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Immigration Minister Calls For Tougher Look At Visa Qualifications

Immigration minister calls for tougher look at visa qualifications The UK needs to look harder at who is qualifying for visas after research showed more than a fifth of foreign students were still in the country after five years, the … Continue reading

Immigration Minister Calls On India, China To Root Out Immigration Fraud

Immigration Minister calls on India, China to root out immigration fraud Jason Kenney brings message to officials, urging them to crack down on crooked consultants Jeremy Torobin Ottawa–From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Sunday, Sep. 05, 2010 6:56PM EDT … Continue reading

Canada Accepts The Most Sri Lankan Refugees

Canada accepts the most Sri Lankan refugees By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau Toronto Sun Last Updated: September 4, 2010 5:13pm OTTAWA Most of the 492 of the passengers and crew aboard the MV Sun Sea have a good shot at … Continue reading

France Protests Against Security Crackdown

France protests against security crackdown By Sophie Lautier (AFP) Sep 4, 2010 PARIS—-Tens of thousands protested in cities across France Saturday against a government law and order crackdown that has targeted Roma gypsies, as smaller demonstrations took place in European … Continue reading

Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses Can Get In Line

Tired, poor, huddled masses can get in line By Trevor Lautens Special To North Shore News September 3, 2010 I have no respect for a country that has no respect for itself. What do you call a country that knows … Continue reading

Windsor EI Claims Workers Face Layoffs

Windsor EI claims workers face layoffs Staff hired to handle jobless benefits By Frances Willick The Windsor Star September 3, 2010 WINDSOR, Ont.—Hundreds of federal government workers responsible for processing employment insurance claims could soon be filing for EI themselves. … Continue reading

Alberta To Review Its Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Alberta to review its Temporary Foreign Worker Program ctvcalgary.ca Updated: Fri Sep. 03 2010 15:49:44 The province is extending an $850,000 program that helps temporary foreign workers. Even though the economy has not fully recovered from the recession, the province … Continue reading

Party Pledges To Increase The Number Of NBers By 2014

Party pledges to increase the number of NBers by 2014 Benjamin Shingler Telegraph-Journal September 3, 2010 SAINT JOHN – Liberal Leader Shawn Graham pledged Friday to increase New Brunswick's population by 12,000 people by 2014, double the amount that came … Continue reading

Whither The Sun Sea Captain?

Whither the Sun Sea captain? Don Martin National Post Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 The Cabinet minister actually in charge of the controversial file raises a good point: Why hasn't the captain or the crew of the Tamil refugee ship been … Continue reading

Illegal Immigration To U.S. In Sharp Decline

Illegal immigration to U.S. in sharp decline By Alfonso Chardy The Miami Herald, September 2, 2010 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/01/1803885/illegal-immigration-in-sharp-decline.html At a time when immigration is a political flash point across the country, the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is in … Continue reading

ICE Tracks Down Criminal Immigrants

ICE tracks down criminal immigrants Federal agents make 28 arrests in sweep By Ian Schwartz The KRQE News (Albuquerque, NM), September 2, 2010 http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/ice-tracks-down-criminal-immigrants– Albuquerque — There has been a steep increase in deportations in the United States, a record … Continue reading

Predator Drone Begins Patrolling Texas Border

Predator drone begins patrolling Texas border The Associated Press, September 2, 2010 http://www.kvue.com/news/state/Predator-drone-begins-patrolling- Texas-border-102064858.html Corpus Christi, TX (AP) — Homeland Securitys newest weapon began patrolling the skies over the Texas border on Wednesday. The Predator B drone took its first … Continue reading

‘Climate Migrants’ Projected To Flood U.S.

'Climate migrants' projected to flood U.S. Report cites dire conditions in Latin America By Shaun Waterman The Washington Times, September 1, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/1/global-warming-will-increase-migration-report-says/print/ Climate change in Latin America and the accompanying drought, flooding and desertification is likely to drive increased … Continue reading

Poll : Arizona Voters Favor Immigration Enforcement

Poll: Ariz. voters favor immigration enforcement The Associated Press, September 1, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g09-Rl4pB-3WzZ9G47uQ0Y_aWj7gD9HVGAHG0 Phoenix (AP) — A poll released Wednesday found that an overwhelming majority of Arizona voters support the types of provisions that are at the heart of a … Continue reading

New Mexico National Guard Deployed To Border

New Mexico National Guard deployed to border By Sue Major Holmes The Associated Press, September 1, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090104350.html Albuquerque, NM (AP) — The New Mexico National Guard has deployed 82 troops along the border with Mexico to increase surveillance. National … Continue reading

Regulator Sought To Oversee Canadian Immigration Agents

Regulator sought to oversee Canadian immigration agents by Liam Clifford Global Visas September 01 2010 The Canadian immigration department is looking to identify a governing body to oversee the immigration agent industry. The Canadian immigration minister, Jason Kenney stated, Were … Continue reading

Queue Jumping Unwelcome

Queue jumping unwelcome By Joe Jeerakathil The StarPhoenix August 31, 2010 I welcome Canada providing asylum to genuine refugee claimants. The recent arrivals from Sri Lanka aren't refugees but economic migrants. It is abundantly clear that over the years Sri … Continue reading

Housing Prices Due To Fall, Says Think Tank

Housing prices due to fall, says think-tank By Tony Wong Business Reporter TheStar.com Published On Tue Aug 31 2010 Canadas major metropolitan housing markets are looking awfully bubbly and are due to burst, says a report released Tuesday. The report, … Continue reading

Automatic Citizenship For Children Of Illegals?

Automatic Citizenship for Children of Illegals? Global Trend Is Toward Tighter Policies Contact: Jon Feere, jdf@cis.org, (202) 466-8185 Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. August 31, 2010 Every year, 300,000 to 400,000 children are born to illegal immigrants in the … Continue reading

In A Bangkok Apartment, Tamils Wait For A Ship To Canada

In a Bangkok apartment, Tamils wait for a ship to Canada Though claiming to be tourists, they show little interest in seeing the sights of the Thai capital Mark MacKinnon, Bangkok From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Sunday, Aug. … Continue reading