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Courts Send Mixed Messages To U.S. Deserters

Courts send mixed messages to U.S. deserters Janice Tibbetts and Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 OTTAWA — In their battle to secure asylum in Canada, U.S. military deserters are being sorted into winning and losing … Continue reading

More Illegal Immigrants Putting Affairs In Order

More Illegal Immigrants Putting Affairs in Order Deportation Risk Prompts Preparation By N.C. Aizenman The Washington Post, July 15, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/15/ST2008071500030.html A 30-year-old single mother from Manassas recently visited a notary public to formally arrange custody for her toddler son … Continue reading

Kosher Slaughterhouse Management Arrested

Kosher Slaughterhouse Management Arrested The Forward, July 15, 2008 http://www.forward.com/articles/13752/ As legal troubles at the country's largest kosher slaughterhouse continue to mount, critics of the Postville, Iowa, plant are urging stronger government action. On July 3, two supervisors were detained … Continue reading

Illegal Immigrants Strain Jail Budget

Illegal immigrants strain jail budget County officials say the solution lies with the federal government By Ashley Dickson The Summit Daily News (CO), July 15, 2008 http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080715/NEWS/591170911 Summit Couty, CO — An increase in illegal immigrants held at the Summit … Continue reading

Illegal Immigrants To Avoid Detention By Paying Bail Bonds

Illegal immigrants to avoid detention by paying bail bonds Detaining immigrants as they await deportation incurs large costs for the taxpayer Richard Ford Home Correspondent From Times Online July 15, 2008 Illegal immigrants will be able to avoid detention while … Continue reading

UK Still Open To Foreign Maids

UK still open to foreign maids By Alfredo G. Rosario The Manilla Times July 15, 2008 Britains Immigration Minister Liam Byrne has come out with a policy statement keeping the labor market open for foreign maids and allowing tourists to … Continue reading

Slovakia Says Fewer Illegal Migrants Found After Schengen

Slovakia says fewer illegal migrants found after Schengen EU Business 15 July 2008, 16:48 CET (BRATISLAVA) – The number of illegal migrants caught on the Slovak-Austrian border has dropped by around 97 percent since Slovakia joined Europe's passport-free Schengen zone … Continue reading

Italy Grapples With Polygamy

Italy grapples with polygamy A boom in the illegal marriages is a byproduct of voluminous immigration by Muslims. Authorities largely ignore the unions, leaving the women in a murky world with no recourse when things go wrong. By Tracy Wilkinson … Continue reading

Italy Cracks Down On Illegal Chinese Immigrant Labour

Italy cracks down on illegal Chinese immigrant labour Australian Broadcasting Corporation Updated Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:46am AEST Italy has launched a crack down on illegal Chinese immigration and exploitation of labour. Police in the capital Rome say Chinese workers … Continue reading

Scheme Eases Immigration

Scheme eases immigration Fran Foo The Australian July 15, 2008 A FEDERAL Government scheme to help technology graduates from overseas become permanent residents is expected to have 200 participants by the end of the year. In May, federal education and … Continue reading

Rocking To Bene And The Jets

Rocking To Bene and The Jets Jano Gibson and Barney Zwartz The Sydney Morning Herald July 15, 2008 TENS of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims surged into Sydney on bone-rattling buses and 20-hour flights yesterday before today's official start of … Continue reading

Three More Indians Go Missing In NZ, Immigration Scam Suspected

3 more Indians go missing in NZ, immigration scam suspected The Times Of India 15 Jul 2008, 1112 hrs IST,PTI MELBOURNE: Three more Indian pilgrims have disappeared in New Zealand on their way to Sydney to see the Pope at … Continue reading

Paralyzed Refugee Claimant Marks A Year Of Sanctuary

Paralyzed refugee claimant marks a year of sanctuary Catherine Rolfsen Canwest News Service The Times Colonist Published: Sunday, July 14, 2008 VANCOUVER – A year after paralyzed refugee claimant Laibar Singh first sought refuge in a B.C. temple, he remains … Continue reading

Gov’t Of Canada Signs Youth Mobility Agreement With Poland

Government of Canada Signs Youth Mobility Agreement With Poland Last update: 10:01 a.m. EDT July 14, 2008 WARSAW, POLAND, Jul 14, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today signed an agreement … Continue reading

Agents Comb Jails For Immigrant Offenders

Agents comb jails for immigrant offenders Crackdown leads to sharp increase in deportations By Paul Shukovsky The Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 14, 2008 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/370724_deportation15.html U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reinforced by more agents in the Pacific Northwest, has been combing … Continue reading

New York Court Of Appeals : Illegal Alien Can Be Denied Workers’ Comp Benefits

New York Court of Appeals: Illegal alien can be denied workers' comp benefits Lawyers USA July 14, 2008 http://www.lawyersweeklyusa.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/431173 An injured worker who previously received workers' compensation benefits could be denied additional benefits after a state agency discovered that he … Continue reading

Genuine Couples Punished By ‘Fake Marriage’ Crackdowns, Say Experts

Genuine couples punished by 'fake marriage' crackdown, say experts. The Canadian Press July 13, 2008 OTTAWA Greg Hamon chuckles to himself as he recalls how he began his courtship with his wife, Sonia, by writing letters to her in El … Continue reading

Iraqi Refugees Find The Door To Sweden Closing

Iraqi refugees find the door to Sweden closing Besitun Hadi Ahmed, an Iraqi Kurd, recently lost the ability to walk because of a spinal problem, and doctors say his only hope is medical treatment and physical therapy not available in … Continue reading

Levant To Congress : Put Canada On Watch List Of Human Rights Abusers

Levant to Congress: put Canada on the watch list of human rights abusers By Ezra Levant July 11, 2008 8:50 PM | Permalink I had the pleasure of making a presentation as an expert witness to the U.S. Congress's bi-partisan … Continue reading

Two Lawmakers File Bills Targeting Illegal Immigrants

Two lawmakers file bills targeting illegal immigrants Pair acknowledge little hope for measures By Lynnette Curtis The Review Journal (Las Vegas), July 11, 2008 http://www.lvrj.com/news/24445009.html At least two Nevada legislators are pursuing bills on illegal immigration for the 2009 legislative … Continue reading