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New Zealand Party Urges Asian Immigration Ban

NZ Party Urges Asian Immigrant Ban The Associated Press April 2, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand should shut its door on Asian immigrants to prevent the country from being inundated with people who will not integrate well into … Continue reading

Temporary Foreign Workers No Cure-All: Labour Leader

Temporary foreign workers no cure-all: labour leader edmontonjournal.com April 1, 2008 EDMONTON – Temporary foreign workers are not the magic bullet employers and governments believe them to be, the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour said today. “Employers and … Continue reading

House Of Commons Committee Will Get An Earfull From Labour Advocates

House of Commons committee will get an “ear full” from labour advocates when MPs visit Edmonton tomorrow to learn about problems with temporary foreign worker program Federal government created the problem, now they need to fix it, says AFL EDMONTON, … Continue reading

Alberta Hit With 800 Complaints From Foreign Workers

Alberta hit with 800 complaints from foreign workers Accommodation, unfair wage deductions cited Kelly Cryderman Calgary Herald Published: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Just a day before a House of Commons committee meets in Edmonton to discuss the issue of temporary … Continue reading

Three Firms Combine On Cellphone Remittances

Three Firms Combine on Cellphone Remittances By Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 1, 2008; Page D05 Sending money back home? Just press “talk.” That's what Western Union, Radio Shack and the small wireless carrier Trumpet Mobile hope … Continue reading

Tech Firms Line Up At U.S. Visa Window

Tech firms line up at U.S. visa window By Kara Rowland The Washington Times April 1, 2008 Technology firms across the nation are crossing their fingers today as the U.S. opens the annual visa application window for skilled workers. Last … Continue reading

U.S. Starts Deporting Vietnamese Illegals

US Starts Deporting Vietnamese Illegals By GILLIAN WONG Apr 1, 2008 SINGAPORE (AP) Washington has started deportation proceedings against thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States under a pact between the two countries, a top U.S. immigration official … Continue reading

Mexican Gov’t To Aid Expelled Migrants

Mexican govt to aid expelled migrants USA TODAY April 1, 2008 TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) Mexican officials on Monday launched a new program aimed at helping undocumented migrants regain their footing after being expelled from the U.S. Migrants arriving in the … Continue reading

Mexicans Deported From U.S. Will Get Free Ride Home

Mexicans deported from U.S. will get free ride home Program to provide additional services By Sandra Dibble UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 1, 2008 TIJUANA Mexicans who are deported from the United States or leave voluntarily after being apprehended are being … Continue reading

Mexican ‘Mobile Consulate’ Runs Smoothly

Mexican 'mobile consulate' runs smoothly Wraps up on schedule, in contrast to marathon event last year By Daniel Connolly Commercialappeal.com Tuesday, April 1, 2008 A one-day event run by the Mexican government in Memphis this weekend ran smoothly, a sharp … Continue reading

South Texas Leaders Blast Plan To Speed Up Border Fence

South Texas leaders blast plan to speed up border fence By JAMES PINKERTON Houston Chronicle April 1, 2008, 10:59PM THE WAIVERS Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that he's planning to waive about three dozen federal laws and regulations … Continue reading

Dual Citizenship Gains Popularity With Americans Of Italian Descent

Dual citizenship gains popularity with Americans of Italian descent By MARY CUDDEHE Columbia News Service 04/01/2008 01:00 AM EDT Jessica Amato, a 30-year-old anthropology professor from San Francisco, has a name for born-and-bred Americans of Italian ancestry who apply for … Continue reading

Limit Immigration, Warns House Of Lords

Limit immigration, warns House of Lords By Robert Winnett Deputy Political Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 9:53am BST 01/04/2008 The number of immigrants entering Britain should be capped, an influential House of Lords committee has warned. Its analysis concludes that … Continue reading

Where Bosses Will Be Your Friends (Denmark)

Where bosses will be your friends A desperate plea for skilled workers who can bear to stay Apr 3rd 2008 | COPENHAGEN From The Economist print edition IT MIGHT be the endless pine forests, the locals beating themselves with birch … Continue reading

Immigration Blamed For Housing Crisis

Immigration blamed for housing crisis Sydney Morning Herald April 1, 2008 – 6:34PM A massive, uncontrolled increase in immigration in the past three years has fuelled the housing affordability crisis, home builders say. Housing Industry Association (HIA) managing director Ron … Continue reading

Population Soaring Across Country

Population Soaring Across Country Andrew Fraser The Australian April 1, 2008 AUSTRALIA'S population is racing ahead at rates not consistently seen since the migrant boom years of the 1950s and 60s, with growth of 1.5 per cent, or a record … Continue reading

Time Is Up For Victims Of Head Tax To Apply For Sympathy Payment

Time is up for victims of Chinese head tax to apply for sympathy payment The Canadian Press March 31, 2008 VANCOUVER With the deadline looming Monday, many Chinese Canadians who were forced to pay Canada's controversial head tax in the … Continue reading

Mexican Drug Cartels Move Into Human Smuggling

Mexican drug cartels move into human smuggling David Francis San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service Monday, March 31, 2008 (03-31) 04:00 PDT Agua Prieta, Mexico — At the Center to Aid Migrants in Exodus shelter, would-be immigrants to the United States … Continue reading

Where U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Is Tall, It Works

Where U.S.-Mexico border fence is tall, it works Christian Science Monitor Mar. 31, 2008 03:12 PM YUMA – U.S. border patrol agent Michael Bernacke guns his SUV down the wide desert-sand road that lines the U.S.-Mexican border through urban San … Continue reading

Critics: Revised ‘No Match’ Worker Rule Still Flawed

Critics: Revised 'no-match' worker rule still flawed Kent Hoover Washington Bureau Chief Birmingham Business Journal March 31, 2008 The Department of Homeland Security revised its regulations outlining what employers should do if they are notified that employee Social Security numbers … Continue reading