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The Most Dangerous Gang In America

The most dangerous gang in America By Piers Scholfield BBC News, Washington April 3, 2008 The suburbs of the US are no longer the same as those immortalised in 1950s movies, with white families living in big houses and the … Continue reading

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California Congressmen Lobby For Imprisoned Border Patrol Agents

California Congressmen Lobby For Imprisoned Border Patrol Agents Joe Murray The Bulletin 04/03/2008 Two California congressmen are renewing their efforts to ensure the safety of two jailed border patrol agents by encouraging the Bureau of Prisons to move Ignacio Ramos, … Continue reading

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Candidates’ Immigration Stances Unkmown To Voters

Candidates' Immigration Stances Unknown To Voters By: Bradley Vasoli The Philadelphia Bulletin 04/02/2008 A poll commissioned by the D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) found that American primary and caucus voters generally know little of the major presidential candidates' immigration … Continue reading

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Feds To Fly Drones Along U.S. Borders

Feds to Fly More Drones Along US Borders By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN Associated Press Apr 2, 2008 SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) The pilot has gone through his checklist and taxied his plane into position for takeoff. He gets clearance from … Continue reading

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Arizona’s ‘Virtual’ Border Wall Gets A Reality Check

Arizona's 'virtual' border wall gets a reality check The viability of a high-tech barrier to detect illegal border crossers remains uncertain, after a pilot project struggles. By Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor April 2, 2008 … Continue reading

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Obama Scoffs At Deportations

Obama scoffs at deportations By Christina Bellantoni The Washington Times April 2, 2008 Associated Press Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama campaigned at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., yesterday, three weeks before the crucial Pennsylvania primary on April 22. SCRANTON, … Continue reading

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Three Firms Combine On Cellphone Remittances

Three Firms Combine on Cellphone Remittances By Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 1, 2008; Page D05 Sending money back home? Just press “talk.” That's what Western Union, Radio Shack and the small wireless carrier Trumpet Mobile hope … Continue reading

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Tech Firms Line Up At U.S. Visa Window

Tech firms line up at U.S. visa window By Kara Rowland The Washington Times April 1, 2008 Technology firms across the nation are crossing their fingers today as the U.S. opens the annual visa application window for skilled workers. Last … Continue reading

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U.S. Starts Deporting Vietnamese Illegals

US Starts Deporting Vietnamese Illegals By GILLIAN WONG Apr 1, 2008 SINGAPORE (AP) Washington has started deportation proceedings against thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States under a pact between the two countries, a top U.S. immigration official … Continue reading

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Mexican Gov’t To Aid Expelled Migrants

Mexican govt to aid expelled migrants USA TODAY April 1, 2008 TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) Mexican officials on Monday launched a new program aimed at helping undocumented migrants regain their footing after being expelled from the U.S. Migrants arriving in the … Continue reading

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Mexicans Deported From U.S. Will Get Free Ride Home

Mexicans deported from U.S. will get free ride home Program to provide additional services By Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 1, 2008 TIJUANA Mexicans who are deported from the United States or leave voluntarily after being apprehended are being … Continue reading

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Mexican ‘Mobile Consulate’ Runs Smoothly

Mexican 'mobile consulate' runs smoothly Wraps up on schedule, in contrast to marathon event last year By Daniel Connolly Commercialappeal.com Tuesday, April 1, 2008 A one-day event run by the Mexican government in Memphis this weekend ran smoothly, a sharp … Continue reading

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South Texas Leaders Blast Plan To Speed Up Border Fence

South Texas leaders blast plan to speed up border fence By JAMES PINKERTON Houston Chronicle April 1, 2008, 10:59PM THE WAIVERS Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that he's planning to waive about three dozen federal laws and regulations … Continue reading

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Dual Citizenship Gains Popularity With Americans Of Italian Descent

Dual citizenship gains popularity with Americans of Italian descent By MARY CUDDEHE Columbia News Service 04/01/2008 01:00 AM EDT Jessica Amato, a 30-year-old anthropology professor from San Francisco, has a name for born-and-bred Americans of Italian ancestry who apply for … Continue reading

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Mexican Drug Cartels Move Into Human Smuggling

Mexican drug cartels move into human smuggling David Francis San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service Monday, March 31, 2008 (03-31) 04:00 PDT Agua Prieta, Mexico — At the Center to Aid Migrants in Exodus shelter, would-be immigrants to the United States … Continue reading

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Where U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Is Tall, It Works

Where U.S.-Mexico border fence is tall, it works Christian Science Monitor Mar. 31, 2008 03:12 PM YUMA – U.S. border patrol agent Michael Bernacke guns his SUV down the wide desert-sand road that lines the U.S.-Mexican border through urban San … Continue reading

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Critics: Revised ‘No Match’ Worker Rule Still Flawed

Critics: Revised 'no-match' worker rule still flawed Kent Hoover Washington Bureau Chief Birmingham Business Journal March 31, 2008 The Department of Homeland Security revised its regulations outlining what employers should do if they are notified that employee Social Security numbers … Continue reading

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No Coyote Needed: New Paper Examines Visa Overstays

No Coyote Needed New Paper Examines Visa Overstays Contact: David Seminara Dave.Seminara@gmail.com WASHINGTON (March 2008) While presidential candidates promise to secure the border, the other major source of illegal immigration is largely ignored lax visa policies. Visa overstays account for … Continue reading

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Lord Multiculturalism

Lord Multiculturalism Victor Davis Hanson PajamasMedia March, 12, 2008 For forty years critics have attacked Western culture in general and its American brand in particular for an assortment of perceived sins. Minority groups have alleged America was singularly racist. Radical … Continue reading

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Is There Really An IT Labour Shortage?

Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage? By Ericka Chickowski BASELINE MAGAZINE 2008-03-05 Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage? (Despite what you've been told about the IT skills shortage, there's a multitude of evidence that suggests that line of … Continue reading

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