Immigration

President Bush met with Salvadoran President Tony Saca on Tuesday, urging immigration reform and a guest worker program. [Immigration…]

Arizona Daily Star - PHOENIX - Ten agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have joined Phoenix police to get illegal immigrants who commit crimes off the streets. With agents and officers working side-by-side, officials say the instantaneous exchange of [Immigration ]
New Straits Times - SEPANG: By the middle of the year, one […]

Patrick bans state contractors from hiring illegal immigrantsBoston Online - The order also requires the contractors to verify workers’ immigration status without engaging in unlawful discrimination. “I understand how most undocumented immigrants enter Massachusetts seeking opportunities, jobs and a better way of life, and I
Readers weighing in on immigration reformOrange County Register […]

A court recommended a review of all immigration cases still on appeal involving a judge who has been criticized as being hostile to people seeking asylum. [Immigration…]

Top court to rule on Canada’s antiterror measures  The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Friday whether to uphold or quash an extraordinary security measure that allows Ottawa to detain foreigners suspected of terror ties without charges for many years.

Immigration raids sweep through SoCal eateries (Los Angeles Times) In a nationwide sweep across 17 states and the District of Columbia, immigration officials descended on popular eateries like Hard Rock Café and Planet Hollywood, arrested almost 200 illegal immigrants working for a janitorial company and filed criminal charges against its top three officials. […]

Organizers agree to hold their immigrant rights event in April to avoid a conflict with Saturday’s Golden Dragon Parade. Seeking to avert a confrontation with police, organizers of an immigrant rights rally that was proposed to be held without a permit this Saturday in downtown Los Angeles agreed to postpone the event […]

Post-Sept. 11 laws leave Hmong trapped outside U.S. looking in Sept. 11-era laws aimed at keeping terrorists out of the United States have disqualified many Hmong refugees, the very people recognized by Congress for helping American troops in the Vietnam War.
Congress inching closer to immigration reform, lawmakers say WASHINGTON — Unable last year to bridge a wide […]

Bahamas official resigns in flap over pictures with Anna Nicole Smith Globe and Mail: Immigration Minister Shane Gibson had fast-tracked Smith’s application for permanent residency on the island chain

Patrol boat back in operation after fault fixedBig Pond News - The Navy has decided to release one of the border security ships grounded due to a mechanical fault back into operation. The entire fleet of the Armidale Class patrol boats has been sidelined on two occasions in the past six months because of fuel […]