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Sessions: Congress Erred In E-Verify Extension Vote

Sessions: Congress erred in E-Verify extension vote By Deborah Barfield Berry The Montgomery Advertiser, October 23, 2009 http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20091023/NEWS02/910230321/Sessions++Congress+erred+in+E-Verify+extension+vote Washington, DC — The Congressional bill to extend a program that lets employers check the legal status of new hires is now … Continue reading

On The Fence And Running Out Of Time

On the fence and running out of time By Joe Davidson The Washington Post, October 23, 2009 One of the most common complaints among federal employees who enforce Uncle Sam's laws and regulations is that there are too few of … Continue reading

U.S. Immigration Reform Bill Could Be Introduced By First Quarter

U.S. Immigration Reform Bill Could Be Introduced By First Quarter By Felicia Persaud The Carrib World News, October 23, 2009 http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/home_top_stories.php?sid=1887&a=5&cut=301&ad=topstory A bill pushing for comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. may be introduced by next February or March, CaribWorldNews … Continue reading

Gay Partners Seeking Immigration Changes

Gay partners seeking immigration changes By Mackenzie Carpenter The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 23, 2009 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09296/1007756-84.stm He came here nine years ago from Indonesia, a gifted young student who earned a Ph.D. in structural engineering — on a full scholarship at … Continue reading

U.S. Weighs Immigration Fee Hike

US weighs immigration fee hike Agence France Presse, October 23, 2009 http://www.hindustantimes.com/US-weighs-immigration-fee-hike/H1-Article1-468200.aspx The US could raise the price of immigration-related fees as it battles a budget shortfall spurred by the global financial meltdown, a senior official said on Wednesday. The … Continue reading

Arpaio Uses ICE Manual To Back Enforcement Tactics

Arpaio uses ICE manual to back enforcement tactics By JJ Hensley The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), October 23, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/10/23/20091023mcsopolicy1023.html Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio unveiled a new justification Thursday to support his deputies' immigration-enforcement tactics in the absence of a … Continue reading

Raid Targets Mexican Cartel; 303 Arrested

Raid targets Mexican cartel; 303 arrested By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post, October 23, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102204444.html?hpid=sec-nation U.S. authorities arrested 303 people Wednesday and Thursday in a nationwide sweep targeting the distribution network of La Familia, a fast-rising Mexican drug … Continue reading

Labour Wanted Mass Immigration To Make UK More Multicultural, Says Former Adviser

Labour wanted mass immigration to make UK more multicultural, says former adviser Labour threw open Britain's borders to mass immigration to help socially engineer a “truly multicultural” country, a former Government adviser has revealed. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor … Continue reading

Capital Unrecognisable Thanks To Immigration: Griffin

Capital unrecognisable thanks to immigration – Griffin (UKPA) October 23, 2009 BNP leader Nick Griffin has hit out at the way London has been transformed over the years, claiming uncontrolled immigration has “changed it beyond all recognition”. The far-right party … Continue reading

BNP Leader Gets Mixed Reviews In London Stronghold

BNP leader gets mixed reviews in London stronghold By Catherine Bosley Reuters Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:23pm BST LONDON (Reuters) – Residents of one of the biggest strongholds of the far-right BNP were divided on Friday about the party leader's … Continue reading

Sending Europe’s Asylum Seekers Home

Sending Europe's Asylum Seekers Home By Vivienne Walt, Paris Time Magazine Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 When police demolished the illegal refugee squatter camp known as “the Jungle” in northern France in September, the French intended to make a statement that … Continue reading

Italy and France Seek EU-Libya Accord To Curb Illegal Immigration

Italy and France seek EU-Libya accord to curb illegal immigration M&C Europe News Oct 23, 2009, 14:54 GMT Rome – Italy and France want the European Union to clinch a deal with Libya aimed at helping the North African nation … Continue reading

Indonesia A Hub For Human-Trafficking Gang Bosses

Indonesia a hub for human-trafficking gang bosses By Jonathan Manthorpe Vancouver Sun October 23, 2009 They have suitably piratical names like Ali Cobra and Suparman Tong, but there is nothing swashbuckling about the lives these men lead. All too often … Continue reading

People Smugglers Were Paid $560 For Deadly Trip

People smugglers were paid $560 for deadly trip By Gina Marich ABC NEWS Posted Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:18pm AEDT Updated Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:24pm AEDT Two Indonesian people smugglers on board a boat that exploded are likely to … Continue reading

Passenger Wanted In Sri Lanka

Passenger wanted in Sri Lanka 26-year-old migrant suspected of terrorism, ties to Tamil Tigers; Officials identify vessel found off B.C. coast as Cambodian-flagged ship; Government will deport any passenger found to have terror ties: Ottawa Stewart Bell, National Post Published: … Continue reading

The High Cost Of Canada

The high cost of Canada Refugees struggle to pay loans By PAUL TURENNE SUN MEDIA Last Updated: 22nd October 2009, 1:27am Asking refugees to repay the Canadian government for the cost of bringing them into the country is “unconscionable and … Continue reading

CNN’s Special On Latinos Stirs Protests Against Anchor

CNNs Special on Latinos Stirs Protests Against Anchor By Brian Stelter The New York Times, October 22, 2009 CNNs broadcast of a four-hour documentary about Latinos this week turned into a political rallying cry for activist groups that are calling … Continue reading

Britain ‘Forced To Take More Asylum Seekers’ Under EU Common Asylum Plan

Britain 'forced to take more asylum seekers' under EU common asylum plan Britain would be forced to take a greater number of asylum seekers under EU plans that would create a Europe-wide common asylum policy with uniform criteria for deciding … Continue reading

Griffin Struggles To Defend Views In BBC Debate

Griffin struggles to defend views in BBC debate By Jim Pickard and Tim Bradshaw in London The Financial Times Published: October 22 2009 18:40 Last updated: October 22 2009 22:47 Hundreds of anti-fascist protesters demonstrated outside the BBCs London centre … Continue reading

Population Set To Rise By 10 Million In Fastest Expansion Since The Sixties

Population set to rise by 10 million in fastest expansion since the Sixties It took 57 years for the population to rise from 50 million to 60 million. New figures predict that it will take just 24 years to increase … Continue reading