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Border Program Under Fire—Nexus Cards Seen As ‘Licences To Smuggle’

Border program under fire NEXUS CARDS SEEN AS 'LICENCES TO SMUGGLE' Posted By DAN MCCAFFERY THE OBSERVER November 5, 2008 There will be longer lineups at the Blue Water Bridge if fast-track programs are abandoned, officials say. They issued that … Continue reading

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Immigrant GI’s Saluted In Iraq As New Citizens

Immigrant GIs Saluted in Iraq as New Citizens By David K. Li The New York Post, November 5, 2008 http://www.nypost.com/ Almost 200 immigrant American troops serving in Iraq received the ultimate reward yesterday – US citizenship. In a moving swearing-in … Continue reading

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New Cuban Escape Route : Via Mexico

New Cuban escape route: via Mexico By Sara Miller Llana The Christian Science Monitor, November 5, 2008 http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1105/p01s01-woam.htm Isla Mujeres, Mexico — Cubans have a new route to the US – and it goes through Cancun. As the US Coast … Continue reading

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Postville Streets Empty As Immigration Officials Return

Postville streets empty as immigration officials return By Grant Schulte The Des Moines Register, November 5, 2008 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081105/NEWS/811050337/ -1/LIFE04 Federal immigration agents returned to Agriprocessors Inc. on Tuesday and arrested one suspected illegal immigrant in a follow-up to a May … Continue reading

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What Will Be The New US Immigration Policy?

What will be the new US immigration policy? By Liam Clifford Globalvisas.com, November 5, 2008 http://www.globalvisas.com/news/what_will_be_the_new_us_ immigration_policy_582.html Barack Obama's landslide victory in the American Presidential Election this morning was in some part due to the support he received from millions … Continue reading

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Obama Wins Big Among Hispanics–With GOP’s Help

Obama won big among Hispanics — with GOP's help By Andres Oppenheimer The Miami Herald (FL), November 5, 2008 http://www.miamiherald.com/andres_oppenheimer/ One of the big surprises of Tuesday's elections: Florida's Hispanic population voted heavily for Democratic candidate Barack Obama after decades … Continue reading

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Judge Rules Against Voting Rights Lawsuit

Judge rules against voting rights lawsuit By Anabelle Garay The Associated Press, November 5, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6094916.html Dallas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday against three Latino voters who wanted to change the way council members are elected in Farmers … Continue reading

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Border Agent’s Retrial Another Mistrial

Border agent's retrial another mistrial Prosecutors now must decide whether to try case a third time or dismiss charges By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), November 5, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/265735 The retrial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent facing … Continue reading

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Harris Jailers To Resume Role As Immigration Officers

Harris jailers to resume role as immigration officers By Liz Austin Peterson The Houston Chronicle, November 4, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6094165.html Commissioners Court voted 4-1 today to allow the Harris County Sheriff's Office to continue participating in a program that lets local … Continue reading

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Sheriff Arpaio Wins Re-Election

Sheriff Arpaio Wins Re-election The Associated Press, November 4, 2008 http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId= 7794081&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 Phoenix (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — who embraces the 'Toughest Sheriff in America' title — rolled to victory in his fifth general election on Tuesday. … Continue reading

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Downturn Means Less Money For Immigrants To Send Home

Downturn means less money for immigrants to send home By Tyler Sipe The Contra Costa Times (CA), November 4, 2008 http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/ci_10898901 Sending funds back home is a longstanding tradition among immigrants living in the United States, including those in the … Continue reading

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Mainstream Media—Hass It Hindered Effective Policymaking On Immigration

Mainstream Media – Has it Hindered Effective Policymaking on Immigration? The Imperial Valley (CA), November 4, 2008 http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content& task=view&id=3211&Itemid=2 Los Angeles, California – Focusing almost exclusively on dramatic, episodic events such as the Elian Gonzalez saga and other illegality issues, … Continue reading

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Marriage Visa Raised To 21 In Bid To Tackle Forced Weddings

Marriage visa age raised to 21 in bid to tackled forced weddings The minimum age at which foreigners can come to Britain to get married is being increased in a new bid to tackle forced marriages. By Martin Beckford Social … Continue reading

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Business Urges Evans Not To Cut Immigrant Intake

Business urges Evans not to cut immigration intake Paige Taylor November 04, 2008 IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Evans, who last month anticipated a cut in Australia's immigration intake as a result of the global economic downturn, has been urged by West … Continue reading

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Federal Gov’t Gets 457 Review

Federal government gets 457 visa review The Age November 4, 2008 – 2:46PM A report into Australia's temporary skilled migration program has been handed to the federal government but won't be made public immediately. The government appointed industrial relations expert … Continue reading

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Boston Housing Authority Takes Heat For Housing Obama’s Aunt

BHA takes heat for housing Obama's aunt By Maria Sacchetti Boston Globe Staff November 4, 2008 Reports that Senator Barack Obama's aunt is an illegal immigrant living in Boston public housing sparked outrage yesterday at a time when nearly 20,000 … Continue reading

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78% Of U.S. Hispanics Favor Obama Over McCain

78 percent of U.S. Hispanics favor Obama over McCain REUTERS Tue Nov 4, 2008 8:02am EST PHOENIX (Reuters) – In the final stretch to the presidential election, more than three quarters of likely Hispanic voters say they support Democrat Barack … Continue reading

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Immigrants Confront The Recession

Immigrants Confront the Recession By Larry Tung The Gotham Gazette (NYC), November 3, 2008 http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/immigrants/20081103/11/2735 Fong Oi Kan wishes that she only worked five days a week. But in the midst of the worst economy in decades, she said she … Continue reading

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Area Immigrants With Wounds That Won’t Heal

Area Immigrants With Wounds That Won't Heal Mutilated Women Seek Asylum in U.S. By Pamela Constable The Washington Post, November 3, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/ AR2008110202219.html The women's stories all begin with a searing childhood memory they cannot describe without weeping. The … Continue reading

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Asylum Seekers Claim 300,000 Pounds Compensation For Wrongful Detention

Asylum seekers claim 300,000 compensation for wrongful detention Six asylum seekers are reportedly claiming 300,000 in compensation for being wrongly detained by immigration officials. By Graham Tibbetts Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 11:59AM GMT 03 Nov 2008 The refugees are understood to … Continue reading

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