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The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region ...

In light of the U.S. Border Patrol’s operation in the Central Valley earlier this month, the Consulate of México in Fresno wants to inform immigrants and families of their rights, including the right ...

If it feels like ICE arrests have become a daily occurrence, it’s not an unfounded hunch. On July 16 alone, more than a dozen ICE agents took 14 people into custody at Super Gigante food market near ...

Ambassador Ricardo Santana Velázquez (center) poses with SLO City Council member Andy Pease, SLO police chief Rick Scott, SLO County Superintendent of Schools Jim Brescia, and Latino Outreach Council ...

Julissa Gutiérrez, the new head of mission at the Honduran Consulate in Los Angeles, talks about passport renewal with Jose Saul Serrano of Arizona at the L.A. office. (Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times en ...

Outrage was the Obama Administration’s first reaction, Wednesday morning, to attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya — where four Americans were killed, including U.S. Ambassador J.

During a visit with the new ambassador of Mexico’s Central Coast consulate, San Luis Obispo County leaders asked for help finding Mixteco translators and shortening wait times for appointments. “My ...