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Spain Plans Straitjackets For Illegal Immigrants

Spain plans straitjackets for illegal immigrants By Fiona Govan in Madrid The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:03am BST 05/09/2007 Illegal immigrants could be forced to wear straitjackets and protective headgear on repatriation flights under new regulations being drawn up by Spain's … Continue reading

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German Far Right Party Builds Support

German far Right party builds support By Harry de Quetteville in Stralsund The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:04am BST 05/09/2007 In the municipal park of the pretty German port of Stralsund this weekend, 27-year-old Doreen Geisler watched her three children play … Continue reading

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Teen Takes Dream To D.C.

Teen takes Dream to D.C. Facing a deportation deadline of Sept. 14, Juan Gomez pushes for a bill that would grant thousands of undocumented immigrant children like him a chance at legalization. BY LESLEY CLARK lclark@MiamiHerald.com Posted on Wed, Sep. … Continue reading

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Agencies Propose Joint Effort To Deport Illegal Immigrants

Agencies Propose Joint Effort to Deport Illegal Immigrants By Christy Goodman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 5, 2007; Page B05 Five law enforcement agencies in and around Prince William County are seeking to join forces to combat illegal immigration … Continue reading

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Thompson Soft On Illegals In Senate Votes

Thompson soft on illegals in Senate votes By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times September 5, 2007 Fred Thompson set a mark for obstinateness during his eight years in the Senate, ending up the lone dissenter on more votes on bills … Continue reading

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Minnesotta Meatpackers Sue Over Federal Raid

Minn. Meatpackers Sue Over Federal Raid By GREGG AAMOT The Associated Press Tuesday, September 4, 2007; 6:48 PM MINNEAPOLIS — A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that federal immigration agents who raided a meatpacking plant detained Hispanic workers, hurled racial epithets … Continue reading

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Security Checks Slowing Entry Into U.S.

Security checks slowing entry into U.S. Traffic backed up earlier this summer on the Blue Water Bridge toward Port Huron, Mich., from Ontario. Border residents and businesses blame the delay on new ID rules for U.S. citizens returning to the … Continue reading

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Stranded Punjabis In Portugal Get Passports

Stranded Punjabis in Portugal get passports Anju Agnihotri Chaba cities.expressindia.com September 5, 2007 Jalandhar, September 04:There is a reason to smile for families of Punjabis living illegally in Portugal, as the Indian Embassy there, on the recommendation of Ministry of … Continue reading

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Somali Refugees In Uganda Appeal To Denmark

Somali refugees in Uganda appeal to Denmark by Godfrey Maganda Garowe Online staff reporter Sept 4, 2007 – 10:44:28 AM KAMPALA, Uganda Sep 4 (Garowe Online) – Somali refugees living in Uganda have appealed the Danish government to consider them … Continue reading

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Deportees Declare Hunger Strike In German Prison

Deportees declare hunger strike in German prison Posted September 4th, 2007 by Indian-Muslim Bueren, Germany, September 3, SPA–An unknown number of deportees in Germany's biggest detention facility for illegal immigrants have begun a hunger strike, according to a lobby group … Continue reading

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Ireland Named As Major Route For Child Trafficking

Ireland named as major route for child trafficking Independent.ie Tuesday September 04 2007 IRELAND has been pinpointed as a major route for trafficking children doomed to a life of slavery or prostitution in Britain. An official report from the Welsh … Continue reading

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Nauru Detainees ‘Walking Zombies’

Nauru detainees 'walking zombies' Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) September 4, 2007 – 10:24AM More than 50 Sri Lankan detainees at Nauru have entered their fourth day of a hunger strike. The Federal Government has refused to set a deadline … Continue reading

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Immigration Fight Turns To U.S. Workers

Immigration fight turns to U.S. workers By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times September 3, 2007 Immigration-limits groups are in the midst of a Labor Day campaign to pressure Congress and presidential candidates to pledge to cut the flow of foreign … Continue reading

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Black Children Left Out Of Irish Schools

Black Children Left Out of Irish Schools By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press Writer Newsday.com4:53 PM EDT, September 3, 2007 DUBLIN, Ireland – Almost all the children who could not find elementary school places in a Dublin suburb this year were … Continue reading

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Ken Loach Film Sees Migrant Workers As Slaves

Ken Loach film sees migrant workers as slaves By Mike Collett-White Reuters Sunday, September 2, 2007; 2:57 AM VENICE (Reuters) – The dream of a free world becomes a nightmare of modern day slavery in Ken Loach's latest film, about … Continue reading

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White People "A Minority By 2027′

White people 'a minority by 2027' By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:57am BST 01/09/2007 White people living in the UK's second biggest city are likely to find themselves in a minority in 20 years' time, … Continue reading

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Hispanic Immigration Boom A ‘Wedge Issue’ For U.S. Politicians

Hispanic immigration boom a wedge issue for U.S. politicians Sheldon Alberts, CanWest News Service Published: Friday, August 31, 2007 WASHINGTON — When the Miami-based television network Univision announced last month it would hold the first Spanish-language presidential campaign debates in … Continue reading

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Tories Step Up Campaign For Immigration Controls

Tories step up campaign for immigration controls Francis Elliott, Chief Political Correspondent From The Times August 31, 2007 The Conservatives stepped up their attacks on immigration yesterday saying that strong controls were needed to improve cohesion in the community. David … Continue reading

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Immigration Tops One Million Each Year In U.S.

Immigration Tops One Million Each Year in US By Zulima Palacio Voice of America Washington 31 August 2007 A new study shows that the population of the United States will increase by more than 50 percent in the next half … Continue reading

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Immigration To Add 100+ Million To U.S. Population By 2060

IMMIGRATION TO ADD 100+ MILLION TO U.S. POPULATION BY 2060 New Report Takes Detailed Look at Different Levels of Admissions WASHINGTON (August 30, 2007) — A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies projects how different levels of immigration … Continue reading

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