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Financial Aid To Illegal Immigrant Students

Bill: financial aid to illegal immigrant students The Associated Press, February 11, 2009 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_immigrant_financial_aid.html Olympia (AP) — Illegal immigrant students could get state financial aid for college under a bill being considered by Washington state lawmakers. State Rep. Dave Quall, … Continue reading

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Midwife Births Raise Questions About Citizenship

Midwife births raise questions about citizenship By Christopher Sherman The Associated Press, February 10, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5is0334GfYSqsu-cGgWEPXPdB4NrwD96912JO0 Alamo, TX (AP) — The citizenship of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people who insist they are Americans is being called into question because they … Continue reading

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Bad Economy Forcing Immigrants To Reconsider U.S.

Bad economy forcing immigrants to reconsider U.S. By Thelma Gutierrez and Wayne Drash The CNN News, February 10, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/10/immigrants.economy/ Los Angeles — Pedro Pablo slowly folds up his American flag blanket and stuffs it in his duffel bag. With … Continue reading

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H-1b Visa Holders Not Immune From Pink Slips, Deportation

H-1B Visa Holders Not Immune from Pink Slips, Deportation Guest Blogger: Don Sears http://blog.baselinemag.com/bottom_line/content/careers/h1-b_visa_holders_not_immune_from_pink_slips_deportation.html?kc=BLBL BEMNL02102009STR1 More fodder for the H-1B visa saga — one that many U.S. workers know all too well: Lay-offs. Here's the twist: If holders of a … Continue reading

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Sessions Wants To Make Sure Americans Get The Jobs

Sessions Wants To Make Sure Americans Get the Jobs By Elisabeth Meinecke Human Events, February 10, 2009 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30644 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is fighting to include an amendment in the stimulus bill that would extend E-Verify, a successful tool in … Continue reading

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NZ Fears Over Filipino Nurse Training

NZ fears over Filipino nurse training By Lincoln Tan New Zealand Herald 4:00AM Monday Feb 09, 2009 (PHOTO : Filipino nurse Ruby Lat told the Herald in January that the Nursing Council's rule was unfair. Photo / Martin Sykes) The … Continue reading

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Job Market Takes Years To Recover From Recession

Job market takes years to recover from recession Immigrants, women and youth hardest hit by rising unemployment during previous slumps Feb 09, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (14) Miles Corak Toronto Star A rising unemployment rate is the … Continue reading

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Fake Documents Flood Canada Visa Office In India

Fake documents flood Canadian visa office in India 'Wall Of Shame' Norma Greenaway Canwest News Service Published: Monday, February 09, 2009 OTTAWA – In the Canadian visa office in the northwestern Indian city of Chandigarh, one wall is plastered with … Continue reading

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U of T Students Fight Deportation Order

U of T students fight deportation order ctvtoronto.ca Updated: Mon Feb. 09 2009 5:38:05 PM Two University of Toronto students are fighting to stay in Canada after they received deportation orders last month, ordering them back home to Guyana. The … Continue reading

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Countries Face New UK Visa Rules

Countries face new UK visa rules BBC NEWS February 9, 2009 South Africans will now need to provide fingerprints to enter the UK South Africans visiting the United Kingdom will need a visa, under new rules issued by the Home … Continue reading

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Texas Crafts Plan For Mexico Collapse

Texas crafts plan for Mexico collapse 'You hope for the best, plan for the worst' By Brandi Grissom The El Paso Times (TX), February 8, 2009 http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11655113 Austin, TX — Texas officials are working on a plan to respond to … Continue reading

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Canada Grants Chinese Fugitive A Work Permit

Canada grants Chinese fugitive a work permit By JEREMY HAINSWORTH Associated Press updated 4:06 p.m. PT, Sat., Feb. 7, 2009 VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canada has granted China's most wanted man a work permit, which means his deportation on smuggling … Continue reading

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Obama Signs Expansion Of Children’s Health Insurance

Obama signs expansion of children's health insurance The president calls the Democratic legislation, to be funded largely by higher cigarette taxes, a 'down payment' on his plan to cover all Americans. By Noam N. Levey The Los Angeles Times, February … Continue reading

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No Longer Rounding Up Just Fugitive Immigrants

No longer rounding up just fugitive immigrants A federal program shifted its focus to boost arrests, a report says, and is going after any undocumented workers. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigraids5-2009feb05,0,4055388.story For more than … Continue reading

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Refugee Pact Survives Court Challenge

Refugee pact survives court challenge The Canadian Press February 4, 2009 OTTAWA A controversial refugee pact that allows Canada to turn back would-be asylum seekers at the U.S. border has survived a court challenge. In a decision released without comment … Continue reading

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Bill Seeks Limit On Hiring Foreign Bank Workers

Bill seeks limits on hiring foreign bank workers By Rita Beamish and Frank Bass The Associated Press, February 4, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5iT1_sH1aHBXWZhjXjZIXzQfN1QD9652J200 Two senators on Wednesday proposed requiring bailed-out banks to hire only Americans for one year, after an investigation by … Continue reading

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StimulusConference Becoming Venue For E-Verify Battle

Stimulus conference becoming venue for E-Verify battle By Chris Strohm Nextgov.com, February 4, 2009 http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090204_3302.php Immigration advocates are looking at conference negotiations over the economic recovery package as the main battleground to defeat an effort to require companies benefiting from … Continue reading

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More Leave For Australia, But Overall Migrant Gain

More leave for Australia, but overall migrant gain Radio New Zealand Updated at 3:11pm on 4 February 2009 The number of people moving across the Tasman hit a record high in 2008, with an annual net loss to Australia of … Continue reading

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NZ Annual Immigration Growth Falls To Eight-Year Low

New Zealand Annual Immigration Growth Falls to Eight-Year Low By Tracy Withers Bloomberg Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — New Zealands annual immigration growth fell to an eight-year low in 2008, adding to signs that weak consumer spending and demand for housing … Continue reading

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Recession Is Forcing Companies To Cut Back On Migrant Workers, Says Business Chief

Recession is forcing companies to cut back on migrant workers, says business chief By James Slack and Becky Barrow Daily Mail Last updated at 10:41 PM on 03rd February 2009 A top businessman has waded into the 'British jobs for … Continue reading

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