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Cow Manure Hid 1700 Pounds Of Canadian Pot

Cow manure hid 1,700 pounds of Canadian pot Diana Hefley Herald Writer The Everett Herald updated 12:19 p.m. PT, Thurs., Feb. 19, 2009 LOCAL NEWS – SUMAS — A load of cows headed for Stanwood was sent back to Canada … Continue reading

Migrant Advisers Slow In Licensing

Migrant advisers slow in licensing By Lincoln Tan New Zealand Herald 4:00AM Wednesday Feb 18, 2009 Fewer than 10 per cent of immigration advisers have obtained a licence, and the deadline is looming. With 10 weeks to go before immigration … Continue reading

Home Office Claims On Asylum Seeker Removals Branded A ‘Mockery ‘

Home Office claims on asylum seeker removals branded a 'mockery' Six in ten people the Home Office claims to have removed never entered the country or left of their own accord, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. By Tom Whitehead, Home … Continue reading

Pacific Worker Scheme Sparks Unemployment Debate

Pacific worker scheme sparks unemployment debate ABC NEWS Posted Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:39pm AEDT Updated Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:27pm AEDT The first contingent of unskilled workers has arrived in Australia. (ABC) The first group of unskilled workers flown … Continue reading

Canadian Banks Reach Overseas To Gain Immigrant Consumers

Canadian banks reach overseas to gain immigrant consumers. By Joanne Lee-Young Canwest News Service February 16, 2009 VANCOUVER – Big banks in Canada promote all kinds of sports, but they have more naturally stuck to snow and ice events, or … Continue reading

Alberta To Scout German Workers—Critics Call Foul As Jobless Ranks Swell At Home

Alberta to scout German workers Critics cry foul as jobless ranks swell at home Renata D'aliesio Calgary Herald Published: Sunday, February 15, 2009 Despite a weakening economy and mounting job losses, Alberta government staff will travel to Germany next month … Continue reading

Church of England General Synod Calls Asylum Seeker Amnesty

Church of England General Synod calls asylum seeker amnesty More than 300,000 asylum seekers should be allowed to stay in Britain indefinitely, the Church of England General Synod has said. By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: … Continue reading

Liberal Senator Urges Halt To Foreign Workers To Give Canadians First Chance At Jobs

Liberal senator urges halt to foreign workers to give Canadians first chance at jobs Bruce Campion-Smith Richard J. Brenna Ottawa bureau Toronto Star Feb 12, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story [] (20) OTTAWAA Liberal senator is calling for … Continue reading

Falling $NZ Attracts Foreign Students

Falling $NZ attracts foreign students Sydney Morning Herald February 12, 2009 The falling value of the New Zealand dollar has been a boost to education providers looking to attract international students. In the year to February 1, Immigration NZ issued … Continue reading

Tougher Pay Rules On Working Visas

Tougher pay rules on working visas Tom Arup WA Today.com.au Canberra February 12, 2009 People on temporary 457 working visas will be paid wages at “market rates” under proposed changes to employer obligations by the Federal Government. The same changes … Continue reading

Canadians Take Minister of Immigration and CBSA To Court—Class Action Suit Launched Re Marriage Fraud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2009 Canadians Take Minister Of Immigration & CBSA to Court. Canadians Against Immigration Fraud (CAIF) is a non profit organization that advocates for the rights of victims of immigration marriage fraud. Marriage of convenience or … Continue reading

Feds Prepared To Limit Immigration

Feds Prepared To Limit Immigration Elizabeth Thompson National Bureau Ottawa Sun February 11, 2009 The government is watching Canada's economy closely and won't hesitate, if necessary, to reduce the number of immigrants it lets into the country, Immigration Minister Jason … Continue reading

Rising Jobless Rate May Curb Immigration

Rising jobless rate may curb immigration Weak economy may mean a rethink of how many newcomers we accept Bruce Campion-Smith Richard J. Brennan OTTAWA BUREAU The Toronto Star Feb 11, 2009 04:30 AM OTTAWA Rising unemployment could force the federal … Continue reading

Senate Excludes E-Verify Check On Illegal Immigrant Workers From Stimulus Package

Senate Excludes E-Verify Check on Illegal Immigrant Workers from Stimulus Package By Richard Kaplan Hispanicbusiness.com, February 11, 2009 http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/politics/2009/2/10/senate_excludes_everify_check_on_illegal.htm The Senate passed today a $838 billion stimulus plan that did not include E-Verify, a mechanism to check whether workers are … Continue reading

40 Custodians At Mansfield Schools Out Of Jobs Over Social Secutity Irregularities

40 custodians at Mansfield schools out of jobs over Social Security irregularities By Traci Shurley The Star Telegram (Fort Worth, TX), February 11, 2009 http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1197198.html Forty custodians at Mansfield schools have lost their jobs or resigned since August after an … Continue reading

Some Places Revisit Immigration Laws

Some places revisit immigration laws By Emily Bazar USA Today, February 11, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-10-revisit10_N.htm Some states, cities and counties that plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts. In Texas, Alabama and elsewhere, lawmakers have repealed or modified measures … Continue reading

Agriculture Groups Push For Foreign Workers Even As U.S. Workers Lose Jobs By Thousands

Agriculture groups push for foreign workers even as US workers lose jobs by thousands By Shannon Dininny The Associated Press, February 11, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-farm-scene-farm-labor,1,4846592.story Yakima, WA (AP) — John Wyss had just been hired at one of the nation's largest … Continue reading

Mexico Protests Tent City Separation of Illegals

Mexico protests Tent City separation of illegals The Associated Press, February 11, 2009 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/11/news/LT-Mexico-US-Tent-City.php Mexico City (AP) — Mexico on Tuesday criticized an Arizona sheriff's decision to keep illegal immigrants separate from other inmates at tents in Phoenix that house … Continue reading

Move Beyond Reform, Irish Pols Are Told

Move beyond reform, Irish pols are told By Ray O'Hanlon The Irish Echo, February 11, 2009 http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.cfm?id=19060 Irish politicians from all parties have been told that a way has to be found to allow a regular flow of Irish immigrants … Continue reading

Think Tank Advises Obama On Immigration

Think tank advises Obama on immigration By Tyche Hendricks The San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/11/BATJ15RJGU.DTL As if the Obama administration didn't have enough on its plate with a recession, bank troubles and any number of foreign policy crises, … Continue reading