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Senate OK’s Myers For Immigration Job

Senate OKs Myers for Immigration Job By EILEEN SULLIVAN The Associated Press Thursday, December 20, 2007; 12:01 AM WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush … Continue reading

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Homes With A Bit Of The Homeland

Homes With a Bit of the Homeland Builders Are Catering to Area's Increasing Immigrant Population By Annie Gowen Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 19, 2007; Page A01 Chuck Langpaul Jr. has been in the custom home business for more … Continue reading

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Mexican Official Seeks Better Inroads For Immigrant Workers

Mexican official seeks better inroads for immigrant workers Associated Press Dec. 19, 2007 06:21 AM TUCSON- A Mexican human rights official says more legal channels are needed for immigrant workers wanting to come to the United States. Mauricio Farah Gebara, … Continue reading

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Victims In Slavery Case Look To Remain In The U.S.

Victims in slavery case look to remain in the U.S. BY ROBERT E. KESSLER robert.kessler@newsday.com December 19, 2007 The two Indonesian women who testified they were enslaved and tortured knew so little English, they had to use hand signals and … Continue reading

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Report Finds U.S. Agencies Distracted By Focus On Cuba

Report Finds U.S. Agencies Distracted by Focus on Cuba By MARC LACEY The New York Times December 19, 2007 Catching Americans who travel illegally to Cuba or who purchase cigars, rum or other products from the island may be distracting … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants To Get U.S. Residency –In Jail

Illegal Immigrants To Get U.S. Residency…In Jail Illegal Immigrants With Gang-Connections Could Get 20 Years In Federal Prison CBS December 19, 2007 LOS ANGELES (CBS) Twenty-three gang-members awaiting their release from state prisons and various jails around southern California are … Continue reading

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Smugglers Exploit Housing Market Woes

Smugglers Exploit Housing Market Woes By JACQUES BILLEAUD The Associated Press Wednesday, December 19, 2007; 4:57 PM SURPRISE, Ariz. — Unable to sell his house in suburban Phoenix's anemic real estate market, Jason Winterholler rented to a couple who paid … Continue reading

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California Population Nears 38 Million, Up 11.5% Since 2000

Calif. population nears 38 million, up 11.5 percent since 2000 By DON THOMPSON, AP Dec 19, 2007 SACRAMENTO (Map, News) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is fond of referring to California as a nation state. Population figures released Wednesday show that … Continue reading

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Why We Should Count Canadians Abroad

Why we should count Canadians abroad YUEN PAU WOO AND KENNY ZHANG Special to Globe and Mail Update December 19, 2007 at 12:59 AM EST The recent release of 2006 census data has reinforced Canada's image as a nation of … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Saskatchewan Fastest Growing Province As Canada’s Population Passes 33 Million

Saskatchewan fastest growing province as Canadian population passes 33 million The Canadian Press December 19, 2007 OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says Canada's population has exceeded the 33-million mark. And Saskatchewan, with more than a million people for the first time … Continue reading

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Apostle Of Mayhem

Apostle of mayhem Roberto Mendoza slipped into B.C. and now walks our streets. He is linked to a brutal gang and faces criminal charges here. Why hasn't he been deported? Kelly Sinoski Vancouver Sun Wednesday, December 19, 2007 A Salvadoran … Continue reading

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457 Visa Pair Celebrate Deal For Back Pay

457 visa pair celebrate deal for back pay Malcolm Knox The Age December 18, 2007 TWO Chinese 457 visa workers who claimed their employer stole their wages have reached a settlement with him. The amount of the settlement, reached through … Continue reading

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Asylum Not Required, Say Boat People

Asylum not required, say boat people Mark Forbes, Jakarta The Age December 18, 2007 THEY are the asylum seekers who never were. The 16 Indonesian boat people rescued last month amid claims of a new Tampa incident said they did … Continue reading

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Czech Republic: North Koreans Must Go

Czech Republic: North Koreans Must Go By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE December 18, 2007 All North Koreans living and working in the Czech Republic under a program that has allowed them to work in local factories as a source of cheap labor, … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Ireland Says Immigrants Make It Fastest Growing EU Population

Ireland says immigrants make it fastest-growing EU population AFP 18 December 2007, 16:23 CET (DUBLIN) – Ireland's population is at its highest for nearly 150 years and the fastest-growing in the EU thanks to an influx of new immigrants and … Continue reading

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Government Accused Over Migrants

Govt accused over migrants The Irish Times Last Updated: 18/12/2007 17:50 The Government was today accused of promoting contradicting policies over the issue of undocumented migrants. While ministers lobby for citizenship for 50,000 Irish people in the US, the Migrants … Continue reading

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100,000 Lose Out To Migrants In Hunt For Work

100,000 lose out to migrants in hunt for work By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 18/12/2007 More than 100,000 young Britons may have been pushed into unemployment by the new wave of Eastern European … Continue reading

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Alleged Remark Stirs Ire Of B.C. Delegation

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071218. woppalsbgta18/BNStory/National/ Alleged remark stirs ire of B.C. delegation Canada's low admission rate for Indians is a concern, B.C. Attorney-General says IAN BAILEY AND UNNATI GANDHI From Tuesday's Globe and Mail December 18, 2007 VANCOUVER, TORONTO British Columbia's Attorney-General says … Continue reading

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More Than A Quarter Of All Palestinians Seek Immigration, Poll Finds

More than a quarter of Palestinians seek immigration, poll finds M&C News Dec 17, 2007, 15:56 GMT Ramallah – More than a quarter of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians or some 27 per cent say they cannot take current conditions … Continue reading

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Unions Call For Inquiry Into Deaths Of Workers

Unions call for inquiry into deaths of workers Andrew West Industrial Relations Reporter Sydney Morning Herald December 17, 2007 BUILDING unions are demanding the Rudd Government hold a judicial inquiry into the exploitation of guest workers, after a report revealed … Continue reading

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