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No (Post) Secondary Education For Undocumented Students

No (Post)secondary education for undocumented students Illegal immigrants who enter the U.S. with their parents and attend high school cannot go to college in Wyoming without proper identification. By Lindsey Erin Kroskob The Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne), July 11, 2008 … Continue reading

Proposed Ban Stirs Uproar In Fremont

Proposed ban stirs uproar in Fremont By Cindy Gonzalez The Omaha World Herald (NE), July 11, 2008 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10378811 A proposed law aimed at banishing illegal immigrants from Fremont, Neb. believed to be the first such city-sponsored initiative in the state … Continue reading

Spain Wants To Lead Global Poverty Fight After Latest Migrant Tragedy

Spain vows to lead global poverty fight after latest migrant tragedy Daniel Silva AFP Published: Friday, July 11, 2008 MADRID – Spain will lead the global fight against poverty, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero vowed Friday after a third … Continue reading

Giuliani: Obama Capturing ‘An Anti-American Feeling’

Giuliani: Obama Capturing 'an Anti-American Feeling' The Hill's Blog Briefing Room @ 12:32 pm by Andy Barr July 10, 2008 Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that Barack Obama is capturing 'an anti-American feeling' responding to Obama telling a … Continue reading

McCain, Obama And La Raza

McCain, Obama, and La Raza By Chad Groening OneNewsNow, July 10, 2008 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=171852 California-based immigration reform activist doesn't think either Barack Obama or John McCain will say anything critical of La Raza when they address the Hispanic rights group's annual … Continue reading

Africa Is Giving Nothing To Anyone—Apart From AIDS

Africa is giving nothing to anyone — apart from AIDS 'Africa's peoples are outstripping their resources, and causing catastrophic ecological degradation,' writes Kevin Myers. A sick child waits in line to be screened at Giara Clinic, Southern Ethiopia By Kevin … Continue reading

Canada Fights Wedding Fraud Abroad

Canada fights wedding fraud abroad In India, one temple had a rent-a-wedding scam to help couples get faster residency in Canada. By Susan Bourette Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the July 8, 2008 edition Toronto – Shah Moayedi … Continue reading

Western Society’s War Within

Western society's war within Brett Mason The Australian July 08, 2008 IT may begin with a chuckle, but it could easily end in tears. At least, if we are not careful. One may be tempted to scoff at the demand … Continue reading

U.S. Deserter’s Refugee Claim—A Threshold Set Too Low

U.S. DESERTER'S REFUGEE CLAIM A threshold set too low The Globe and Mail July 7, 2008 Letting U.S. army deserters make refugee claims in Canada because they object to counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq sets the bar too low. Nothing in … Continue reading

Canada Sees Czech Asylum Seeker Numbers Up

Canada sees Czech asylum seeker numbers up By TK The Prague Monitor Published 7 July 2008 Prague, July 4 (CTK) – The number of Czech asylum seekers in Canada has slightly risen over the past three months as the figures … Continue reading

Tower Sites Planned For Protected Public Land

Tower sites planned for protected public land Virtual fence to run through Cabeza Prieta, Organ Pipe By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), July 7, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/247141 A pair of nationally protected public lands in Southwestern Arizona have been … Continue reading

Law Students Rush To Meet Needs In Booming Field Of Immigration

Law Students Rush to Meet Needs In Booming Field of Immigration By Karin Brulliard The Washington Post, July 7, 2008; B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602154.html?hpid=sec-education Ann Kim made monthly trips this year to a Richmond area immigrant detention center, trying to free a … Continue reading

Without Funds, N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis

Without Funds, N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis A Community Loses Main Health Center By Keith B. Richburg The Washington Post, July 7, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602334.html?nav=rss_email/components Plainfield, NJ — If the country is facing a nationwide health-care crisis, then the condition in New … Continue reading

State Sues Latino Stores For Illicit Rx

State sues Latino stores for illicit Rx By Jimmy DeButts The Birmingham Business Journal (AL), July 7, 2008 http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2008/07/07/ story3.html?jst=pn_pn_lk Three Latino-owned businesses face legal repercussions after being accused of selling pharmaceuticals without a license by the state of Alabama. … Continue reading

American Dream Goes Global

American dream goes global More immigrants buying land in native countries By Maria Sacchetti The Boston Globe, July 7, 2008 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/ 2008/07/07/american_dream_goes_global/ She was raised in a little wooden house with a thatched roof in the Dominican Republic, a nation … Continue reading

Toddlers Who Dislike Spicey Food "Racist"

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist' By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 10:15AM BST 07/07/2008 Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency. The National Children's Bureau, which … Continue reading

Corey, Go Home

Corey, go HOME! By Ros Prynn NEWS BLAZE Published: July 06, 2008 Corey Glass has no reason NOT to go home to the US Remember this guy? He has been the poster child for a group called War Resisters in … Continue reading

Feds Step Up Deportation Efforts

Feds step up deportation efforts Immigration agency says more illegals being sent home, including those in jail By Tim Smith The Greenville News (SC), July 6, 2008 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= 2008807060310 Columbia — By the time police caught up with Guillermo Raya-Mendoza … Continue reading

U.S. Wants Employers To Check Workers’ Social Security Numbers

U.S. wants employers to check workers' Social Security numbers By Juan Castillo The Austin American Statesman, July 6, 2008 http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/06/ 0706immigbizverify.html The last sweeping immigration measure passed by Congress – the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 – ordered … Continue reading

Tuition Lawsuit Cost State $175,000

Tuition lawsuit cost state $175,000 By Scott Rothschild The Journal World (Lawrence, KS), July 6, 2008 http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jul/06/tuition_lawsuit_ cost_state_175000/ Topeka — It has cost the state nearly $175,000 to defend a law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition … Continue reading