Sunday, April 1, 2012

Partisanship Bickering Hangs Over Immigration Hearing - Chicago Tribune

Partisanship Bickering Hangs Over Immigration Hearing - Chicago Tribune

The Indypendent

Partisanship Bickering Hangs Over Immigration Hearing
Chicago Tribune
A Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday on Immigration and Customs Enforcement's newly adopted detention standards revealed an increasingly bitter Congressional divide on immigration. [See a collection of political cartoons on immigration.] ...
Immigration Attorney Highlights Changes to Enforcement and ProcessingMarketWatch (press release)
House Republicans refer to migrant detention as “Holiday on ICE”Examiner.com
Immigration Detention Centers Are Like Campus 'Holiday,' House Republicans SayHuffington Post

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ICE Reports Deporting Nearly 47000 Parents of U.S. Citizen Children - Sacramento Bee

ICE Reports Deporting Nearly 47000 Parents of U.S. Citizen Children - Sacramento Bee

The Indypendent

ICE Reports Deporting Nearly 47000 Parents of U.S. Citizen Children
Sacramento Bee
By Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service BALTIMORE, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the first half of 2011 deported 46686 parents who had at least one US citizen child, says an ICE report made ...
ICE Reports Deporting Nearly 47000 Parents of US Citizen ChildrenMarketWatch (press release)
Immigration courts to close while ICE reviews deportation casesThe Seattle Times
DHS expanding deportation case reviews to 4 more cities, will temporarily ...Washington Post
The Associated Press
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Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

WRAL.com

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize
Fox News
In a dramatic departure from a 60-year policy, undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria would not have to leave the United States while they await approval of their application to legalize their status. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, ...
Undocumented immigrants tell their stories at Asheville rallyAsheville Citizen-Times
Number of undocumented immigrants in Ariz. hits decade lowExaminer.com
Proposed New Rule Aimed at Helping Immigrant FamiliesBoise Weekly
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Sarkozy's law-and-order agenda targets sex crimes - Reuters

Sarkozy's law-and-order agenda targets sex crimes - Reuters

Sydney Morning Herald

Sarkozy's law-and-order agenda targets sex crimes
Reuters
<^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Graphic of polls, click on: r.reuters.com/was36s Election online: tinyurl.com/7hpt4vy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> PRE-DAWN RAIDS Sarkozy's comments came a day ...
Terror upends the French electionJamaica Gleaner

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Obama Puts Immigration on Backburner - Fox News


RT

Obama Puts Immigration on Backburner
Fox News
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP2012 Washington – Immigration is one of the issues that will be put on the backburner as US President Barack Obama focuses on the campaign trail in the hopes of winning his second term in office.
No need to whisper: Obama yearns for postelection 'flexibility' on taxes ...Washington Post

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A response to: am I an illegal alien? - Cyprus Mail


A response to: am I an illegal alien?
Cyprus Mail
The 112000 non-Cypriot EU nationals now living in Cyprus do not have to ask the new minister of interior, nor anyone else, whether or not they are illegal aliens. They only have to see which kind of documents they have in their possession.

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Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids - Portsmouth News

Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids - Portsmouth News

Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids
Portsmouth News
The 36-year-old and the Turkish man were arrested and are both being held in immigration detention while steps are taken to remove them from the country. The 75-year-old has been ordered to report to the UK Border Agency regularly while steps are taken ...

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Bill Chandler Executive Director, MIRA!, Miss. Immigrants Rights Alliance, 71 ... - Jackson Clarion Ledger


Bill Chandler Executive Director, MIRA!, Miss. Immigrants Rights Alliance, 71 ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Later, I found that this raid was part of President Eisenhower's "Operation Wetback" in 1954, which resulted in the deportation of nearly 2 million Latinos, many of them like the family that took us to the movie, US citizens.

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Rally against Victorian Workcover 'raid' - Sky News Australia


The West Australian

Rally against Victorian Workcover 'raid'
Sky News Australia
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said the workplace safety authority's surplus should be used to lower premiums and invest in worker safety. 'This is a smash and grab on workers' and employers' money,' he told the rally. 'If this vote goes ahead Ted ...
Vic workers rally against Workcover 'raid'Ninemsn
Public sector going privateThe Age

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State migrant laws on hold - WatertownDailyTimes.com

State migrant laws on hold - WatertownDailyTimes.com

WRAL.com

State migrant laws on hold
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Republican state legislators in several states have sought to write laws that empower local police to fight illegal immigration. Those laws have not fared so well, USA Today reports. Federal courts have blocked them and they are mired in costly legal ...
Jan Brewer chastises California for push to kill SB 1070Bizjournals.com

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Wrestling with immigration — literally - Mohave Valley News

Wrestling with immigration — literally - Mohave Valley News

CBS News

Wrestling with immigration — literally
Mohave Valley News
Then he points to the message painted on the backside of his red trunks: “SB1070” — a reference to Arizona's controversial immigration law. The crowd, some wearing masks of their favorite Mexican wrestlers, shrieks ever louder.
With Immigration Storylines, Lucha Libre Pits Mexican Wrestlers Against ...Fox News

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US deports Liberian ex-rebel for alleged abuses - Reuters

US deports Liberian ex-rebel for alleged abuses - Reuters

Buffalo News

US deports Liberian ex-rebel for alleged abuses
Reuters
| MONROVIA (Reuters) - A former Liberian rebel leader accused of commissioning killings and recruiting child soldiers during a bloody civil war in the 1990s arrived in his West African country a free man late on Friday after being deported from the ...
War crimes suspect deported to LiberiaBuffalo News
Ex-leader of Liberian war faction deported amid accusations of child soldier ...Washington Post
Liberian man of Hilton deported after being accused of child soldier recruitmentNews 10NBC

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

State migrant laws on hold - WatertownDailyTimes.com


State migrant laws on hold
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Republican state legislators in several states have sought to write laws that empower local police to fight illegal immigration. Those laws have not fared so well, USA Today reports. Federal courts have blocked them and they are mired in costly legal ...

