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Job Growth Stalls—But Not American Worker Displacement

National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein Job Growth Stalls –But Not American Worker Displacement May 6, 2007 The slowing economy seems finally to be impacting the job marketbut immigrants are still gaining at the expense of Americans. Payroll employment rose … Continue reading

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Uncertain Fate For Immigration Bill

Uncertain fate for immigration bill Hearst Newspapers Originally published May 6, 2007 WASHINGTON // Advocates of liberalized immigration policies cheered when Democrats took over the House and the Senate this year, confident that the new congressional leadership would smooth the … Continue reading

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Fence Seen As Peril To Animal Pathways Along Border

Fence seen as peril to animal pathways along border By Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 5, 2007 TIJUANA U.S. plans to expand and fortify fencing along the southwest border will harm animal species and key ecosystems shared by the … Continue reading

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Foreigners In UK Jails Cost 398 Million Pounds

Foreigners in UK jails cost 398m By staff and agencies The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:05am BST 03/05/2007 Keeping foreign nationals in overcrowded British jails is costing the taxpayer more than 398 million a year, it has been claimed. Figures obtained … Continue reading

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Entry For 120 Asylum Seekers

Entry for 120 asylum seekers Mark Forbes, Denpasar The Age (Melbourne) May 5, 2007 IN A shift from its hardline immigration stance, Australia will accept 120 Afghan and Iraqi asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia for more than five years by … Continue reading

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U.S. Targeting Immigrant "Absconders"– Sharp Increase Is Seen In Deportation Evasion

U.S. Targeting Immigrant 'Absconders' Sharp Increase Is Seen In Deportation Evasion By N.C. Aizenman and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, May 5, 2007; Page A01 At 2:10 a.m., a fleet of dark SUVs surged from the garage … Continue reading

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Visitors May Bare Fingers For U.S. Visas

Visitors May Bare Fingers for U.S. Visa By Associated Press May 4, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Most foreigners wanting to come to the United States will soon have to bare all — their fingers, that is — when … Continue reading

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Warning Over Job Cuts At Immigration Centre

Warning over job cuts at immigration centre Press Association Friday May 4, 2007 SocietyGuardian.co.uk Union leaders warned today that plans to cut jobs at the Yarl's Wood immigration centre could threaten the safety of staff. The GMB said it had … Continue reading

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Cash To Indonesia To Deter Refugees

Cash to Indonesia to deter refugees Cath Hart The Australian May 04, 2007 AUSTRALIA will boost its funding to organisations processing asylum claims in Indonesia in a bid to deter people-smugglers. The package of measures to befunded in next Tuesday's … Continue reading

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Citizenship Focus of Immigration Budget

Citizenship focus of immigration budget The Age (Melbourne) May 4, 2007 – 4:54PM Funding for the controversial Australian citizenship tests will be rolled out in the budget next week as the government moves to promote its border protection credentials ahead … Continue reading

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Real Immigration Reform: The Path To Credibility

Real Immigration Reform: The Path to Credibility May 3, 2007 Statement of Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.* Cornell University Before the Subcommittee on Immigration of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives For over 40 years, efforts have been … Continue reading

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Students Screened For Bioterror Links

Students screened for bioterror links Anna Salleh ABC Science Online Thursday, 3 May 2007 (Developing biological weapons like bombs filled with anthrax or botulinum depends on scientific expertise. But where does this expertise come from? (Image: iStockphoto) Australian universities need … Continue reading

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Australia Announces Changes To Skilled Temporary Visa Laws

Australia announces changes to skilled temporary visa laws WorkPermit.com 02 May 2007 On 26 April 2007, the Australian government announced changes to the Skilled Temporary Visa Laws. Australia has been examining its immigration laws and policies since last summer and … Continue reading

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Plan To Stop Boat People

Plan to stop boat people The Sydney Morning Herald May 2, 2007 THE Federal Government is about to spend millions more on its campaign to stop boat people, with a plan aimed at disrupting people smugglers in South-East Asia. The … Continue reading

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How Multiculturalism Is Betraying Women

Johann Hari: How multiculturalism is betraying women It would be easy to congratulate ourselves on our tolerance of the fanatically intolerant Published: 30 April 2007 The Independent Do you believe in the rights of women, or do you believe in … Continue reading

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Immigration To Scotland Boosts Population

Immigration to Scotland boosts population WorkPermit.com 30 April 2007 On 30 June 2006, the population of Scotland rose by 22,100 over the previous year, according to recently released statistics from the General Register Office for Scotland. The population boost was … Continue reading

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Immigration Figures ‘Are False’

Immigration figures 'are false' Councils say the government's statistics are seriously underestimating the total influx and they need more money to cope Jamie Doward and Helen McKenna Sunday April 29, 2007 The Observer Councils are so concerned that official figures … Continue reading

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Blair Angry As LIbyan Qaeda Suspects Win UK Appeal

Blair angry as Libyan Qaeda suspects win UK appeal Reuters Fri 27 Apr 2007, 14:19 GMT (Updates with Blair, solicitors, Amnesty comment) LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – Two Libyans accused of being linked to al Qaeda won an appeal against … Continue reading

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ALP To Scrap Temporary Protection Visas

ALP to scrap temporary protection visas The Age (Melbourne) April 27, 2007 – 7:54PM Labor will scrap temporary protection visas for asylum seekers but is refusing to return islands north of Australia to the nation's migration zone. Labor delegates at … Continue reading

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U.S. Deal Is "Confusing" Asylum Seekers

US deal is 'confusing' asylum seekers The Age April 26, 2007 – 4:54PM Australia's asylum seeker exchange deal with the United States is causing added confusion for refugees on Nauru, Australian Democrats deputy leader Andrew Bartlett says. Senator Bartlett, who … Continue reading

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