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Illegal Work Force Can Generate Taxes But Also Has Costs

Illegal work force can generate taxes but also has costs Opponents: Cheap labor is no bargain By Paula J. Owen The Telegram (Worcester, MA), July 5, 2009 http://www.telegram.com/article/20090705/NEWS/907050397/1052 Leominster — It seems incongruous to some that immigrants living illegally in … Continue reading

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Screening For Criminal Illegals Goes Hi-Tech At Victor Valley Jail

Screening for criminal illegals goes hi-tech at Victor Valley Jail: Deputies have seen a 20 percent increase in identification of illegals By Beatriz E. Valenzuela The Daily Press (Victorville, CA), July 5, 2009 http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/valley-13123-criminals-victor.html Victorville, CA — The Victor Valley … Continue reading

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Canada reimposing visa controls to stop Roma asylum-seekers, Czech media say

Canada reimposing visa controls to stop Roma asylum-seekers, Czech media say MICHAEL VALPY From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009 07:28AM EDT Canada will reimpose visa requirements on citizens of the Czech Republic because of … Continue reading

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Smuggling Guns, Drugs Into Canada Nets A Decade Behind Bars

Smuggling guns, drugs into Canada nets a decade behind bars 'You have actually gone as low as you can go,' U.S. judge tells American Evans Matan, sentenced as part of a cross-border smuggling ring By Kim Bolan Vancouver Sun July … Continue reading

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Immigration Cutbacks Essential

Immigration Cutbacks Essential Diane Francis Financial Post Published: Saturday, July 03, 2009 It's the issue that dares not speak its name, but the time has come to consider curbing immigration during this emergency period, except to fill skilled trades vacancies. … Continue reading

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Officers, Mayor Square Off Over Immigration Policy

Officers, mayor square off over immigration policy Among other requests, Houston police union wants ban against asking about status overturned By James Pinkerton The Houston Chronicle, July 3, 2009 http://apps.grouptivity.com/socialmail/main.do?uId=132717&tId=135419&pk=20218964947&acn=zj!d9&pId=HeOHCWXaPRs=&acn=zj!d9 Houstons largest police union, citing the death of six officers … Continue reading

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U of T Program To Aid Foreign-Trained Lawyers

U of T program to aid foreign-trained lawyers Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION REPORTER Jul 02, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (8) A baby girl. Five challenge exams. And four intensive courses on Canadian law at the University of Toronto. … Continue reading

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Mexicans Hit Hard By U.S. Woes

Mexicans hit hard by US woes By Robin Lustig BBC's The World Tonight, Cancun July 2, 2009 When 21-year-old Rigoberto was working on construction sites in the US, he could earn up to $400 a week. Now that he is … Continue reading

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Retirement Age Needs To Be 70: Think Tank

Retirement age needs to be 70: think-tank Paul Vieira Financial Post Published: Thursday, July 02, 2009 OTTAWA — Immigration to Canada would need to more than double from current levels, surpassing 600,000 a year, to offset the drag on living … Continue reading

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Canada To Re-Instate Visa Requirement For Czechs

Canada to reinstate visa requirement for Czechs By Peter O'Neil Europe Correspondent Canwest News Service July 2, 2009 Comments (7) The Canadian government is finally following through on its threat to crack down on Roma migrants from the Czech Republic … Continue reading

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Mexico Remittances Plunge In Worst Drop On Record

Mexico remittances plunge in worst drop on record By MICHAEL E. MILLER The Associated Press July 1, 2009, 3:12PM MEXICO CITY—Money sent home by Mexicans working abroad fell by 19.9 percent in May, the biggest monthly decline on record as … Continue reading

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Immigrants Seeking Money They Sent Home

Immigrants seeking money they sent home By Samantha Henry The Associated Press, July 1, 2009 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/01/payback-time/ Fairview, NJ (AP) — For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in … Continue reading

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Citizenship For Sale

Citizenship for Sale By Amy Keller The Florida Trend, July 1, 2009 http://www.floridatrend.com/article.asp?aID=51274&mostread=true In 1990, Congress created whats known as the EB-5 visa program, writing into law the idea that entrepreneurial foreigners could buy permanent residency status a big step … Continue reading

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U.S. Agency Moves Closer To Lifting Ban On Admitting Foreign Travelers With HIV

US Agency Moves Closer to Lifting Ban on Admitting Foreign Travelers with HIV By Howard Lesser The Voice Of America News, July 1, 2009 http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-07-01-voa2.cfm Washington, DC — The US congressional reauthorization of PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS … Continue reading

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Council Votes For Two Muslim School Holidays

Council Votes for Two Muslim School Holidays By Kirk Semple The New York Times, June 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/nyregion/01muslim.html?hp Spurred by a broad coalition of religious, labor and immigrant groups, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday to add … Continue reading

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U.S. Immigration Reform To Be Put To Senate

US immigration reform to be put to Senate By Mark Hennessy The Irish Times (Dublin), June 30, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0630/breaking40.htm Major immigration reform in the United States will be put to the US Senate before the summer, a leading US Congresswoman … Continue reading

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Probe Fingers 1800 American Apparel Workers

Probe fingers 1,800 American Apparel workers By Alexandria Sage Reuters, June 30, 2009 http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN3047258520090630 San Francisco (Reuters) — A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's (APP.A) factory workers in the Los Angeles area had … Continue reading

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Scottish MP’s Send Home A Ticking-Off On Immigration

Scottish MPs send home a ticking-off on immigration By Ian Swanson Edinburgh Evening News Published Date: 30 June 2009 A COMMITTEE of MPs today risked sparking a major row between Westminster and Holyrood when it objected to a Scottish quango's … Continue reading

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EU To Help Turkey Face Up To Illegal Migration : Barrot

EU to help Turkey face up to illegal migration: Barrot Agence France Presse 30 June 2009, 16:47 CET (ATHENS) – The European Commission will financially assist Turkey to stop a growing flow of illegal immigration crossing into the bloc through … Continue reading

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Rudd Pledges ‘Hard line’ Approach On Refugees

Rudd pledges 'hardline' approach on refugees By Amy Coopes Agence France Presse June 30, 2009 SYDNEY (AFP) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday pledged a “hardline” approach on illegal immigrants following reports that thousands of refugees were headed for … Continue reading

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