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Teen who faced deportation arrested - The Daily Citizen

Teen who faced deportation arrested - The Daily Citizen

Teen who faced deportation arrested
The Daily Citizen
DALTON — A Dalton teenager who was a couple of months away from graduating high school last year but then faced deportation on traffic charges was arrested Thursday for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover agent, authorities said.


Spring exciting time for early migrant fans - London Free Press

Spring exciting time for early migrant fans - London Free Press

Spring exciting time for early migrant fans
London Free Press
By Paul Nicholson, Special to QMI Agency By late March we expect to have first sightings of early migrants. We haven't been disappointed. First local reports of green-winged teal were posted on March 3. There have also been earlier than normal reports ...


Lucha libre using immigration to attract US fans - CBS News

Lucha libre using immigration to attract US fans - CBS News

CBS News

Lucha libre using immigration to attract US fans
CBS News
Then he points to the message painted on the backside of his red trunks: "SB1070" — a reference to Arizona's controversial immigration law. The crowd, some wearing masks of their favorite Mexican wrestlers, shrieks ever louder.
Lucha Libre USA Mexican wrestling tour grapples with controversySan Jose Mercury News

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Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

News & Observer

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, said in a statement Friday that the proposed change “would reduce the time US citizens are separated from their spouses, children, and parents (ie immediate relatives) who must obtain an immigrant visa ...
Obama administration proposes change to legal status applicationsJoplin Globe
Number of undocumented immigrants in Ariz. hits decade lowExaminer.com
N.C. immigration panel gets earful, waits for U.S. Supreme Court rulingWinston-Salem Journal
News & Observer -The Colorado Independent -The Progressive Pulse
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Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize - Fox News

News & Observer

Change Allows Undocumented to Stay in US While Applying to Legalize
Fox News
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, said in a statement Friday that the proposed change “would reduce the time US citizens are separated from their spouses, children, and parents (ie immediate relatives) who must obtain an immigrant visa ...
Obama administration proposes change to legal status applicationsJoplin Globe
Number of undocumented immigrants in Ariz. hits decade lowExaminer.com
N.C. immigration panel gets earful, waits for U.S. Supreme Court rulingWinston-Salem Journal
News & Observer -The Colorado Independent -The Progressive Pulse
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Delhi Journal: The Migrant 'Problem' - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Delhi Journal: The Migrant 'Problem' - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Delhi Journal: The Migrant 'Problem'
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Tripti Lahiri An Indian migrant man and his wife walked to a construction site on the outskirts of Hyderabad, March 1. Are migrants ruining Delhi? That's what some officials suggest when major crimes take place in the capital.

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Immigration Enforcement Separated Thousands Of US-Born Children From Parents - Huffington Post


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Immigration Enforcement Separated Thousands Of US-Born Children From Parents
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- In the first half of 2011 alone, nearly 46500 parents of US-born children were forced to leave the country, according to a report released on Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those parents were among the 396906 immigrants ...
Immigration Attorney Highlights Changes to Enforcement and ProcessingMarketWatch (press release)
Partisanship Bickering Hangs Over Immigration HearingChicago Tribune
Orlando immigration court to temporarily close to shift focus to serious casesOrlando Sentinel
The Seattle Times
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Immigrant ex-cons ordered deported may be freed in US - Denver Post

Immigrant ex-cons ordered deported may be freed in US - Denver Post

Immigrant ex-cons ordered deported may be freed in US
Denver Post
Ex- con illegal immigrants can go free when their nations won't take them. SAN FRANCISCO — The case of a Vietnamese ex-con accused of brutally slaying five people in a San Francisco home has shed harsh light on US Supreme Court rulings that have ...

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Migrant boat tragedy: it's time for more answers - The Guardian


The Guardian

Migrant boat tragedy: it's time for more answers
The Guardian
It's been almost a year since the Guardian first revealed the story of a boat, originally crammed with 72 sub-Saharan African migrants, which set sail from the shores of Tripoli bound for the Italian island of Lampedusa – only to wash back up on the ...
Migrants 'Left to Die' in Mediterranean TragedyCare2.com (blog)
NATO Blasted over Libyan Migrant DeathsTIME
Report: NATO shares blame over Libya migrant boat deathsCNN International
Kansas City Star -San Francisco Chronicle
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Illegal Alien Indicted For Allegedly Selling Phony Green Cards - WWNY TV 7


Illegal Alien Indicted For Allegedly Selling Phony Green Cards
WWNY TV 7
The US Attorney's Office said 36 year old Moises Velazquez-Jacobo, an illegal alien from Mexico, could go to prison for 20 years if he's convicted. The former farmhand is accused of selling fake identification to as many as 40 illegals.

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Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids - Portsmouth News

Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids - Portsmouth News

Illegal workers arrested after restaurant raids
Portsmouth News
The 36-year-old and the Turkish man were arrested and are both being held in immigration detention while steps are taken to remove them from the country. The 75-year-old has been ordered to report to the UK Border Agency regularly while steps are taken ...

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Friday, March 30, 2012

US sanctions in Iran, victims at home - Asia Times Online

US sanctions in Iran, victims at home - Asia Times Online

US sanctions in Iran, victims at home
Asia Times Online
Then in 2008, federal agents conducted a synchronized raid at 6 am on Dr Yasrebi's residence, his workplace, the office of the CF, and the residences of several other major contributors to the organization. The harsh raid traumatized Dr Yasrebi's ...

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