regents Expected to Push for the Dream Act

The candidacy of an immigrant from Mexico who was running against the leader of Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration appears to have been a trick to split the pro-immigration vote.

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Judge Finds Manipulation in Recall Vote in Arizona

Raymond Fok, an uninsured illegal immigrant, stayed at a New York hospital because no one claimed him.

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Stuck in Bed for 19 Months, at Hospital’s Expense

The government wants to deport Elisha L. Dawkins, a veteran of the Army and the Navy, for lying on a passport application in 2006.

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Veteran Now Fights Deportation, Accused of Lying on Passport

Massachusetts has joined New York and Illinois in refusing to participate in a fingerprint-sharing program that is central to the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement strategy.

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Immigration Program Is Rejected by Third State

A program requiring Arab and Muslim men to register with the authorities is over, but Mohammed G. Azam is among those still caught in its net, immigration experts say.

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A Post-9/11 Registration Effort Ends, but Not Its Effects

The Obama administration has moved the focus on illegal immigration from workplace raids to indictments against people who hire unauthorized workers.

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A Crackdown on Employing Illegal Workers

The Supreme Court’s 5-to-3 ruling Thursday amounted to a green light for vigorous state efforts to combat the hiring of illegal workers.

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Justices Uphold Law Penalizing Hiring of Illegal Immigrants

The measure, which takes effect July 1, will allow local police officers to question some suspects about their immigration status.

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Georgia Gives Police Added Power to Seek Out Illegal Immigrants

An “underground town” housing more than 100 illegal immigrants is found in western Moscow, say police.

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Moscow migrants found underground

Three months after the defeat of the federal Dream Act, a New York state senator has introduced his own version of the legislation in Albany.

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Bill Seeks to Expand Rights for New York’s Immigrants