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King’s College Of Management Gets New Licence After Fake Places Scandal

Kings College of Management gets new licence after fake places scandal By Andrew Norfolk The Times (London), December 21, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6964565.ece A college exposed by The Times for providing fake places to more than 1,000 foreign nationals has been awarded … Continue reading

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Migrants Joined GP Practices Every Minute

Migrants joined GP practices every minute Migrants are registering with family doctors at a rate of one a minute, leaving GP surgeries 'straining at the seams' as they try to cope with the impact of rising immigration, new figures show. … Continue reading

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China’s Export Of Labor Faces Scorn

Chinas Export of Labor Faces Scorn By EDWARD WONG The New York Times Published: December 20, 2009 TRUNG SON, Vietnam—It seemed as if this village in northern Vietnam had struck gold when a Chinese and a Japanese company arrived to … Continue reading

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Migrants Use Student Loan Scam To Get Visas

Migrants use student loan scam to get visas By Nicola Smith and Vikram Verma The Sunday Times (London), December 20, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6962846.ece Serious loopholes in immigration rules are potentially allowing thousands of young Indians to enter Britain on falsely obtained … Continue reading

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U.S. Buses Undocumented Immigrants To ‘Nowhere’

U.S. Buses Undocumented Immigrants To 'Nowhere' By John Burnett The NPR News, December 18, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121572719&ps=cprs The Border Patrol has hit on an idea to discourage undocumented immigrants from entering southern Arizona, the nation's busiest illegal border crossing. When agents … Continue reading

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Benefits Law Nets Illegal Immigrant Suspects

Benefits law nets illegal immigrant suspects By Casey Newton The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), December 18, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/12/18/20091218desreports1218.html Only weeks after a new state law went into effect, the Department of Economic Security has provided federal authorities with nearly 800 names … Continue reading

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Amnesty– Good For Country, Or Good For Democrats?

Amnesty – good for country, or good for Democrats? By Chad Groening One News Now, December 18, 2009 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=819466 One of the most outspoken critics of illegal immigration calls the latest amnesty bill submitted to Congress nothing but an effort … Continue reading

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U.S. To Expand Facilities At Busiest Tijuana Border Crossing

U.S. to expand facilities at busiest Tijuana border crossing Six northbound lanes will be added, among other changes. The targeted completion date is September 2015. The Associated Press, December 17, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border18-2009dec18,0,5521028.story The federal government has begun replacing facilities at … Continue reading

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Mexico : 5000 Migrants Died On Way To U.S. Since ’94

Mexico: 5,000 migrants died on way to US since '94 The Associated Press, December 17, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwSrkrEx_7QiMcNB3ZVpBjPN970AD9CLBQ8O1 Mexico City (AP) — Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says more than 5,000 Mexican migrants have died in deserts, rivers and mountains trying … Continue reading

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Program In California Offers Health Care To Illegal Immigrants

Program in Calif offers health care to illegal immigrants, uninsured as Congress debates issue By Juliana Barbassa The Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-immigrants-health-care,0,3256502.story Vellejo, CA (AP) — Dozens of patients file through Sutter Solano Medical Center's emergency room … Continue reading

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House Bill Would Increase H-1B Cap

House Bill Would Increase H-1B Cap By: Roy Mark eWeek.com 2009-12-16 There are 107 user comments on this IT Infrastructure story. Details are seriously lacking, but a comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced in the U.S. House Dec. 15 would raise … Continue reading

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H-1B Visa Use By U.S. Firms Holds Steady In ’09

H-1B visa use by U.S. firms holds steady in '09 Indian IT firms cut back, but some U.S. companies used more than in '08 By Patrick Thibodeau Computer World, December 14, 2009 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142163/H_1B_visa_use_by_U.S._firms_holds_steady_in_09?taxonomyId=60 U.S. companies were still getting H-1B visa … Continue reading

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Most Young Latinos U.S.-Born, Feel Labelled As Immigrants, Study Finds

Most young Latinos U.S.-born, feel labeled as immigrants, study finds By David Olson The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), December 14, 2009 http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_LN_20091211_latinoyouth.351935672.html Two-thirds of young Latinos are now U.S.-born, a shift from 14 years ago when nearly half were immigrants and … Continue reading

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Father Christmas Turned Away From Asylum Centre Over Security Comcerns

Father Christmas turned away from asylum centre over security concerns Police were called in to prevent a clergyman dressed as Father Christmas from delivering presents to children at an asylum centre due to fears he posed a security threat. By … Continue reading

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Sharing Of Info Draws Praise

Sharing of info draws praise By Alfonso Chardy The Miami Herald, December 13, 2009 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1380735.html Federal immigration officials in Miami remember the date and time well: March 18, 9:31 p.m. That was the day they scored one of their biggest … Continue reading

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U.S. Official : Pakistan Expected To Deport U.S. Youths

US official: Pakistan expected to deport US youths By Matthew Lee The Associated Press, December 11, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hVK3fKcRLTbOlmPcy-lxuL8D6yjQD9CH6IR80 Washington, DC (AP) — A senior State Department official says the U.S. expects that Pakistani authorities will deport five young Americans they … Continue reading

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Lawmakers Seek Changes To Open Records Law

Lawmakers seek changes to open records law By Cathy Mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), December 11, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13980446 Utah's open-records law, known by the nickname GRAMA, may undergo a significant makeover, if two bills being readied for … Continue reading

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Nearly 300 Deported In Major California Operation

Nearly 300 deported in major California operation (AFP) December 11, 2009 LOS ANGELES—-Nearly 300 foreign nationals with criminal records have been deported from the United States or face removal after a three-day immigration enforcement operation, officials said Friday. US Immigration … Continue reading

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Unemployed Natives Available For Work—Report Finds Huge Number of Less-Educated Americans Not Working

Unemployed Natives Available for Work Report Finds Huge Number of Less-Educated Americans Not Working Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Steven Camarota, 202-466-8185, sac@cis.org WASHINGTON (December 10, 2009) The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a new study detailing the … Continue reading

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Drones’ Aim : Smugglers

Drones aim: smugglers By Leslie Berestein The San Diego Union Tribune, December 4, 2009 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/drones-aim-smugglers/ The federal government is preparing to use unmanned aircraft capable of patrolling sea routes in its hunt for smugglers. Next week, the U.S. Customs and … Continue reading

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