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Haitian-Canadians Angry With Processing Of Residency Requests

Haitian-Canadians angry with processing of residency requests Applicants trying to be reunited with relatives By Louisa Taylor The Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2010 Frustration is mounting in Ottawa's Haitian-Canadian community as efforts to bring relatives out of the devastated country … Continue reading

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Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canada’s Refugee System

Ottawa Initiates Changes On Canadas Refugee System AHN News Staff March 30, 2010 6:30 a.m. EST Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced on Monday the start of reforms on the countrys refugee system. For starters, … Continue reading

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Refuting The Claims—-Conservatives Ready To Roll Out Unwelcome Mat To Bogus Refugee Claimants

Refuting the claims Conservatives ready to roll out unwelcome mat to bogus refugee claimants By GREG WESTON, QMI Agency Last Updated: March 30, 2010 2:00am OTTAWA—-The Conservative government is set to roll out the unwelcome mat to the annual stampede … Continue reading

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, 2005: Immigration: Voices Of Racism Vs. Voices Of Reason

March 29:, 2005: Immigration– Voices Of Racism Vs. Voices Of Reason The Takeover of America CD Produced by the California Coalition for Immigration Reform Click Here to Get Your Copy of This CD Today! February, 2004 The California Coalition for … Continue reading

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Iraqi Refugees Find Hard Times

Iraqi refugees find hard times Thousands have settled in El Cajon since the war in Iraq, but the tough economy has left many unable to find jobs and running out of options. By Richard Marosi The Los Angeles Times, March … Continue reading

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Well-Known Douglas-Area Rancher Is Found Slain

Well-known Douglas-area rancher is found slain By Megan Neighbor and Andrea Rivera The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), March 29, 2010 http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_bfac06dd-7495-5750-9ed2-d590c7bc913c.html A longtime rancher was killed on his Douglas-area property over the weekend, and neighbors worried that his homicide was … Continue reading

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Lindsey Graham Sees Little Hope For Immigration Overhaul

Lindsey Graham sees little hope for immigration overhaul Senator says financial reformer have some hope By Clark Brooks The Greenville News (SC), March 29, 2010 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100329/NEWS/303290018/1004/NEWS01/Lindsey-Graham-sees-little-hope-for-immigration-overhaul U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday he was just being honest when, two days … Continue reading

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U.S. Directs Deportees Away From Juarez

U.S. Directs Deportees Away From Jurez As Violence Worsens in the Mexican Border City, American Government Funnels Former Prisoners to Other By Nicholas Casey and Joel Millman The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704266504575142173969288654.html?KEYWORDS=immigration+OR+immigrant+OR+migrant&mg=com-wsj Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — U.S. … Continue reading

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Canada To Reform Refugee System : Kenney

Canada to reform refugee system: Kenney CBC NEWS Last Updated: Monday, March 29, 2010 | 5:28 PM ET Comments 377 Proposed reforms to Canada's refugee system would increase the number of refugees accepted into the country and provide more funding … Continue reading

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Skilled Immigrant Visa Backlog Piling Up—Again

Skilled immigrant visa backlog piling up – again Too many applicants in 38 job categories lead to wait of more than 7 years for processing Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter The Toronto Star Published On Mon Mar 29 2010 Despite controversial … Continue reading

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Review : Illegals Increasingly Charged In Violent Crimes

Review: lllegals increasingly charged in violent crimes By Freeman Klopott The Washington Examiner (DC), March 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Review_-lllegals-increasingly-charged-in-violent-crimes-89308002.html The illegal immigrants being held in area jails are increasingly charged with violent crimes as law enforcement agencies focus on taking murderers, … Continue reading

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Tories Intent On Revamping Refugee System

Tories intent on revamping refugee system The real issue isn't Tory vindictiveness, or whether Jason Kenney was out of line. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is expected to table controversial legislation, promised in the Throne Speech, this week. Heather Scoffield Ottawa … Continue reading

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Libya And EU Patch Up Schengen Visa Dispute

Libya And EU Patch Up Schengen Visa Dispute By REUTERS Published: March 27, 2010 SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Libya lifted a visa ban on citizens of 25 European countries on Saturday after EU president Spain said a Swiss-instigated visa blacklist … Continue reading

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ICE Officials Set Quotas To Deport More Illegal Immigrants

ICE officials set quotas to deport more illegal immigrants By Spencer S. Hsu and Andrew Becker The Washington Post, March 27, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032604891.html Seeking to reverse a steep drop in deportations, U.S. immigration authorities have set controversial new quotas for … Continue reading

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New Detection System For ‘Cayuco"- Boats

New detection system for Cayuco-boats Published on : 26 March 2010 – 4:17pm By RNW Africa Desk Laura Corvo Radio Netherlands Worldwide March 26, 2010 Researchers from 7 European countries work on developing a surveillance system for monitoring and control … Continue reading

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Arizona Law Promises To Be ‘Toughest’ On Illegal Immigration

Arizona Law Promises to Be 'Toughest' on Illegal Immigration Republicans Float Bill to Charge Illegal Immigrants with Trespassing — in the State By RUSSELL GOLDMAN ABC NEWS March 26, 2010 A bill empowering police to arrest illegal immigrants and charge … Continue reading

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Car Wants Migrant Intake Cut To Curb Growth

Carr wants migrant intake cut to curb growth By Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald, March 25, 2010 http://www.smh.com.au/national/carr-wants-migrant-intake-cut-to-curb-growth-20100324-qwtv.html?autostart=1 Bob Carr, the former Labor premier of NSW, says Australia's immigration intake should be slashed by half to slow population growth. … Continue reading

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Visa Denial Was Reversed For Terrorism Suspect In 2004

Visa denial was reversed for terrorism suspect in 2004 By John Solomon The Washington Post, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032403092_pf.html A U.S. consular official originally denied terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab a visa to enter the United States in 2004 after … Continue reading

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There Are More Important Taboos Than Those About Cutting Off Beards

THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT TABOOS THAN THOSE ABOUT CUTTING OFF BEARDS An incident in which a nurse violated a cultural taboo by cutting off an elderly Sikh man's beard illustrates how multicultural concerns continue to trump much more important matters … Continue reading

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Surge In Asylum Seekers Defies World Trend

Surge in asylum seekers defies world trend YUKO NARUSHIMA TheAge.com.au March 24, 2010 THE number of asylum claims lodged in Australia rose by almost a third last year, with Afghans replacing Sri Lankans as the second-largest group seeking protection. A … Continue reading

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