Monthly Archives: August 2008

Cases Proceeding Against Suspected Illegal Immigrants

Cases proceeding against suspected illegal immigrants By Karen Lee Ziner The Providence Journal, August 31, 2008 http://www.projo.com/news/content/IMMIGRATION_SWEEP_UPDATE_ 08-31-08_E0BD7IP_v9.3a41b6d.html Legal cases are proceeding on different fronts for the 31 janitors arrested during last months immigration raids at state courthouses. U.S. Immigration … Continue reading

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Foreclosed Homes Are Drophouse Favorites

Foreclosed homes are drophouse favorites By Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), August 31, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/08/31/ 20080831drophouse-owners0831.html That empty foreclosed home down the street today could be tomorrow's drophouse. The largest concentrations of Valley drophouses are in the same west … Continue reading

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Judge Rules Against Immigration-Related Rental Ban

Judge rules against immigration-related rental ban By Anabelle Garay The Associated Press, August 30, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5974403.html Dallas (AP) — A federal judge issued a final judgment on Thursday permanently preventing a Dallas suburb from enforcing a rule banning apartment rentals … Continue reading

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Gang Enforcers Add Deportation Orders To Arsenal Of Deterrents

Gang enforcers add deportation orders to arsenal of deterrents By John Ellis The McClatchy Newspapers, August 30, 2008 http://www.bnd.com/508/story/454859.html Fresno, CA — In California, Central San Joaquin Valley gang enforcers are using a new weapon: deportation orders. Officials say the … Continue reading

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Migrant Minds: The Border Is No Boundary For Some Mexican Students

Migrant Minds: The border is no boundary for some Mexican students By Jeremy Roebuck The Monitor (McAllen, TX), August 30, 2008 http://www.themonitor.com/articles/schools_16654___article.html /border_school.html Adrianna Gomez wakes her 14-year-old son before dawn every morning, lays out his coat and tie and … Continue reading

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Exploited Workers Canada\’s Slave Trade

Exploited workers Canada's 'slave trade' Dale Brazao Staff Reporter The Star.com August 30, 2008 SPECIAL TO THE STAR HOW EMPLOYERS GET THE WORKERS Canadian employers who want to bring in foreign workers for temporary jobs must first prove that no … Continue reading

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Test For Migrants Slated For Overhaul

Test for migrants slated for overhaul Paul Maley The Australian August 29, 2008 JOHN Howard's citizenship test for new migrants, long lampooned for its emphasis on testing arcane historical facts, is flawed, discriminatory and set for a major overhaul. The … Continue reading

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Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada

Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada GhanaWeb August 29, 2008 These days, tying the knot in holy matrimony could be a rather unholy expedition. Some knots untie themselves in less than a month, just after the happily ever after … Continue reading

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For Labour Day, Quotations From Saint J.S. Woodsworth (PART I)

FOR LABOUR DAY, QUOTATIONS FROM SAINT J.S. WOODSWORTH (PART I) Most Canadians are aware that James Shaver (J.S.) Woodsworth was the father of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (the CCF)), the predecessor of the New Democratic Party. Many within the modern … Continue reading

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Kerry Takes Convention Stage Again, Rips McCain

Kerry takes convention stage again, rips McCain By Jeff Mason Reuters, August 28, 2008 http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/08/28/kerry-takes- convention-stage-again-rips-mccain/ Denver (Reuters) — John Kerry, the failed 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, took the stage at this years party convention on Wednesday to praise Illinois … Continue reading

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GOP Platform Opposes Amnesty

GOP Platform Opposes Amnesty By Josiah Ryan The CNS News, August 28, 2008 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=34747 A draft copy of the GOP platform, which was obtained by CNSNews.com on Wednesday, says We oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants. But Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), … Continue reading

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Froma Harrop : Shhh ! This Scares Both Parties

Froma Harrop: Shhh! This scares both parties FROMA HARROP DENVER 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, August 28, 2008 THERE'S A BURNING concern in the American West almost an obsession that Democrats do not dare touch in their convention here. Nor … Continue reading

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10,000 Keralites Apply Annually To Migrate To Canada

10,000 Keralites apply annually to migrate to Canada Thaindian News August 28th, 2008 – 4:30 pm ICT by IANS – Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) There has been a spurt of applications for migration to Canada from Kerala in the past … Continue reading

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ESL Classes Produce Un-Canadians

http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/opinion/ story.html?id=933a706d-111f-4b12-a5be-e7702a75ded8 ESL classes produce un-Canadians Mark Hasiuk Vancouver Courier Editorial Opinion Friday, August 29, 2008 Next week, students across the province will head back to school–including approximately 13,000 students enrolled in the Vancouver school district's English-as-a-second-language program, which provides … Continue reading

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Agents Find 62 Illegal Immigrants In Home

Agents find 62 illegal immigrants in home The San Angelo Standard-Times (TX), August 27, 2008 http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/aug/27/agents-find-62- illegal-immigrants-in-home/ Edinburg, TX — Federal agents found 62 illegal immigrants in a two-bedroom house after receiving a tip about suspicious activity in a quiet … Continue reading

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Immigrant Community In Fear After Nearly 600 Detained In Southern Mississippi ICE Raid

Immigrant community in fear after nearly 600 detained in southern Miss. ICE raid By Holbrook Mohr The Associated Press, August 27, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/ats-ap- immigration-raidaug27,1,3485283.story Laurel, MS (AP) — A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth … Continue reading

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The Speeches They Write Often Go Unspoken

The Speeches They Write Often Go Unspoken By Raymond Hernandez and Jeremy W. Peters The New York Times, August 27, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/politics/28speech.html?ref=us Denver — It seemed like a typical Democratic line, one that would play well with the partisan crowd … Continue reading

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Canada To Toughen Requirements For Ships In Arctic

Canada to toughen requirements for ships in Arctic By Allan Dowd REUTERS August 27, 2008 TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) – Canada, pushing its claims of Arctic sovereignty, said on Wednesday it would toughen reporting requirements for ships entering its waters … Continue reading

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Advocates, Unions Fighting For Migrant Labourers’ Rights, Unite

Advocates, unions fighting for migrant labourers' rights Unite to prevent exploitation, improve conditions for Canada's rising number of temporary workers Nicholas Keung Immigration/Diversity Reporter The Toronto Star Aug 27, 2008 04:30 AM Last fall, in a dingy boardroom in Ottawa, … Continue reading

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Farmers Furious Over New Labour Restrictions

Farmers furious over new labour restrictions By Mitchell Hall National Business Review Tuesday August 26 2008 – 03:35pm The Department of Labour has tightened up requirements for recruitment of qualified farm workers from overseas, right at the start of the … Continue reading

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