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Dutch Shift To Right Unsettles Mainstream Parties

Dutch shift to right unsettles mainstream parties By Michael Steen in Amsterdam FT Times Published: June 5 2009 18:27 Last updated: June 5 2009 18:27 The decision by every seventh Dutch voter to support the party of Geert Wilders, the … Continue reading

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EU Pilot Burden Sharing Project

EU pilot burden sharing project Some member states oppose 'compulsory' burden sharing Ivan Camilleri, Brussels The Malta Times Friday, 5th June 2009 In an unprecedented move, the EU yesterday launched a pilot burden-sharing project tailor made to Malta's needs. EU … Continue reading

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Ukrainians Oppose Lennikov’s Fight To Stay

Ukrainians oppose Lennikov's fight to stay Cops should grab him from church By Susan Lazaruk The Province June 5, 2009 A civil-rights group opposed to KGB agents settling in Canada is calling for the removal of ex-agent Mikhail Lennikov from … Continue reading

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Army Report : Drug Cartels, Terrorists Inflitrate U.S.

Army Report: Drug Cartels, Terrorists Infiltrate U.S. By Nat Helms Newsmax, June 5, 2009 http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mexico_border_fence/2009/06/05/222148.html?utm_medium=RSS A secret intelligence mission recently conducted along the southern border of the United States found that drug cartels are teaming with terrorists to exploit the … Continue reading

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Canada Won’t Take Any Guantanamo Detainees

Canada won't take any Guantanamo detainees Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, June 04, 2009 OTTAWA — The Harper government has rejected a request from the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to accept a group of Chinese Muslim detainees being … Continue reading

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Foreign Workers’ Woes ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’

Foreign worker woes 'tip of the iceberg' By Renata D'Aliesio The Calgary Herald (Canada), June 4, 2009 http://www.calgaryherald.com/Alberta+foreign+worker+woes+iceberg/1661822/story.html Edmonton — Two-thirds of temporary foreign workers who complained about their working conditions in the past two years in Alberta raised concerns … Continue reading

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Groups Raise Ante On Immigration Reform—-Obama Pressed To Tackle Issue

Groups raise ante on immigration reform Obama pressed to tackle issue By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, June 4, 2009 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/04/groups-raise-ante-on-immigration-reform/ President Obama's nomination of a Hispanic woman to the Supreme Court does not give him extra breathing space to … Continue reading

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Guilty Plea In School Immigration Fraud

Guilty Plea In School Immigration Fraud Associated Press June 4, 2009 6:34 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) – A Korean-American man has admitted scheming to bring immigrants into the country under the guise of attending an English language school he operated. … Continue reading

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Immigration Files To Become Part of National Archives

Immigration files to become part of National Archives The 'A-files' include interview transcripts, health records, photographs, marriage licenses and recordings. The first batch will include 135,000 people born before 1909 and who arrived after 1900. By Anna Gorman The Los … Continue reading

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Reid Vows Immigration Reform By End Of Year

Reid vows immigration reform by end of year By Alexander Bolton Posted: 06/04/09 01:36 PM [ET] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Thursday that he would like the Senate to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, adding another … Continue reading

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Guard Might Do Border Recon

Guard might do border recon By Sig Christenson The San Antonio Express-News (TX), June 4, 2009 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Guard_might_do_border_recon.html A border security proposal drafted by Gov. Rick Perry would put 600 soldiers in 'reconnaissance platoons' to scour 20 remote areas for drug … Continue reading

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Overseas Screening Of Immigrants and Refugees Could Cut TB Cases

Overseas screening of immigrants and refugees could cut TB cases in US Reuters, June 4, 2009 http://www.thejobcure.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20090604publ001.html New York (Reuters) — Overseas screening for tuberculosis coupled with follow-up evaluation in the US could reduce the number of TB cases among … Continue reading

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Napolitano Backs E-Verify

Napolitano backs E-Verify By Ben Bain Washington Technology, June 4, 2009 http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2009/06/04/web-everify-napolitano.aspx DHS secretary says online worker eligibility program is an important tool for employers Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she is a big supporter of E-Verify, the Web-based … Continue reading

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Napolitano Names SW Border Task Force

Napolitano names SW Border Task Force The Current-Argus (Carlsbad, NM), June 4, 2009 http://www.currentargus.com/ci_12524038 Albuquerque, NM — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today the formation of the Homeland Security Advisory Council Southwest Border Task Force, a … Continue reading

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Immigration Issue Plays On Fears Of European Border Town

Immigration issue plays on fears of European border town Roger Boyes in Pasewalk From The Times June 4, 2009 European elections are poster wars. On the one side of the street in Pasewalk, close to the Polish border, air-brushed candidates … Continue reading

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Obama’s Aunt Might (Or Might Not) Return To Kenya

Obama's aunt might (or might not) return to Kenya By Ted Bridis The Associated Press, June 3, 2009 Washington, DC (AP) — President Barack Obama's aunt who is fighting to remain in the U.S. says she might or might not … Continue reading

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Immigration Loophole ‘Will Allow More Fake Colleges To Open’

Immigration loophole 'will allow more fake colleges to open' A glaring loophole in immigration rules means that bogus colleges can open for six months without having their credentials checked, MPs were told. By Matthew Moore Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM BST 03 … Continue reading

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Smith’s Goodbye Offer: A LImit On Immigrants Allowed To Stay

Smith's goodbye offer: A limit on immigrants allowed to stay By James Slack The Daily Mail Last updated at 1:30 AM on 03rd June 2009 A limit is finally to be placed on the number of non-European Union immigrants allowed … Continue reading

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Czech Radio’s Roma Programme Radio Chief Flees To Canada

Czech Radio's Roma programme chief flees to Canada AFP June 3, 2009 PRAGUE (AFP) Czech Radio said Wednesday the head of its programme for the Roma minority had followed in the steps of other gypsies and asked for asylum in … Continue reading

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First Ever Hearing On GLBT Immigration Equality

First Ever Hearing on GLBT Immigration Equality By Bob Roehr Windy City Media, June 3, 2009 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=21379 The US Senate held a first ever congressional hearing on GLBT immigration equality that would stop gay and lesbian families from being torn … Continue reading

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