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N.C. Leader Joins Push To Halt B of A Program

N.C. leader joins push to halt B of A program Tampa Bay Business Journal March 19, 2007 Tampa Bay's second largest bank has gained a hometown foe to plans that could lead it to do business with illegal aliens. U.S. … Continue reading

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Boom Times, Crackdown Slow Emerald Wave

Boom times, crackdown slow emerald wave By Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe Staff | March 18, 2007 First of two parts A couple of months ago, David Knox and his girlfriend, Elaine, threw in the towel. After seven years in the … Continue reading

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Immigration, Growth On McCain Agenda

Immigration, growth on McCain agenda The Arizona Star Tucson, Arizona Published: 03.18.2007 Sen. John McCain, one of our state's U.S. senators and a presidential hopeful, said he's working 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week to balance … Continue reading

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Latin American Remittances To Hit $108 Billion

Latin American Remittances to Hit $100B By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 18, 2007 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Latin Americans working outside their countries are expected to send home more than $100 billion annually by 2010, despite efforts by the … Continue reading

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Cash On The Cards For Migrants

Cash on the cards for migrants James Robinson Sunday March 18, 2007 The Observer A new company plans to make money from economic migrants arriving in Britain by providing them with a debit card that can be used to withdraw … Continue reading

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Mexican President Criticizes ‘Absurd’ U.S. Border Policies

Mexican President Criticizes 'Absurd' U.S. Border Policies By Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, March 17, 2007; Page A10 MEXICO CITY, March 16 — Mexican President Felipe Caldern said Friday that U.S. border policies are marred by many “absurd” … Continue reading

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Academic: Extremism Debate Is Being Stifled

Academic: Extremism debate is being stifled By Graeme Paton, Education Correspondent Last Updated: 2:05am GMT 17/03/2007 The Telegraph An academic at the centre of a row over censorship last night accused Britain of being the worst country for stifling debate … Continue reading

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Saddam Judge Reported In Britain

Saddam judge reported in Britain Reuters Saturday, March 17, 2007; 8:02 AM LONDON (Reuters) – The Iraqi judge who sentenced former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to death was reported on Saturday to have sought asylum in London but another senior … Continue reading

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Warning On Shifting Asylum Seekers To Dangerous Areas Is Revealed

Warning on shifting asylum seekers to dangerous areas is revealed Report on dispersal policy buried for four years Research released after information request Alan Travis, home affairs editor Friday March 16, 2007 The Guardian Home Office ministers pressed ahead with … Continue reading

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Hanson Slams Door On Muslims

Hanson slams door on Muslims March 16, 2007 11:06pm Article from: Herald-Sun Concerned at losing 'Aussie identity' Denies re-entering politics for money 'Muslim first and Australian second' PAULINE Hanson will urge major political parties to stop the flow of Muslim … Continue reading

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Guest Labour Programme Raises Troubling Questions

Guest labour program raises troubling questions Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER Toronto Star Mar 15, 2008 04:30 AM To Canadian employers and the federal government, Rajinder Kumar represents a solution to a labour shortage. To union leaders and immigrant advocates, the … Continue reading

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Liberal MP Attacks Plans For Citizenship Test

Lib MP attacks plans for citizenship test Jewel Topsfield March 15, 2007 The Age (Melbourne) REBEL Liberal MP Petro Georgiou last night savaged a colleague's assertion that “many people” were taking out citizenship just for the sake of a passport, … Continue reading

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Job Initiative Helping More Pacific People

Job initiative helping more Pacific people 5:00AM Thursday March 15, 2007 By Angela Gregory The New Zealand Herald Pacific Island people are increasingly getting the opportunity to live in New Zealand without having to rely on relatives already here to … Continue reading

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Muslim Comments Bring Angry Response: Nile Gets Death Threats

Muslim comments bring angry response Nile gets death threats The Border News March 14, 2007 NSW Christian Democratic Party leader Reverend Fred Nile says he has received death threats over his call for a moratorium on Islamic immigration to Australia. … Continue reading

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Homeowners Taxed 10 Pounds More For Child Asylum Seekers

Homeowners taxed 10 more for child asylum seekers 14.03.07 ThisIsLondon.co.UK A council is adding 10 to its average tax bill to cover the costs of failed asylum seekers. Hillingdon said it costs 1million a year to look after people who … Continue reading

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Kiwifruit Growers Spread Staff Net Wider Overseas

Kiwifruit growers spread staff net wider overseas 5:00AM Wednesday March 14, 2007 New Zealand Herald A labour shortage has been declared to help kiwifruit growers cope with the coming picking season, as Bay of Plenty packhouses are still 300 workers … Continue reading

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Labour Push To Rescue Climate Refugees

Labor push to rescue climate refugees Jewel Topsfield, Canberra March 14, 2007 The Age (Melbourne) LABOR will be pushed to take an international role in accepting climate refugees from Pacific nations threatened with submersion under rising seas at next month's … Continue reading

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A Million Foreign Workers Come To UK

A million foreign workers come to UK Ben Leapman and Tom Harper, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 2:20am GMT 12/03/2007 More than a million foreigners have been allowed to come to work in Britain in just three years – and given … Continue reading

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Nile Takes Aim At Muslim Immigration

Nile takes aim at Muslim immigration Monday, 12 March 2007 Kalgoorlie Golden Mail The leader of the Christian Democratic Party, the Reverend Fred Nile, says Australia should give priority to Christians wanting to flee persecution in Muslim countries. Mr Nile, … Continue reading

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$520,000 Ad Campaign To Entice Skilled Australian Workers

$520,000 ad campaign aims to entice skilled Australian workers 5:00AM Monday March 12, 2007 By Mike Houlahan The New Zealand Herald New Zealand is not looking too far afield in its latest push to attract skilled migrants, with a campaign … Continue reading

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