A senior US Homeland Security officer was travelling to Strasbourg Monday to urge the European parliament not to scupper an air passenger data deal which Washington says is vital in the fight against terror. The United States is keen to avoid another reverse following European Union lawmakers' decision last month to block a deal allowing US authorities to access Europeans ...

The system Congress and the Obama administration want employers to use to help curb illegal immigration is failing to catch more than half of the unauthorized workers it checks, a research company has found. The online tool E-Verify, now used voluntarily by employers, wrongly clears illegal workers about 54 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key senator said on Wednesday that he supported hiking aviation security fees as authorities boost security after the failed attempt to blow up a U.S. commercial airliner on Christmas Day. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman said the Department of Homeland Security's budget may not keep pace with inflation, which could ...