WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to use a combination of new technology and old-fashioned police work to crack down on the extensive drug trade along the U.S.-Mexican border.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration plans to use a combination of new technology and old-fashioned police work to crack down on the extensive drug trade along the U.S.-Mexican border.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that dealing with the swine flu virus will be “a marathon, not a sprint” and individual citizens have a responsibility to help.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday dismissed criticism of her agency’s intelligence assessments and defended a recent report that says some U.S. military veterans could be susceptible to extremist recruiters or lone acts of violence.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Growing numbers of children of illegal immigrants are being born in this country, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents, a report says.