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Feds Frustrated By Illegal Immigrants Passing Through Holes In New Border Fence

Feds Frustrated by Illegal Immigrants Passing Through Holes in New Border Fence Friday, April 11, 2008 A widening gap between posts, each set a few inches apart, as the ground settles, is seen in the border fence near Columbus, N.M. … Continue reading

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Bill Would Require Verification Of New Hires’ Citizenship Status

Bill would require verification of new hires citizenship status By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau 02:48 PM EDT on Friday, April 11, 2008 PROVIDENCE The General Assembly this week heard testimony on 17 immigration bills. Just one of them … Continue reading

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Immigration Watchdog Needs Clout, Panel Told

Immigration watchdog needs clout, panel told Call for fledgling consultants' group to be scrapped or given more teeth to tackle dishonest advisers Apr 10, 2008 04:30 AM Jim Rankin Toronto Star Staff Reporter The fledgling Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants … Continue reading

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Tories Deny Immigration Bill Will Shut Doors—New Law Aimed At Visa Backlog, Officials Say

Tories deny immigration bill will shut doors New law aimed at visa backlog, officials say By Andrew Mayeda The Canwest News Service (Canada) April 9, 2008 http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=be30d5d3-b0a6-4a23-9756-19cd380fa334&k=1647 Ottawa — The Harper government went on a charm offensive Tuesday to demystify … Continue reading

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Accuracy Of Canadian Census Debated

Accuracy of Canadian census debated By RON CSILLAG / JTA The Jerusalem Post TORONTO Apr 9, 2008 9:56 | Updated Apr 10, 2008 3:40 A new Canadian census that appears to show a significant decline in the number of Jews … Continue reading

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New Rules Will Create Fast Lane For Some, But Leave Other Applicants In Roundabout

New rules would create fast lane for some, but leave other applicants in roundabout By Campbell Clark The Globe and Mail (Canada) April 9, 2008 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080409.IMMIGRATION09/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/ Some potential immigrants who are qualified under the law to come to Canada may … Continue reading

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Refugee Backlog Headed For Record High As Tories Slow To Appoint Adjudicators

Refugee backlog headed for record high as Tories slow to appoint adjudicators The Canadian Press April 8, 2008 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZQAYwHe3yHqDTUdfK_yeP86PdFQ Ottawa — Canada's backlog of refugee claims is soaring to record numbers due to the government's failure to appoint sufficient adjudicators, … Continue reading

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Lack Of Drama At Queen’s Park Belies Economic Woes

ONTARIO POLITICS: OPPOSITION CAN'T DRAW BLOOD Lack of drama at Queen's Park belies economic woes MURRAY CAMPBELL mcampbell@globeandmail.com April 8, 2008 Predictably enough, the opposition wanted to wage war on the economy. The latest figures showed that Ontario had lost … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrant Births–At Your Expense

Illegal Immigrant Births – At Your Expense Taxpayers Foot Bill For Roughly 300,000 Children Born Into Citizenship When Their Parents Are Illegal CBS NEWS McALLEN, Texas April 7, 2008 Paying For Immigrant Births Pregnant women from Mexico are crossing the … Continue reading

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Ranchers Say Wall Could Keep Infested Cattle Out

Ranchers say wall could keep infested cattle out Lynn Brezosky Rio Grande Valley Bureau Express-News.net Web Posted: 04/07/2008 10:47 PM CDT ROMA Texas border cattlemen have a message for Homeland Security officials grappling with publicity nightmares over the Rio Grande … Continue reading

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Trends Suggest Canadians Get Comfy With Minority Governments

Trends suggest Canadians get comfy with minority governments David Akin Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, April 06, 2008 OTTAWA — For all of its modern history, Canada has been shaped by the politics of language, by the divisions of les … Continue reading

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Four In Five Say Britain Is Facing A Crisis Over Immigration

Four in five say Britain is facing a crisis over immigration By JAMES SLACK DAILY MAIL 5th April 2008 Immigration is diluting our culture and leading to the breakdown of society, according to the vast majority of Britons. 83 per … Continue reading

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‘Eco-Towns’: The Wrong Answer To The Population Question

'Eco towns': the wrong answer to the over-population question By Jeff Randall The Daily Telegraph Last Updated: 1:28am BST 05/04/2008 It's the oldest trick in the dodgy salesman's book. If the public isn't buying what's in store, simply rebrand unwanted … Continue reading

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An Advocate For Iraq’s Displaced Christians

An advocate for Iraq's displaced Christians Robert DeKelaita, a U.S. lawyer who is himself a Christian born in Iraq, is on a mission to help others gain U.S. asylum. He would rather see them return to a safe homeland. By … Continue reading

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‘Eco-Towns’? OK, Let’s Measure Them.

Eco-towns? OK, let's measure them Charles Clover The Daily Telegraph Aprol 4, 2008 (Charles Clover's weekly column takes an inside look at the environment) Unless the inhabitants of the 15 proposed “eco towns” selected by the Government yesterday are to … Continue reading

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Border Agency Promises A Co-Ordinated Approach

Border agency promises a co-ordinated approach By Stuart Arnold The Northern Echo April 4, 2008 THE man in charge of the region's revamped border controls last night promised a more robust co-ordinated approach to tackling illegal immigrants. Chris Hudson, the … Continue reading

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Britain Grapples With Immigration From Developing Countries

Britain Grapples with Migration from Developing Countries By Tendai Maphosa VOICE OF AMERICA London 04 April 2008 Maphosa report – Download (MP3) audio clip Maphosa report – Listen (MP3) audio clip Britain has long been a haven for immigrants, from … Continue reading

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More Fake Marriages Foiled (Norway)

More Fake Marriages Foiled AFTENPOSTEN English frontpage Norwegian frontpage April 4, 2008 The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) says it has heightened focus on the problem of marriages arranged mainly for the purpose of gaining the rights to live and … Continue reading

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New Zealand First MP Rejects Tough Asian Line

NZ First MP rejects party's tough Asian line (+video) MARTIN KAY The Dominion Post Friday, 04 April 2008 NZ First MP Dail Jones has bucked his party's tough line on Asian immigration, saying Kiwis have nothing to fear and warning … Continue reading

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Sudanese Refugees ‘Offered Unaffordable Home Loans’

Sudanese refugees 'offered unaffordable home loans' ABC NEWS Posted Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:01am AEDT Map: Newcastle 2300 There are claims some Sudanese refugees living in Newcastle have been offered $500,000 home loans without the income to make the repayments. … Continue reading

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