News

Anger Up, Visas Down: Top 10 H-1B Stories Of Last 12 Months

Anger up, visas down: Top 10 H-1B stories of last 12 months Active year could lead to final H-1B showdown during 2010 immigration reform debate By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld, October 1, 2009 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138777/Anger_up_visas_down_Top_10_H_1B_stories_of_last_12_months_ Even though demand for H-1B visas fell … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Halt To Gov’t Raids Not An Option To Boost Census

Halt to gov't raids not an option to boost census By Hope Yen The Associated Press, October 1, 2009 http://www.contracostatimes.com/nation-world/ci_13463508 Washington, DC (AP) — With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won't seek a … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Haitians United In Crusade For Temporary Protected Status

Haitians United in Crusade for Temporary Protected Status By Elizabeth Roberts The South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), October 1, 2009 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/deerfield/sfl-fldffhaitiside1001dffoct01,0,1389152.story Abner Clerveaux spent 48 hours on a bus for a five-hour rally in front of the White House and … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Smadi Case Well-Executed, Highlights Immigration Issues, Senator John Cornyn Says

Smadi case well-executed, highlights immigration issues, Sen. John Cornyn says By Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News, October 1, 2009 http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/smadi-case-well-executed-highl.html Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says the Smadi case — the Jordanian arrested last week for trying to blow … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Social-Justice Program Looks At Immigration Issue

Social-justice program looks at immigration issue By Jennifer Burke The Catholic Courier (Rochester, NY), October 1, 2009 http://www.catholiccourier.com/tmp1.cfm?nid=78&articleid=109456 Immigration is a hot topic in Wayne County, where hundreds of farmworkers migrate to the area each year for the autumn harvest. … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Iraqi And Afghan Refugees Who Assisted U.S. Forces Pursue A Fresh Start

Iraqi and Afghan refugees who assisted U.S. forces pursue a fresh start By Stephen Magagnini The Sacramento Bee, October 1, 2009 http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/2222087.html Farhad Kareem Faraj and his wife eat mahshi, stuffed vegetables Iraqi-style, in their sparse one-bedroom apartment on Watt … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Immigrants Concentrated In Certain Parts Of The Capital Region

Immigrants concentrated in certain parts of the capital region The Helsinki Times, October 1, 2009 http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/finnish-papers/8167-immigrants-concentrated-in-certain-parts-of-the-capital-region.html 'Concentrations of immigrants have begun to form gradually in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. For example, people from Muslim-majority countries are mostly concentrated in eastern … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Ruby Dhalla’s Bill Isn’t About Poverty. It’s About Immigrants

Raphael Alexander: Ruby Dhalla's bill isn't about poverty, it's about immigrants Posted: October 01, 2009, 11:30 AM by NP Editor Full Comment, Raphael Alexander The Conservatives have expressed their opposition to Ruby Dhallas private members bill that would allow immigrant … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Mass Immigration Affecting The Well-Being Of All Canadians—-Immigration Policies Must Be Reviewed

Mass Immigration Affecting the Well-Being of All Canadians; Immigration Policies Must Be Reviewed By: Marketwire Sept 30, 2009 06:00 AM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/30/09 — Recent mass immigration has negatively affected Canadian living standards and is challenging … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Ottawa Saw Impostor In Mohamud

Ottawa saw 'imposter' in Mohamud Official's affadavit says he suspected woman detained in Kenya was sister of the Canadian now suing over ordeal John Goddard Staff Reporter Toronto Star Sep 30, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story [] (61) … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Appeal For More European Countries To Help Out In Malta’s Refugee Problems

Appeal for more European countries to help out in Maltas refugee problems The Malta Independent September 30, 2009 The Emigrants Commission yesterday thanked the nations of France, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania, who have recently helped out and opted … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Anger At Joyce’s Refugee Comments

Anger at Joyce's refugee comments By Yuko Narushima The Age (Melbourne), September 30, 2009 http://www.theage.com.au/national/anger-at-joyces-refugee-comments-20090929-gb3z.html Barnaby Joyce's comments about asylum seekers at Christmas Island appearing to be economic migrants have angered human rights groups and the Greens. The Nationals senator … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

West Spurs Canada’s Population Growth

West spurs Canada's population growth CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | 11:24 PM NT Comments152 Recommend53 An influx of new immigrants and a high number of births in the last quarter pushed Canada's population to an estimated … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Al-Qaeda Suspect Asks Canada o Stop Harassing Him

Al-Qaeda suspect asks Canada to stop harassing him By Michel Comte (AFP) September 29, 2009 OTTAWA A suspected terrorist on Tuesday asked the Canadian government to stop harassing him and to apologize for six years of “hardships” after a federal … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Riot Police Destroy Calais Migrant Camps Again As Mayor Slams Britain For Not Being Able To Control Its Borders

Riot police destroy Calais migrant camps AGAIN as mayor slams Britain for being unable to control its borders By Peter Allen The Daily Mail (U.K.), September 29, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1216950/Riot-police-destroy-Calais-migrant-camps-AGAIN-mayor-slams-Britain-unable-control-borders.html Hundreds of riot police were back destroying illegal migrant camps in … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Dangerous Journey Keeps Being Repeated

Dangerous journey keeps being repeated By Greg Ansley The New Zealand Herald, September 29, 2009 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10600146&pnum=0 Canberra, Australia — Sabzali Salman's journey to tragedy began in Afghanistan. Convinced that Australia would welcome him, Salman exchanged two passport photos and US$6000 … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Lack Of Social Skills Denying Migrants Work

Lack of social skills denying migrants work By Heath Gilmore The Sydney Morning Herald, September 29, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/national/lack-of-social-skills-denying-migrants-work-20090928-g99i.html Overseas students struggle to find full-time employment, even though many are bound to courses to fill vital skills shortages in Australia, a … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Terrorist Aims To Practice Law In Toronto

Terrorist aims to practice law in Toronto By Megan O'Toole National Post Posted: September 28, 2009, 3:43 PM Certified by government as a danger to the public and with his immigration status still up in the air, a convicted Sikh … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Asylum Influx A Fresh Threat To Australian PM Rudd

Asylum influx a fresh threat to Australia PM Rudd By Rob Taylor Reuters, September 28, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092800019.html Canberra (Reuters) — An influx of refugee boats poses a new threat to Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and could divide Australians a … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Boeing’s ‘Virtual Fence’ On Mexico Border Is Full Of Holes, Critics Say

Boeing's 'virtual fence' on Mexican border is full of holes, critics say After 3 years and $500 million, Boeing getting a chance to fix glitchy border system By Oscar Avila The Chicago Tribune, September 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sun-boeing-border-tech-0927sep27,0,2613588.story Along the boundary … Continue reading

Posted in American, News