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The U.S. Marine who has been jailed since accidentally crossing into Mexico nearly two months ago with three registered guns will appear before a judge for the first time Wednesday in Tijuana, where his mother says he is ready to face his accusers. Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi has been held in two Mexican prisons since his arrest, one of which he tried to escape after receiving threats, according to his supporters. On Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time, he'll go before a federal judge in Mexico's sixth-largest city. According to his Tijuana-based attorney, Alejandro Osuna, Tahmooressi will be afforded the chance...

This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day in honor of our American servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives defending us both at home and abroad. Many of our troops enlist in the military upon adulthood and have served in wars before their classmates have even graduated from college. These men and women are true American heroes and we must protect them just as well as they protect us. Unfortunately, despite President Obama’s Memorial Day proclamation that we shall “never forget” the sacrifices of our soldiers, he and Secretary of State John Kerry have forgotten about a living American hero...

Thousands of mourners poured out to see the burial of the Mexican man put to death by lethal injection in Texas last month, a move that has sparked diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and the central American state. Friends and relatives carried the coffin of Mexican Edgar Tamayo to the cemetery in his home town of Miacatlan, Morelos state, amid an outpouring of grief from local residents. The 46-year-old Mexican was controversially executed in Texas less than two weeks ago for the killing of a Houston police officer in 1994, despite outrage from human rights groups and last minute appeals...

A crowd of more than 100 people pelted Border Patrol agents with rocks and bottles as they tried to cross into the U.S. illegally, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The incident happened Sunday in the Tijuana River channel, near the San Ysidro Port of Entry. According to CBP, a Border Patrol agent ordered the Mexican nationals to stop, but they continued walking into the U.S. Officials said the agent fired a PepperBall Launcher, but it did not deter the crowd. “They had their phones out so this group was out to spark an incident. That's what they wanted...

EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The 67th Annual Mexican Independence Day Parade kicked off with plenty of fanfare in East Los Angeles on Sunday.

Jonathan Torres’s is only 17-years-old, he said he is living his worst nightmare. After being pulled over by Santa Rosa police for a traffic violation his mother Dora was deported. "I’m angry at the cop. There wasn’t no need for him to call the Border Patrol. He could’ve just given her a ticket for the violation that she did," Torres said. Santa Rosa Police Investigator Douglas Montgomery said he had no choice but to alert Border Patrol, after responding to a call for help. On Thursday, police were notified Dora hit her brakes as another vehicle drove behind her along...

Maria Gomez stood with the Class of 2011, waiting to climb the stage. The sun was bright on the UCLA campus, her fellow graduates buoyant. To reach this elite company, she'd worked baby-sitting and housecleaning jobs, scraping up tuition from quarter to quarter. She'd lived on Cup Noodles and granola bars from the food bank when money ran out. She'd spent nights sleeping on the floor of the campus printing room. At 26, she was getting her master's in architecture from one of the nation's top schools. But the triumph felt hollow, her sense of achievement tangled up with bitterness...

According to a new report undocumented immigrants are being pushed into the shadows of society and forced to live in fear. The study looks at how restrictive immigration policies are affecting the lives of undocumented immigrants. The study comes from the Center for American Progress, a think-tank in Washington D.C. The center partnered with researchers at UCSD's Center of Comparative Immigration Studies, specifically looking at the lives of undocumented immigrants in Northern San Diego County.

AMADO, Ariz. (AP) A group of volunteers will spend their Sunday cleaning up tons of trash left by illegal immigrants in the desert near Amado in southern Arizona.

GALVESTON, Texas—by Doug Miller/KHOU TV 11 News & khou.com - An illegal immigrant who was paralyzed in an accident says officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are pressuring him to go back to Mexico. Francisco Martinez is a Mexican immigrant laborer who is in the United States illegally and now needs constant, expensive medical care. KHOU 11 News spoke with Martinez Tuesday outside UTMB’s John Sealy Hospital. He was accompanied by his 7-month-old son and his common-law wife, Brandi Cullen Valderram. Martinez has been at UTMB ever since a workplace accident three months ago left him...

ALICE ( Kiii News) - 3 News cameras captured an illegal immigrant bust today near Alice. The Jim Wells County Sheriff's Department had some information that a group of illegals might be coming through... and ultimately, an officer spotted the vehicle they were looking for. The pursuit began on highway 281 just north of Alice...and lasted for about two miles until the black pickup truck authorities say was carrying a group of illegal immigrants pulled over...and the subjects bailed, and fled into the brush. The pursuit came to a stop here...where Farm to Market 625 West meets Farm to Market...

OCEANSIDE – A man who allegedly pulled over and stabbed two people on a freeway during a road rage incident in Oceanside Sunday was struck and killed by a vehicle as he ran from the scene, authorities said. Esteban Herrera was pronounced dead at the scene on northbound Interstate 5, south of Mission Avenue, medical examiner Investigator Sal Rodriguez said. Herrera and the two people were reportedly involved in a road rage altercation and both vehicles pulled over so the occupants could fight, Rodriguez said. The other two people were taken to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, which has no...