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Migrants Claim 170 Million Pounds In Benefits As Numbers Of Arrivals Increase to 800,000

Migrants claim 170m in benefits as number of arrivals increases to 800,000 By MATTHEW HICKLEY Daily Mail Last updated at 12:25pm on 27th February 2008 The massive influx of eastern European immigrant workers to Britain has topped 800,000 in the … Continue reading

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UK Work Applications Near 800,000

UK work applications near 800,000 BBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 13:50 GMT Nearly 800,000 eastern Europeans have applied to work in the UK after the expansion of the European Union four years ago, new figures have shown. … Continue reading

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A Roll Call Of Myopic Idiocy : The 18 Useless Tits Of American Environmentalism

A Roll Call of Myopic Idiocy The 18 Useless Tits of American Environmentalism The Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR) made an Assessment of Major Environmental Groups on Population/Immigration http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16923&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1009 FAIR examined the stances of various environmental groups on overpopulation … Continue reading

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U.S. Naturalization Applications Surge: Study

U.S. naturalization applications surge: study Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:20pm EST PHOENIX (Reuters) – A sharp fee hike and interest in voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, triggered a surge in naturalization applications last year and lengthening processing delays, … Continue reading

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Senate Backs Immigration Bill

Senate backs immigration bill Amendment would delay implementation of proposed law until July 2009, though. By Jennifer W. Sanchez The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 02/26/2008 01:46:55 AM MST Lawmakers on Monday approved a comprehensive immigration bill that would … Continue reading

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England On The Verge Of Becoming "The Most Crowded Country In Europe"

England on the verge of becoming 'the most crowded country in Europe' By JAMES SLACK Daily Mail Last updated at 22:00pm on 25th February 2008 England will be bursting at the seams within 25 years, with a fifth more people … Continue reading

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Born Irish, But With Illegal Parents

Born Irish, but With Illegal Parents By JASON DePARLE The New York Times Published: February 25, 2008 DUBLIN Cork-born and proud of it, George-Jordan Dimbo is top to toe the Irish lad. He studies Gaelic, eats rashers, plays hurling, prays … Continue reading

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New Tactics To Control Immigration Unveiled

New Tactics to Control Immigration Are Unveiled By JULIA PRESTON The New York Times Published: February 23, 2008 Bush administration officials said Friday that they would begin using new technology to create a virtual fence along sections of the border … Continue reading

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Legislation Bans Use Of Evidence Tied To Torture

Legislation bans use of evidence tied to torture COLIN FREEZE From Friday's Globe and Mail February 22, 2008 at 4:01 AM EST OTTAWA The Canadian government will reintroduce a controversial anti-terrorism measure as early as today in a bid to … Continue reading

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6 Charged In Immigrant Smuggling Scheme

6 charged in immigrant smuggling scheme Father-and-son owners of Oxnard auto body shops charged $3,000 to transport people from Mexico to California, according to federal prosecutors. By Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 22, 2008 The father-and-son owners … Continue reading

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Groups Protest Guatemalan ID’s

Groups protest Guatemalan IDs Associated Press Published: Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 12:56 a.m. MST ST. GEORGE Anti-immigration groups protested as the Guatemalan consul renewed passports and embassy identification for Guatemalans living and working in three Western states. It was the … Continue reading

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Colorado Considers Recruiting Farm Workers From Mexico

Colorado considers recruiting farm workers from Mexico By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press Tucson, Arizona Published: 02.22.2008 DENVER—Each year, when many people are finishing up their Christmas lists, Colorado rancher Angela Ryden starts wading through red tape so she can get … Continue reading

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Feds To Raise Fines For Hiring Illegals

Feds to Raise Fines for Hiring Illegals By EILEEN SULLIVAN Feb 22, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) The government says it will raise by 25 percent the fines it will levy against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Attorney General Michael Mukasey … Continue reading

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Switzerland Gov’t May Soon Deport Sikh Hijackers To India

Switzerland Govt. may soon deport Sikh Hijackers to India BY Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar Feb 22 (ANI): The Sikh hijackers of the Indian Airliners in 1981 and 1984 , who have taken refuge in Switzerland, may soon be deported to … Continue reading

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Sanctuary Law Tabled Until "Community Has Healed"

Sanctuary law tabled until community has healed Council says legislation divided residents by Maya T. Prabhu Staff Writer Gazette.net Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 Following two months of discussion, two public hearings and more than 40 area-resident testimonies, the Mount Rainier … Continue reading

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Texas Cities Oppose Border Fence

Texas cities oppose border fence By Jerry Seper The Washington Times February 21, 2008 (TO AND FRO: A man walked across the bridge between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico, after shopping in the United States on Friday. Critics … Continue reading

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Biggest Brain Drain From UK In 50 Years

Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years By Robert Winnett Deputy Political Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 4:06am GMT 21/02/2008 Britain is experiencing the worst “brain drain” of any country as highly qualified professionals settle abroad, an authoritative international … Continue reading

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Gov’t Denies Back Flip On Island Excision

Govt denies backflip on island excision By David Crawshaw AAP 21 February 2008 – 4:27PM The Rudd government has denied claims it has reneged on a pledge to return thousands of offshore islands to Australia's migration zone. The Howard government … Continue reading

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Indo-Canadians Use Hired Hitmen In Homeland

Indo-Canadians use hired hitmen in homeland Thu, February 21 2008 By Mata Press Service Like many villages in Punjab, fame and fortune in the agricultural hamlet of Gonsgarh is closely linked to its sons and daughters who have made their … Continue reading

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Recruiting African Health Workers A Crime–Lancet

Recruiting African health workers a crime -Lancet By Maggie Fox Health and Science Editor Reuters Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:30pm EST WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Rich countries are poaching so many African health workers that the practice should be … Continue reading

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