Archive for April, 2007

82 Inmates Cleared but Still Held at Guantanamo

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Washington Post - In March, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch issued a report on the fate of seven Russians who were released The Uighurs would be rejected under U.S. immigration law, the official said, because they once trained in armed camps and because [Immigration ]

Bush touts immigration changes during Miami speech

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

USA Today: President Bush, pushing for a hard-to-find breakthrough on a broad immigration overhaul, appealed to graduating college students … [Immigration…]

U.N. ambassadors get first look at breakaway Kosovo

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Washington Post - Security Council member states got their first look on Friday at Serbia’s breakaway Kosovo province, which Western powers want Up to 200,000 fled following the war, and several thousand had camped out on the border since early Thursday demanding to [Immigration ]
KGBT 4 - John Cornyn, the […]

Muslim women should be allowed to wear veils in British courts: senior

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Canada East - The guidance was issued after an immigration judge adjourned a case in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, in November because he could not hear a Muslim lawyer who refused to remove her veil. The case resumed after her firm sent another lawyer to [Immigration ]
Canada Free Press - Jeff Flake, a […]

Immigration must be fair - Reid

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

BBC: Voters are worried about illegal immigrants who undermine UK workers, John Reid says. [Immigration…]

Voting begins in French presidential election

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Voting begins in French presidential electionHerald Tribune - PARIS: France began choosing a new president Sunday in one of its most suspense Sarkozy, the former law-and-order interior minister, has the backing of the has worked unabashedly to seduce Le Pen voters, even proposing a ministry of immigration
Mira Nair: […]

New rules proposed for religious workers

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

New rules proposed for religious workersThe Washington Times - Federal immigration officials, trying to get a handle on a years-old problem of rampant fraud among religious worker visa applications, proposed new rules yesterday that would require the government to visit churches or other religious groups to make
Fred Thompson: Liberal in DisguiseMagic City […]

Migrants swelled UK population by 500 a day

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Migrants swelled UK population by 500 a day Guardian: There was a net increase of 185,000 in Britain’s population due to immigration in 2005, according to official figures.

Immigration enforcers arrest 49 in Willmar (Post-Bulletin)

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

WILLMAR, Minn. — Nearly 50 people who were allegedly in the country illegally were arrested during a four-day sweep in Willmar last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday. Operation Cross Check finished o [Immigration…]

Neo-Nazi rally planned for S.C.

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Myrtle Beach Online - COLUMBIA - The largest neo-Nazi group in the United States has scheduled a rally against illegal immigration at the S.C. Statehouse. About 200 people are expected at the April 21 rally, which is the same weekend as the group’s three-day national [Immigration ]