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Federal Agencies Commemmorate Operation Streamline

Federal agencies commemorate Operation StreamLine accomplishments By Bill Sontag Del Rio Live (TX), December 3, 2008 http://swtexaslive.com/node/8220 Three years of successful apprehensions and adjudications of tens of thousands of illegal aliens were recounted, Tuesday (Dec. 2), as Operation StreamLine was … Continue reading

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Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name. : Inside The Green Card Marriage Phenomenon

Hello, I Love You, Wont You Tell Me Your Name: Inside the Green Card Marriage Phenomenon By David Seminara Center For Immigration Studies November 2008 Backgrounders and Reports Anything worth having is a thing worth cheating for. W.C. Fields After … Continue reading

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Census Spending Cuts Raise Concerns On Count

Census Spending Cuts Raise Concerns on Count By N.C. Aizenman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 26, 2008; Page A11 The Census Bureau plans to cut spending on advertising and community outreach for the 2010 census by at least a … Continue reading

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Case For Retirement Visa In U.S. May Gain New Traction

Case for retirement visa in United States may gain new traction By Kevin Brass The International Herald Tribune (France), November 26, 2008 http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/properties/roof/?p=576 Estate agents in the United States hope a new administration in Washington D.C. will kick start talks … Continue reading

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Company Gets Tracking Deal

Company gets tracking deal By Jane Larson The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), November 25, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/ 2008/11/25/20081125biz-sr-alanco1125.html Alanco Technologies Inc. of Scottsdale has won a subcontract to provide wireless tracking systems for 19 immigration detention facilities. The firm would not disclose … Continue reading

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New Unit Protects Border Crossings

New unit protects border crossings A new investigative unit was formed By Rob Macko The WIVB News (Buffalo, NY), November 25, 2008 http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_unit_protects_border_ crossings_20081125 Buffalo, NY — Keeping the border safe is a 24 hour a day job. When it … Continue reading

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U.S. Homes Attracting Interest From Foreign Buyers

U.S. homes attracting interest from foreign buyers By Steve Brown The Dallas Morning News, November 21, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/112108 dnbusforeignbuyers.39ead23.html?npc Americans have sharply reduced home purchases during the last two years, but there's been an uptick in foreign buyers. Offshore purchasers … Continue reading

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"Legal Immigration" Too Often Means Fraud—And Fraud Is Illegal

Legal Immigration Too Often Means Fraud And Fraud Is Illegal By Joe Guzzardi VDARE November 21, 2008 During the mid-1980s, just after the Immigration Reform and Control Act amnesty passed, I taught an English as a second language class at … Continue reading

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A Napolitano Nomination Could Signal Shift In Focus At Homeland Security

A Napolitano Nomination Could Signal Shift in Focus at Homeland Security (TWO ARTICLES + LINKS TO OTHERS) By Matthew Johnson, Rob Margetta and Caitlin Webber The Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), November 20, 2008 http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002989141 The potential appointment of Arizona Gov. … Continue reading

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Arizona Governor Napolitano Contender For Homeland Security Chief

Arizona governor Napolitano contender for Homeland Security chief Sheldon Alberts, Washington Correspondent Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 WASHINGTON — Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a centrist Democrat who has pursued stronger economic ties with Canada, emerged Thursday as … Continue reading

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UN : Economic Meltdown Sends Large Number Of Migrants Home

UN: Economic meltdown sends large number of migrants home Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 20, 2008 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_ 1444156.php/UN_Economic_meltdown_sends_large_number_of_migrants_ home_ New York (DPA) — Significant numbers of migrants have returned home from host countries hit by financial crisis and economic difficulties, the … Continue reading

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Offshore Threat To IT Jobs: Overblown Or On The Money

Offshore Threat to IT Jobs: Overblown or on the Money? Ann All IT BUSINESS EDGE Posted by Ann All on November 17, 2008 at 2:10 pm TechRepublics Jason Hiner pulls a stat or two from a Society for Information Management … Continue reading

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Refugee Program Stayed After Feds Confirm Fraud

Refugee program stayed after feds confirm fraud Shelbyville Times-Gazette Sunday, November 16, 2008 By Brian Mosely A fact sheet released this week from the U.S. State Department reported widespread fraud in the refugee program that has brought tens of thousands … Continue reading

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Gov’t To Limit Planned Crackdown On Illegal Immigrants

Government to Limit Planned Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants By Spencer Hsu The Washington Post, November 14, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/ AR2008111303474.html The Department of Homeland Security will go forward with a planned crackdown on federal contractors' employment of illegal immigrants effective Jan. … Continue reading

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Illegal Re-Entry Now Brings Prison Time

Illegal re-entry now brings prison time U.S. prosecutes more immigration cases in Nashville By Janell Ross The Tennessean (Nashville), November 14, 2008 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20081114/NEWS03/811140426/ 1017/NEWS01 Middle Tennessee's top federal prosecutor says he's stepping up cases against illegal immigrants who are deported … Continue reading

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A Complex Portrait Of Chinese Immigrants Emerges In Study

A complex portrait of Chinese Americans emerges in study The report finds large numbers of college graduates and high school dropouts, professionals and blue-collar workers. By Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chinese14 -2008nov14,0,2553767.story Chinese Americans are a … Continue reading

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British Travellers Must Give Notice Before US Visits

British travellers must give notice before US visits British tourists will be banned from travelling to America unless they have applied to US security for approval to travel before they depart under increased security requirements. By Graham Tibbetts The Telegraph … Continue reading

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UN Trade Chief Sees Up To 6% Drop In Migrant Remittances

UN trade chief sees up to 6 pct drop in migrant remittances in 2009, hurting poor countries By Bradley S. Klapper The Associated Press, November 14, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/wire/sns-ap-un-un-migrant -cash,1,3998167.story Geneva (AP) — Migrant remittances, a vital source of income for … Continue reading

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Yes, We Canada : Republicans Consider Move North

Yes, we Canada: Republicans consider move North By Charmaine Noronha The Associated Press, November 13, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6111210.html As a John McCain supporter, Assaf says he is fed up with the direction of U.S. politics. He feels his only real option … Continue reading

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Did Pfizer Force Its Staff To Train Their H-1B Replacements?

Did Pfizer Force Its Staff to Train Their H-1B Replacements? By Kevin Fogarty 2008-11-07 Did Pfizer Force Its Staff to Train Their H-1B Replacements? Pfizer finds itself at the forefront of the debate over outsourcing and the H-1B visa program … Continue reading

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