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It’s Tricky To Treat Many Immigrants, Hospitals Say

It's tricky to treat many immigrants, hospitals say By JENNIFER BOOTH REED jreed@news-press.com Originally posted on December 30, 2007 THE SERIES TODAY: The effect of immigration on the health care system. Coverage The News-Press has spent the past year reporting … Continue reading

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Ottawa Criticized For Charging Refugees For Flights

Ottawa criticized for charging refugees for flights Newcomers find it difficult to pay government back, says immigrant services group CBC News Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2007 | 6:16 PM ET Non-profit agencies that help convention refugees settle in Canada … Continue reading

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Mary Is Contrary In The Politically Correct Year

Mary is contrary in the politically correct year By Laura Clout The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:05am GMT 27/12/2007 For decades, children have enjoyed singing about the little donkey which is said to have carried the pregnant Mary to Bethlehem. But … Continue reading

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Bilingualism Goal ‘Probably’ Won’t Be Met: Lord

Bilingualism goal 'probably' won't be met: Lord Kate Jaimet CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 OTTAWA – Half of all Canadian high school students will “probably not” be bilingual by the year 2013 – but that's no reason … Continue reading

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EU Pursues Educated Immigrants

EU pursues educated immigrants By Craig Barrett The Washington Post Article Launched: 12/27/2007 01:37:16 AM PST The European Union took a step recently that the U.S. Congress can't seem to muster the courage to take. By proposing a simple change … Continue reading

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Australia Shuts Door On A Life Of Crime

Australia shuts door on a life of crime Kate McClymont and Alex Tibbitts Sydney Morning Herald December 22, 2007 DESCRIBED as a “one-woman crime wave”, a 29-year-old who has lived in Australia since the age of one is set to … Continue reading

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Visa Rules Give Fruit Industry The Pip

Visa rules give fruit industry the pip By Barbara Withington The Southland Times Saturday, 22 December 2007 A worker crisis is about to hit Central Otago's export fruit industry hard early next month. Summerfruit New Zealand chairman Basil Goodman said … Continue reading

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Churches Come Tumbling Down

Globe essay: Aftershock of the '60s Churches come tumbling down As the young women go, so go the country's Christian communities. There are various factors, but future mothers have proved to be the key to the churches' future as organized, … Continue reading

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18 Arrested In Scam On Immigration Documents

18 arrested in scam on immigrant documents Officials say they've just scratched surface. By JUSTIN GEORGE, SP Times Staff Writer Published December 21, 2007 BRANDON – The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office began noticing two things in September 2006: A rash … Continue reading

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Where They Stand On…Immigration

Where they stand on … immigration Sources: Candidate Web sites and Chicago Tribune news services December 21, 2007 Republicans RUDY GIULIANI: Favors path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants, supports border fence. MIKE HUCKABEE: Favors border fence, rules out a … Continue reading

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Tancredo Exits ’08 Race; Backs Romney Campaign

Tancredo exits '08 race, backs Romney campaign By Stephen Dinan December 21, 2007 “My fear is that if I were to stay in this race my votes could be the factor in handing victory to a pro-amnesty politician,” said Colorado … Continue reading

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Vietnamese-Americans Are Lured To The Texas City By Cheap Real Estate, A Low Cost Of Living, And A Burgeoning Cultural Enclave

Vietnamese Americans are lured to the Texas city by cheap real estate, a lower cost of living and a burgeoning cultural enclave. By My-Thuan Tran, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 21, 2007 HOUSTON — Lan Nguyen had dreamed of … Continue reading

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Chertoff Insists Passport Plan Is A Priority

Chertoff insists passport plan is a priority Congress resists idea for Canada, Mexico crossings By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY Hearst News Service Dec. 21, 2007, 12:11AM Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday said the Bush administration would press forward with … Continue reading

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Tamil Warlord Entered UK On Forged Passport

Tamil warlord entered UK on forged passport Owen Bowcott Friday December 21, 2007 The Guardian Sri Lanka's high commissioner has been called to the Foreign Office to explain how a Tamil paramilitary leader – detained on suspicion of immigration offences … Continue reading

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Police Warning As Politicians Hail Open Borders

Police warning as politicians hail open borders By Harry de Quetteville in Frankfurt Oder Last Updated: 1:45am GMT 21/12/2007 European leaders are to take down border posts across the continent, as the passport-free Schengen zone is extended to nine former … Continue reading

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Court Sides With State On Deportations

Court sides with State on deportations Children's rights not breached By Tim Healy and Dearbhail McDonald The Irish Independent Friday December 21 2007 The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Government over the planned deportation of foreign parents … Continue reading

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Indian Doctor Free To Return To Australia

Indian Doctor Free to Return to Australia By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS December 21, 2007 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former suspect in failed British terror attacks that gained worldwide attention is free to return to Australia after a court on … Continue reading

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Environmentalists Lose Border-Fence Fight

Environmentalists lose border-fence fight Judge tosses bids to block Chertoff barrier authority By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Tucson, Arizona Published: 12.20.2007 PHOENIX A federal judge has tossed out efforts by two environmental groups to void a provision of federal … Continue reading

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First Clashes In Iowa Set Tone Over Immigration

First clashes in Iowa set tone over immigration By Tim Gaynor Reuters Thursday, December 20, 2007; 12:28 PM PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain lost ground to his presidential rivals over support for what his opponents called “amnesty” … Continue reading

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Hispanics Feeling Heat Of Enforcement

Hispanics feeling heat of enforcement By Devona Walker Staff Writer OK News.com Thu December 20, 2007 Regardless of citizenship status, Hispanics say they are being hurt by the ongoing immigration debate. In contrast, a recent study by the Congressional Budget … Continue reading

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