Eyder Peralta | NPR|According to the latest data from the Department of Homeland Security, 235,413 people were deported from the United States. That is the lowest number recorded by the Obama administration.
Turns out the tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa hasn't left much of a trail of crumbs to trace through history. But it might start with the early cookies of 13th-century Europe.
Starting this week, the U.S. government will begin taking scans of the faces and eyes of all foreigners entering the country on foot at San Diego's Otay Mesa.
Southern California's Muslim community is small but diverse, spanning every county in the region and encompassing several ethnic and national backgrounds.
Up to half of the people in the U.S. illegally are believed to have overstayed their visas, but the absence of a checkout system has left authorities with no way to identify them.
