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Houston Bus Companies Were Links In Illegal Immigrant Network

Houston Bus Companies Were Links in Illegal Immigrant Network By James C. McKinley Jr. The New York Times, February 5, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/us/05bus.html Houston — Raids on 14 illegal bus companies here have shed light on a seedy underground system that … Continue reading

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Trooper Vindicated In Traffic Stop

Trooper vindicated in traffic stop By Karen Lee Ziner The Providence Journal, February 5, 2010 http://www.projo.com/news/content/guatemalan_van_decision_02-05-10_FRHBPGC_v9.38ac1da.html A Boston federal appeals court has ruled that a Rhode Island state trooper was protected by 'qualified immunity' from a lawsuit alleging that he … Continue reading

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French Councillor And Son Jailed For Smuggling Immigrants

French councillor and son jailed for smuggling immigrants A French councillor has been jailed for three years and her son for five years for assisting the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the UK on board a ferry. Telegraph.co.uk Published: 3:10PM … Continue reading

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Democrat Lawmakers Pushing Measure To Speed Immigration For Some Haitians

Dem lawmakers pushing measure to speed immigration for some Haitians By Jordan Fabian The Hill (Washington, DC), February 4, 2010 http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/79787-dem-lawmakers-pushing-measure-to-speed-immigration-for-haitians-with-families-in-us Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday pushed legislation that would hasten visas for some Haitians as recovery efforts continue following … Continue reading

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Dr. John Sentamu: Archbishop Of York Claims Tolerance In UK Has ‘Negative Virtue’

Dr John Sentamu: Archbishop of York claims tolerance in UK has 'negative virtue' Tolerance has become a negative virtue in Britain as important but contentious subjects are no longer discussed, according to the Archbishop of York. By Martin Beckford Telegraph.co.uk … Continue reading

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Failure To Deport Foreign Criminals Costs 60 Million Pounds A Year

Failure to deport foreign criminals costs 60m a year The failure to deport foreign criminals is costing the taxpayer up to 60 million a year, figures show. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM GMT 04 Feb 2010 … Continue reading

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RCMP Investigating Dozens Of Immigration Firms

RCMP investigating dozens of immigration firms Consultancies across the country face fraud allegations, prompting calls for reform and crackdown on ghost' consultants that take advantage of hopeful immigrants Colin Freeze and Joe Friesen From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on … Continue reading

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Poll: Business And Labour On Immigration

Business and Labor on Immigration Zogby Poll: DC Lobbyists Often Out of Step with Constituencies Center For Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. Contact: Steven Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org February 3, 2010 WASHINGTON (February 3, 2010) – A new Zogby poll of … Continue reading

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National identity At Risk From Immigration, Warns Women’s Group

National identity at risk from immigration, warns women's group Britain's national identity is under threat because of the scale of immigration, one of Britain's largest women's organisations has warned. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Teleghraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM GMT 03 … Continue reading

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Aviation Security UP, Border Security Down In DHS Fiscal 2011 Budget Proposal

Aviation Security Up, Border Security Down in DHS Fiscal 2011 Budget Proposal By Mickey McCarter HSToday, February 2, 2010 http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/12020/149/ Overall discretionary funds would increase by 3% in budget driven by aviation security The White House proposed Monday a fiscal … Continue reading

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MP Urges Huge Immigration Cut To Limit Population Growth

MP urges huge immigration cut to limit population growth By Ben Padley, Press Association The Independent Tuesday, 2 February 2010 Annual immigration must be slashed by three-quarters if the UK population is not to reach 70 million by 2030, a … Continue reading

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Populate And We Will Perish

Populate and we will perish Barry Cohen From: The Australian February 02, 2010 12:00AM NOW that Kevin Rudd has informed us that he favours a “big Australia” with a population reaching 35 million by 2050, will he also tell us … Continue reading

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Refugees Board Backlogs Delay Haitian Family Reunifications

Refugee board backlogs delay Haitian family reunifications By Louise Elliott, CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 | 8:28 PM ET Comments 62 Recommend 24 Huge backlogs at the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) are hampering efforts to reunite … Continue reading

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More Than 300 People Linked To Suspected Case Of Citizenship Fraud

More than 300 people linked to suspected case of citizenship fraud By Joe Friesen The Globe and Mail (Canada), February 1, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/more-than-300-people-linked-to-suspected-case-of-citizenship-fraud/article1451454/ More than 300 people who claimed to live at the same address in Mississauga are being investigated … Continue reading

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AP Investigation : Banks Sought Foreign Workers

AP Investigation: Banks sought foreign workers http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_foreign_workers SANTA CLARA, Calif. Major U.S. banks sought government permission to bring thousands of foreign workers into the country for high-paying jobs even as the system was melting down last year and Americans were … Continue reading

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Britain Stops Northern Indian Student Visas After Flood Of Applicants

Britain stops northern Indian student visas after flood of applicants Jeremy Page in Delhi From The Times February 1, 2010 Britain has temporarily suspended student visa applications in northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh from today following a sudden spike in … Continue reading

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Translation Figures Wrong, Ministers Admit

Translation figures wrong, ministers admit Ministers had to issue an embarrassing correction on how much the Government spends on translators in the courts after giving inaccurate figures to MPs on four separate occasions. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.uk … Continue reading

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Sham Marriage Adverts Behind Surge In Visa Applications From India

Sham marriage adverts behind surge in visa applications from India A surge in advertisements for sham marriages is behind the huge increase in Indian student visa applications to the United Kingdom, officials and immigration experts said on Monday. By Dean … Continue reading

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Third Flight Of Haitian Orphans To Land In Canada

Third flight of Haitian orphans to land in Canada CTV.ca News Staff Date: Saturday Jan. 30, 2010 10:27 AM ET Another flight of Haitian orphans is due to arrive in Ottawa this afternoon, uniting children from the devastated country with … Continue reading

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Poll Looks At Feelings On Haitian Immigration

Poll looks at feelings on Haitian immigration By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, Parliamentary Bureau The Toronto Sun Last Updated: 29th January 2010, 5:36pm OTTAWA—-Canadians of Haitian origin should be allowed to bring extended family members to Canada in the wake of the … Continue reading

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