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This Weeks Immigration Policy Update
Although some last-minute changes were made in a manager's amendment, the bill would still weaken protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence. The bill, HR 4970, is opposed by domestic violence groups, immigrant rights groups, and law
Updated: 05/23/2012 05:17A
15 ways to use a 450-page federal budget bill
Backlogged immigration applications eliminated Among the amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is a move to wipe out a backlog of 280000 applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Applications made before 2008 would be
Updated: 05/23/2012 05:13A
15 ways to use a 450-page budget bill
Backlogged immigration applications eliminated Among the amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is a move to wipe out a backlog of 280000 applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Applications made before 2008 would be
Updated: 05/23/2012 05:11A
Man accused of employing illegal immigrants
AN Aberystwyth restaurateur will be committed to Crown Court after pleading not guilty to five charges of breaching immigration laws by employing illegal immigrants. Fifty-year-old Mohammed Somir, who owns the Shilam and Bella Vita in Aberystwyth,
Updated: 05/23/2012 05:04A
Covering Israel's immigration laws: When anti-Zionism becomes anti-Semitism
Further, has the Guardian forgotten what its own readers make of the “immigration problem”? Has the Mail & Guardian? For the former, perhaps a quote from its archives (not too long ago, only 2009) would act as a refresher: “More Britons than anyone
Updated: 05/23/2012 04:12A
Pakistani immigrant offered bride in sham marriage scam
Earlier, Mr Markham had said: "This charge is about an allegation that these three defendants in court were part of a criminal arrangement or scheme to facilitate a breach or breaches of UK immigration law. "They were involved in running an organised
Updated: 05/23/2012 03:28A
US needs assimilation now more than ever
This shift was inevitable as long as the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act remained in place. It ended the old system of per-country quotas and — together with subsequent liberalizations — unleashed a flood of immigration from Latin America and Asia
Updated: 05/23/2012 03:01A
ACLU challenges Vallario over immigrant arrest reports to ICE
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado says the Garfield County Sheriff's Department is violating state law by immediately forwarding the names of immigrants arrested in domestic violence cases to federal
Updated: 05/23/2012 02:18A
Immigration answer 2-fold
Prohibit by law the misuse of the 14th Amendment to grant citizenship on the basis of having been born here to non-citizen parents. With the borders sealed, in 20 years, or so, children will grow up, the old will die, and the problem will solve itself.
Updated: 05/23/2012 02:07A
Immigrants aren't the only ones with responsibilities
This is part of The Immigrant Answer –The Globe's series on the future of immigration in Canada. Read the original story here. As The Globe and Mail concludes its series The Immigrant Answer, it should be congratulated for tackling a subject vital to
Updated: 05/23/2012 02:00A