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India Becoming Top Immigrant Source

India becoming top immigrant source Change will affect education costs, documents show Peter O'Neil, Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 OTTAWA — Canada's racial face is about to change as immigration from China slides, while newcomers from India increase, … Continue reading

Immigrants Sending Much More Back Home

Immigrants sending much more back home Remittances to Latin America up 50% to $45 billion By Dalia Naamani-Goldman, Medill News Service Last Update: 5:25 PM ET Oct 18, 2006 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Immigrants in the United States will send more … Continue reading

U.K. September Unemployment Rises To 5-Year High On Immigration

U.K. September Unemployment Rises to 5-Year High on Immigration By Brian Swint Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Unemployment in the U.K., Europe's second-biggest economy, increased to a five-year high last month as immigrants joined the labor pool faster than the economy … Continue reading

Census Bureau Distortions Hide Immigration Crisis

October 17, 2006 Census Bureau Distortions Hide Immigration Crisis Real Numbers Much Higher Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Chairman, Board of Directors, Population-Environment Balance October, 2006 Publications on the size and growth rate of the U.S. … Continue reading

Agri-Food Industry’s Deadly Cycle Feeds Immigration

Agri-food Industrys Deadly Cycle Feeds Immigration Eric Holt-Gimenez | October 17, 2006 Available in translation: El ciclo de muerte de desalojo, apropiacin y sustitucin de las agro-industrias Americas Program, International Relations Center (IRC) americas.irc-online.org Just weeks before the elections, Congress … Continue reading

Surveillance Facility Opens On Northern Border

October 17, 2006 Surveillance facility opens on northern U.S. border By Chris Strohm, National Journal's Technology Daily GovExec.com The Homeland Security Department on Monday opened the first of three new aviation facilities along the northern border with Canada. It features … Continue reading

U.S. To Accept 10,000 Burundian Refugees From Tanzania

US To Accept 10,000 Burundian Refugees From Tanzania By Catherine Maddux Washington Voice of America 17 October 2006 Maddux report – Download 363K Listen to Maddux report The United States says it will accept around 10,000 Burundian refugees from Tanzania, … Continue reading

Border Patrol, Lawmen Outgunned By Cartels

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4263968.html Oct. 17, 2006, 5:28PM Border Patrol, lawmen outgunned by cartels Homeland Security panel also says traffickers are forming ties with U.S.-based gangs By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle The U.S. Border Patrol and other law enforcement agencies at … Continue reading

Chertoff Urges Latin America To Back Passport Rules

Chertoff urges Latin America to back passport rules By Chris Strohm, National Journal's Technology Daily GovExec.com Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Tuesday pleaded with Latin American business leaders to support increased security measures and not to block U.S. efforts … Continue reading

Pacific Workers To Ease Shortage (New Zealand)

Pacific workers to ease shortage (5:00) Related Video One News Oct 17, 2006 New Zealand may look to the Pacific Islands to help meet the labour shortage. Immigration Minister David Cunliffe is hinting more seasonal and temporary workers will be … Continue reading

Border Policy ‘Caused Deaths’ Says Labor

Border policy 'caused deaths' says Labor Jewel Topsfield, Canberra The Age October 17, 2006 (Zainab Ihsan, 12, survived the SIEV-X. She lists names of those who didn't. Photo: AP) THE drowning of 353 asylum seekers was in part caused by … Continue reading

Many Taking Military Shortcut To U.S. Citizenship

Many Taking Military Shortcut to U.S. Citizenship By REUTERS Published: October 16, 2006 New York Times Filed at 5:34 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has provided legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship, and they are taking … Continue reading

Immigration Key Issue In Contested Races

NEW POLL: IMMIGRATION KEY ISSUE IN CONTESTED RACES Public Wants Illegals to Go Home, Enforcement, No Immigration Increase Contacts: Steven Camarota (202) 466-8185 Kellyanne Conway (202) 467-6557 WASHINGTON (October 16, 2006) — A new poll, using neutral language, finds intense … Continue reading

Why Muslim Immigration Is A Threat To Western Democracy

Why Muslim Immigration is a Threat to Western Democracy From the desk of Fjordman on Mon, 2006-10-16 07:11 Would it not be easier In that case for the government To dissolve the people And elect another? (Bertold Brecht) I have … Continue reading

Vanstone Blasts ALP ‘Anti-Visa’ Stance

Vanstone blasts ALP 'anti-visa' stance October 16, 2006 – 7:54PM The Age (Melbourne) A plan by Labor to withdraw support for the government's contentious temporary protection visas will invite people smugglers to “come on down”, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone says. … Continue reading

It’s Official: English-Only Movement Gains Traction

It's official: English-only movement gains traction Hispanic civil rights groups alarmed By Howard Witt Tribune senior correspondent Chicago Tribune Published October 15, 2006 HOUSTON — When Tim O'Hare drives through the aging north Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch where he … Continue reading

Islamic Schools Test Ideal Of Integration Into Britain

Islamic Schools Test Ideal of Integration in Britain By ALAN COWELL The New York Times Published: October 15, 2006 LEICESTER, England The sports hall doubles as a prayer room and dining hall for male teenagers, at other times for young … Continue reading

Citizenship Test Stumps One In Three Migrants

Citizenship test stumps one in three migrants By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor (Filed: 15/10/2006) A third of immigrants are failing the Government's new citizenship test amid complaints that some of the questions are too obscure. New entrants must get … Continue reading

Chinese Asylum Issue Bounces Between Courts

Chinese asylum issue bounces between courts THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Newsday October 14, 2006 A federal appeals court has asked an immigration appeals court to decide whether Chinese immigrants who have two children in violation of China's family planning policies can … Continue reading

Mexican Business Leaders Seek Border-Policy Voice

Mexican business leaders seek border-policy voice By Sandra Dibble and Diane Lindquist SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS October 13, 2006 MEXICALI Booming cities along Mexico's northern border can be the tractor that pulls the country's economy forward. But drug trafficking, … Continue reading