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1 In 3 Pakistan Visas Not Checked

1 in 3 Pakistan visas not checked Secret internal report sheds light on successful applications for dubious travel permits Jonathan Oliver From The Sunday Times June 20, 2009 A Whitehall whistleblower has lifted the lid on chaos in the immigration … Continue reading

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Mentally Ill Korean Woman Gets Refugee Status

Mentally ill Korean woman gets refugee status By Richard J. Dalton Jr. Vancouver Sun June 19, 2009 Comments (24) VANCOUVER Canada has granted refugee status to a mentally ill South Korean woman and her daughter on grounds the treatment of … Continue reading

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Porritt Decries Silence On Population

Porritt decries silence on population By Daniel Nelson OneWorld UK June 19, 2009 The “astonishing” refusal of climate activists to discuss the impact of population growth on emissions was criticised by environmentalist Jonathon Porritt at a meeting of the All-Party … Continue reading

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Immigration System Hurts More Than Helps, Syudy Finds

Immigration system hurts more than helps, study finds Many newcomers stuck in jobs that are `dirty, dangerous and difficult' Jun 18, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (7) Lesley Ciarula Taylor Immigration Reporter Star.com Dumping newcomers in pizza delivery … Continue reading

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Microsoft CEO Explains Locating Site In Canada

Microsoft CEO explains locating site in Canada Corporate decisions not always simple economics BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST June 18, 2009 When a Michigan company decides to invest and create jobs in another state or another country, how do … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Ballmer On H1-B Visas, Immigration

Microsoft's Ballmer on H1-B Visas, Immigration Don Sears Careers June 18, 2009 The Detroit Free Press recently interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer who asked him why Microsoft in 2007 built a research and development facility in Canada–over the border in … Continue reading

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Virginia Studies Expose High Cost Of Illegal Immigration And Widespread Voter Dissatisfaction

Virginia Studies Expose High Cost of Illegal Immigration and Widespread Voter Dissatisfaction Cost Study and Zogby Poll Offer Comprehensive Statewide Assessment WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Simultaneous studies, released this week by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), document … Continue reading

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Loophole Allows For Easy Immigration For Aircraft Mechanics

Loophole allows for easy immigration for aircraft mechanics By Byron Harris The WFAA News (Dallas), June 16, 2009 http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090615_mo_tns.84df6274.html There are more than 100,000 American aircraft mechanics who are out of work or who have left the business. But aircraft … Continue reading

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Third Year Of Fewer Illegal Immigrants Caught

Third year of fewer illegal immigrants caught The Associated Press, June 16, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6482246.html McAllen, TX (AP) — The number of Border Patrol apprehensions nationwide has dropped for a third consecutive year, according to new government data. The Department of … Continue reading

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Worker IDs May Be In The Cards

Worker IDs may be in the cards A Democratic senator shaping immigration overhaul legislation backs an identification plan for all Americans. By Teresa Watanabe The Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-worker-id16-2009jun16,0,2060518.story As the immigration reform debate begins to heat … Continue reading

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U.S. To Save Historic Immigration Files

US to save historic immigration files The Boston Globe, June 16, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/06/16/us_agrees_to_preserve_historic_immigration_files/ Kansas City, MO (AP) — Millions of files containing detailed information about US immigrants – including their spouses' names, as well as personal photographs and letters – … Continue reading

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Federal Court Says Local Governments Can Penalize Those Hiring Illegal Immigrants

Federal Court Says Local Governments Can Penalize Those Hiring Illegal Immigrants The Nebraska State Paper (Lincoln), June 15, 2009 http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/06/15/4a367d36e0894 The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that local governments can suspend the business permits of companies that … Continue reading

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Is Obama Holding Up E-Verify?

Is Obama Holding Up E-verify? By Franco Ordonez This Land, June 15, 2009 http://obsthisland.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-obama-holding-up-e-verify.html Legislators and advocates are questioning President Obama's commitment to enforcing immigration laws after, again, delaying when federal contractors need to adhere to an order to use … Continue reading

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Real ID Opposition Sparks Revisions To National Driver’s License Standard

Real ID opposition sparks revisions to national driver's license standard Pass ID drops controversial proposals, but not all think law's revision went far enough By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld, June 15, 2009 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134404&intsrc=news_ts_head Widespread opposition to a 2005 bill designed to … Continue reading

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A Rare Win For Immigrants

A Rare Win For Immigrants Conn. judge finds constitutional problems in raids by federal agents By Christian Nolan The Connecticut Law Tribune, June 15, 2009 http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=34058 It was exactly two years ago that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents rounded up … Continue reading

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Repealing Real ID? Rolling Back Driver’s License Security

Repealing REAL ID? Rolling Back Drivers License Security Center for Immigration Studies Contact: Janice Kephart, jlk@cis.org, (202) 466-8185 WASHINGTON (June 15, 2009) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has made clear her commitment to repeal the 2005 secure drivers … Continue reading

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Catering To Minorities Puts Pressure On Foreign Policy

Catering to minorities puts pressure on foreign policy By Peter O'Neil Calgary Herald June 14, 2009 Prime Minister Stephen Harpers feather-ruffling approach to foreign policy, particularly as it relates to issues that resonate with certain Canadian ethnic groups, could jeopardize … Continue reading

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Mistakes Plague Immigration Documents

Mistakes plague immigration documents Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION REPORTER Toronto Star Jun 13, 2009 04:30 AM Wrong spelling and order of names. Mistaken gender. Incorrect location of employment and employer. These are the most common errors introduced by front-line government employees … Continue reading

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Outdated EI Traps Temp Workers

Outdated' EI traps temp workers Workers plan rally today to push government to ease benefit rules Noor Javed STAFF REPORTER Star.com Jun 13, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (20) Alfred built sofa frames for 10 years at a … Continue reading

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Ministers Set Up A Violence Taskforce

Ministers set up a violence taskforce June 13, 2009 Article from: The Australian EDUCATION ministers meeting in Hobart have decided to set up another taskforce to protect the interests of overseas students studying in Australia. The move follows attacks in … Continue reading

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