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We Allowed A Migrant Free-For-All During Blair Years, Cabinet Minister Blears Says

We allowed a migrant free-for-all during Blair years, Cabinet minister Hazel Blears says By Steve Doughty and James Slack MAIL ONLINE Last updated at 10:20 AM on 12th January 2009 Labour allowed a free-for-all on immigration during its first years … Continue reading

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Arrival Of First Visa Recipients In ALP’s Asylum Regime Imminent

Arrival of first visa recipients in ALP's asylum regime imminent Debbie Guest Article from: The Australian January 17, 2009 THE first group of asylum-seekers to be processed at Christmas Island under the Rudd Government's new migration policies has been granted … Continue reading

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Bungling Stalls Plan To Import Fruit Pickers

Bungling stalls plan to import fruit pickers Mark Metherell Sydney Morning Herald January 12, 2009 THE long-awaited trial to recruit guest workers from Pacific islands to pick fruit in areas short of labour has been hit by delays and could … Continue reading

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Immigration Officers ‘Face Perverse Incentives To Grant Visas’

Immigration officers 'face perverse incentives to grant visas' Immigration officers face “perverse incentives” to grant visas to foreigners rather than refuse them, an influential group of MPs warns today. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.UK Last Updated: 7:55PM GMT … Continue reading

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U.S. To Collect DNA SAmples Of Arrested Immigrants

U.S. to collect DNA samples of arrested immigrants The Justice Department defends the new policy as an important crime-fighting tool. Activists see it as a violation of privacy. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dna9-2009 jan09,0,4493427.story … Continue reading

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U.S. Holds Fire On New Entry Requirements

US holds fire on new entry requirements The United States has been forced to backtrack on its new immigration rules to avoid chaos at Britain's airports next week. By David Millward The Telegraph (U.K.), January 9, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4208432/US-holds-fire- on-new-entry-requirements.html Passengers … Continue reading

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Pro- And Anti- Immigration Advocates Invoke the Economy

Pro- and anti-immigration advocates invoke the economy Pro-immigration groups say comprehensive reform would allow immigrants to bolster the nation's economic well-being. Opponents say legalization would further crowd an already dwindling job market. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, January … Continue reading

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Disliking P.E.I. Decisions, Adviser To Immigration Program Resigns

Disliking P.E.I. decisions, adviser to immigration program resigns THE CANADIAN PRESS Last updated at 8:18 AM on 08/01/09 CHARLOTTETOWN—-A senior adviser with a controversial immigration program on P.E.I. says he has resigned his post over what he believes were bad … Continue reading

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Unprecedented Heat Will Trigger Global Food Crisis

Unprecedented heat will trigger global food crisis MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT From Friday's Globe and Mail January 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM EST TORONTO The world faces a perpetual food crisis because global warming will likely lead to massive and simultaneous crop … Continue reading

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Polygamy In Canada Stretches Beyond Bountiful

Polygamy in Canada stretchs beyond Bountiful Lena Sin Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, January 08, 2009 VANCOUVER — While the discussion on polygamy has largely focused on B.C.'s polygamist community of Bountiful, a long-time Canadian activist says she believes it … Continue reading

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Polygamy Play Aims To Change Law

Polygamy play aims to change law Editorial The Province Published: Thursday, January 08, 2009 On July 16, 2008, the B.C. Attorney General's office, in reply to a query on the legality of polygamous unions, wrote the following: “All reports of … Continue reading

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Mukasey Sets Limit On Immigrants’ Rights To Lawyer

Mukasey sets limit on immigrants' rights to lawyer By Amy Taxin The Associated Press, January 8, 2009 http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Immigrants_Rights_378595C. shtml Santa Ana, CA (AP) — The Bush administration has ruled that immigrants facing deportation do not have an automatic right to … Continue reading

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Napolitano Pushes For Greater Border Presence

Napolitano pushes for greater border presence By Howard Fischer The Capitol Media Services, January 8, 2009 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/133832 Gov. Janet Napolitano said today the United States needs more than more Border Patrol officers to slow both illegal immigration and smuggling. 'You're … Continue reading

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Pew : U.S. Hispanics Among Most Affected By Mortgage Crisis

Pew: U.S. Hispanics Among Most Affected by Mortgage Crisis By Richard Kaplan HispanicBusiness.com, January 8, 2009 http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/1/8/pew_us_hispanics_ among_most_affected.htm The deepening recession continues to affect the American consumer and has had a particularly harsh impact upon U.S. Hispanics. A host of … Continue reading

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Obama To Meet With Mexico’s Calderon On Monday

Obama to meet with Mexico's Calderon on Monday By Caren Bohan and Tomas Sarmiento REUTERS Thu Jan 8, 2009 7:34pm EST WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon will meet on Monday … Continue reading

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Economic Woes Put Target On Foreign Staff

Economic woes put target on foreign staff Trish Audette Edmonton Journal Published: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 A weakening economy is putting pressure on the government to halt a program that has brought tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers to … Continue reading

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Customs Arrests Canadian Accused Of Smuggling Dozens Of South Koreans

Customs arrests Canadian accused of smuggling Dozens of South Koreans allegedly brought into U.S. By PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I REPORTER January 7, 2009 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a Canadian man Wednesday on charges that he is part of a … Continue reading

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Senate Democrats Outline Sweeping Agenda With First Set Of Bills

Senate Democrats Outline Sweeping Agenda With First Set of Bills By Bart Jansen The Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), January 7, 2009 http://www.cq.com/document/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/ data/docs/html/news/111/news111-000003004484.html@allnews& metapub=CQ-NEWS&binderName=latest-news-binder&seqNum=7 Senate Democrats outlined their priorities for the 111th Congress in their first bills, highlighted by the … Continue reading

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Ethnic Cleansing In Connecticut

ETHNIC CLEANSING IN CONNECTICUT McDonalds Serves the American Working Class the Pink Slip with their Burgers Tim Murray January 6, 2009 When the Concerned Citizens for Immigration Reform monitored 152 McDonalds franchises in Connecticut they discovered that Hispanics were over-represented … Continue reading

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New Report : U.S. Infrastructure Overwhelmed By Influx of Immigrants

New Report: U.S. Infrastructure Overwhelmed by Influx of Immigrants $1.6 Trillion Needed to Repair and Maintain Nation's Hospitals, Schools, Parks, Water Supply, Bridges, and Basic Infrastructures January 5, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Immigration policies need to go hand-in-hand with decisions to … Continue reading

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