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Expect Little, If Any, Immigration Talk From McCain To Republicans

Expect little, if any, immigration talk from McCain to Republicans By Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News, September 3, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/ stories/090308dnpolimmig.3f4c516d.html St. Paul, MN — Its safe to say that if John McCain wants to get booed Thursday … Continue reading

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Quebec Schools To Celebrate Diverse Holidays

Quebec schools to celebrate diverse holidays A new course on ethics and religious culture has at least one private school protesting the curriculum INGRID PERITZ The Globe and Mail September 2, 2008 MONTREAL — Quebec schools won't be marking the … Continue reading

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How Many Americans?

How Many Americans? By Steven A. Camarota The Washington Post, September 2, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/ AR2008090101714.html When the Census Bureau released its new population projections last month, most of the media focused on the country's changing racial composition. But this was … Continue reading

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California’s Doldrums Sending Some Immigrant Workers Home

California's doldrums sending some immigrant workers home By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-me-return1 -2008sep01,0,3882876.story For more than two years, Otoniel Lopez Cortez arrived at the Westlake day labor center before 6:30 a.m. to wait for jobs … Continue reading

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Presidential Candidates Agree On Increasing H-1B Visas

Presidential candidates agree on increasing H-1B visas By Mike Sunnucks The Phoenix Business Journal, September 1, 2008 http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/09/01/story13 .html?b=1220241600%5E1692094 Arizona Republican John McCain and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama differ on plenty of economic issues — energy, taxes and trade, to … Continue reading

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Republican Fractures Remain On Immigration Plan

Republican Fractures Remain on Immigration Plan By Vicki Needham Roll Call (Washington, DC), September 1, 2008 http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_24/news/27772-1.html [Pay Site] Outraged conservatives forced Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to drop his support for a controversial immigration-reform plan last year. But immigration policy … Continue reading

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McCain Wages Battle For Latino Votes

McCain Wages Battle for Latino Votes The Cox News Service, September 1, 2008 http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/ 2008/31/2008/09/01/GOP_LATINOS_McCAIN01.html Washington, DC — John McCain, who received more than 70 percent of the Latino vote in his most recent Senate re-election bid in Arizona, is … Continue reading

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Hispanics Hit Hard As Workers Lose Hours, More Full Time Jobs Turn Part-Time

Hispanics Hit Hard As Workers Lose Hours More Full-Time Jobs Turn Part-Time By Alejandro Lazo The Washington Post, September 1, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31 /AR2008083101467.html With the economy in the grip of a slowdown, American workers are increasingly losing full-time work to … Continue reading

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Foreign Farm Workers Caught In Trap

Foreign farm workers caught in trap Elisabeth Wynhausen The Australian September 01, 2008 A RED Ferrari 360 Modena tools down the main street of Robinvale on Saturday mornings. A Vietnamese man is at the wheel. The sight of a $260,000 … Continue reading

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Foreclosed Homes Are Drophouse Favorites

Foreclosed homes are drophouse favorites By Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), August 31, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/08/31/ 20080831drophouse-owners0831.html That empty foreclosed home down the street today could be tomorrow's drophouse. The largest concentrations of Valley drophouses are in the same west … Continue reading

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Cases Proceeding Against Suspected Illegal Immigrants

Cases proceeding against suspected illegal immigrants By Karen Lee Ziner The Providence Journal, August 31, 2008 http://www.projo.com/news/content/IMMIGRATION_SWEEP_UPDATE_ 08-31-08_E0BD7IP_v9.3a41b6d.html Legal cases are proceeding on different fronts for the 31 janitors arrested during last months immigration raids at state courthouses. U.S. Immigration … Continue reading

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Judge Rules Against Immigration-Related Rental Ban

Judge rules against immigration-related rental ban By Anabelle Garay The Associated Press, August 30, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5974403.html Dallas (AP) — A federal judge issued a final judgment on Thursday permanently preventing a Dallas suburb from enforcing a rule banning apartment rentals … Continue reading

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Exploited Workers Canada\’s Slave Trade

Exploited workers Canada's 'slave trade' Dale Brazao Staff Reporter The Star.com August 30, 2008 SPECIAL TO THE STAR HOW EMPLOYERS GET THE WORKERS Canadian employers who want to bring in foreign workers for temporary jobs must first prove that no … Continue reading

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Migrant Minds: The Border Is No Boundary For Some Mexican Students

Migrant Minds: The border is no boundary for some Mexican students By Jeremy Roebuck The Monitor (McAllen, TX), August 30, 2008 http://www.themonitor.com/articles/schools_16654___article.html /border_school.html Adrianna Gomez wakes her 14-year-old son before dawn every morning, lays out his coat and tie and … Continue reading

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Gang Enforcers Add Deportation Orders To Arsenal Of Deterrents

Gang enforcers add deportation orders to arsenal of deterrents By John Ellis The McClatchy Newspapers, August 30, 2008 http://www.bnd.com/508/story/454859.html Fresno, CA — In California, Central San Joaquin Valley gang enforcers are using a new weapon: deportation orders. Officials say the … Continue reading

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Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada

Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada GhanaWeb August 29, 2008 These days, tying the knot in holy matrimony could be a rather unholy expedition. Some knots untie themselves in less than a month, just after the happily ever after … Continue reading

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Test For Migrants Slated For Overhaul

Test for migrants slated for overhaul Paul Maley The Australian August 29, 2008 JOHN Howard's citizenship test for new migrants, long lampooned for its emphasis on testing arcane historical facts, is flawed, discriminatory and set for a major overhaul. The … Continue reading

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ESL Classes Produce Un-Canadians

http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/opinion/ story.html?id=933a706d-111f-4b12-a5be-e7702a75ded8 ESL classes produce un-Canadians Mark Hasiuk Vancouver Courier Editorial Opinion Friday, August 29, 2008 Next week, students across the province will head back to school–including approximately 13,000 students enrolled in the Vancouver school district's English-as-a-second-language program, which provides … Continue reading

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10,000 Keralites Apply Annually To Migrate To Canada

10,000 Keralites apply annually to migrate to Canada Thaindian News August 28th, 2008 – 4:30 pm ICT by IANS – Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) There has been a spurt of applications for migration to Canada from Kerala in the past … Continue reading

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Froma Harrop : Shhh ! This Scares Both Parties

Froma Harrop: Shhh! This scares both parties FROMA HARROP DENVER 01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, August 28, 2008 THERE'S A BURNING concern in the American West almost an obsession that Democrats do not dare touch in their convention here. Nor … Continue reading

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