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Farmers, Critics Divided Over Proposed Migrant Workers Bill

Farmers, critics divided over proposed migrant workers bill By Jennifer Youssef The Detroit News, October 17, 2009 http://www.detnews.com/article/20091017/BIZ/910170361/1001 Federal lawmakers are considering a bill that proponents say would help to stabilize the migrant work force on which Michigan agriculture depends. … Continue reading

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Johnson Pressed On Immigration Rules

Johnson pressed on immigration rules By Brian Groom The Financial Times (London), October 16, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f40814a-b9b2-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html Business leaders are calling for Londons mayor to put a campaign against restrictive immigration rules at the centre of efforts to fend off threats … Continue reading

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Swiss To Vote On Proposal Banning New Minarets

Swiss to vote on proposal banning new minarets Reuters, October 16, 2009 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091016/world-news/swiss-to-vote-on-proposal-banning-new-minarets The minaret of the mosque of the Islamic Cultural Foundation at Grand-Saconnex in Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland will hold a referendum on November 29 on banning the construction … Continue reading

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Geert Wilders Arrives In UK And Expalins His ‘Problems With Islam’

Geert Wilders arrives in UK and explains his 'problems with Islam' The Telegraph (U.K.), October 16, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6348730/Geert-Wilders-arrives-in-UK-and-explains-his-problems-with-Islam.html Police held back a crowd of Muslim demonstrators as Geert Wilders met Ukip peer Lord Pearson opposite the Houses of Parliament. Explaining … Continue reading

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Vast New Illegal Migrant Camp Opens In France

Vast new illegal migrant camp opens in France as officials admit they have 'no alternative' By Peter Allen The Daily Mail (U.K.), October 16, 2009 A vast charity camp for illegal migrants heading towards England has opened in northern France. … Continue reading

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No Visa Rule Yet For Hungary, Despite Spike In Refugee Claims

No visa rule yet for Hungary, despite spike in refugee claims By Terry Pedwell (CP) October 16, 2009 OTTAWA The number of refugee claims by asylum-seekers from Hungary has rocketed to nearly 1,400 so far this year – almost five … Continue reading

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Many Mexican Migrants Stay Put In U.S. Despite Crisis

Many Mexican migrants stay put in U.S. despite crisis By Patrick Rucker Reuters, October 16, 2009 http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE59F3TE20091016 Mexico City (Reuters) — Mexican workers in the United States have lost jobs and faced a crackdown on illegal immigration but are not … Continue reading

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BMV To Move On Suspect Registrations—47,457 Vehicle Owners Need Proof Of Residency

BMV to move on suspect registrations 47,457 vehicle owners need proof of residency By Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch, October 16, 2009 http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/16/plates.ART_ART_10-16-09_A1_PAFCSKK.html?sid=101 The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has quietly moved to cancel the potentially fraudulent registrations of thousands … Continue reading

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Latino Role In Post-Katrina New Orleans Examined At Symposium

Latino role in post-Katrina New Orleans examined at symposium By Lolis E Elie The Times Picayune (New Orleans), October 16, 2009 http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/latino_role_in_post-katrina_ne.html 'I stumbled upon myself in New Orleans,' deadpanned Oscar Garza, a Los Angeles journalist. There is a tremendous … Continue reading

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Local Immigration Enforcement

Local Immigration Enforcement New Research on the 287(g) Program Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Jessica Vaughan, (508) 346-3380, jmv@cis.org WASHINGTON (October 16, 2009) The October 15 deadline for local law enforcement agencies to sign the new 287(g) agreements has been … Continue reading

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Iraq Sends Back UK Asylum Flight

Iraq sends back UK asylum flight By Marie Jackson The BBC News (U.K.), October 16, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8310572.stm Iraqi asylum seekers sent back to Baghdad by the UK government have been refused re-entry to their homeland, and flown back to Britain. … Continue reading

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When A Canadian Passport Can’t Be Trusted

Martin Collacott: When a Canadian passport can't be trusted Martin Collacott Canadian politics National Post October 15, 2009, 8:00 AM by NP Editor The Canadian government has decided to go on the offensive and tell its side of the story … Continue reading

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El Diario Endorses Thompson, Likening Bloomberg To Hugo Chavez

El Diario Endorses Thompson, Likening Bloomberg to Hugo Chvez By Michael Barbaro The New York Times, October 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/nyregion/16endorse.html Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has spent years trying to perfect his Spanish. He bucked Republican allies to endorse immigration reform. … Continue reading

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UK’s BNP To Allow NonWhite Members

U.K.'s BNP to Allow Nonwhite Members The Associated Press, October 15, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125560238010387173.html London (AP) — The far-right British National Party agreed Thursday to change its constitution to let nonwhite people become members. A government-backed rights body had taken the … Continue reading

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South Africa To Protest Race-Based Argument Accepted By Dublin Court

South Africa to protest race-based argument accepted by Dublin court By Bill Corcoran The Irish Times, October 15, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1015/1224256689848.html Cape Town — The South African government is to lodge a protest with the Irish ambassador in Pretoria against a … Continue reading

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More Asylum Seekers To Norway

More asylum seekers to Norway The Norway Post, October 15, 2009 http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22627/1/ Image So far this year 13,379 asylum seekers have arrived in Norway. This is nearly as many as for the whole of last year, when around 14,400 applied … Continue reading

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Italy: Muslim Intellectual Urges Action On Fundamentalism

Italy: Muslim intellectual urges action on fundamentalism ADN Kronos International (Italy), October 15, 2009 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3879938004 Rome (AKI) — The president of the association of Italian Muslims, Ahmad Gianpiero Vincenzo, has urged measures to tackle the problem of religious extremism. 'We … Continue reading

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Indonesia Has Stopped 2000 Boatpeople From Reaching Australia

Indonesia has stopped 2000 boatpeople from reaching Australia Samantha Maiden, Online Political Editor The Australian October 15, 2009 INDONESIAN authorities have stopped more than 2000 asylum-seekers from reaching Australia's shores in the past two years. Immigration Minister Chris Evans confirmed … Continue reading

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Six More Boats On The Way As Kevin Rudd Strengthens Attack On Crime Syndicates

Six more boats on the way as Kevin Rudd strengthens attack on crime syndicates By Paul Maley and Amanda O'Brien The Australian, October 15, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26212097-601,00.html Australian authorities are tracking about six asylum boats suspected to be on their way … Continue reading

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A Foot In The Door

A foot in the door Paul Toohey October 15, 2009 Article from: The Australian THE federal government says “push factors” such as unendurable turmoil back home are behind this surge of asylum-seekers. Although that is certainly true for Sri Lankans, … Continue reading

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