Archive for December, 2008

A New Era of Hope for Comprehensive Immigration Reform - La Prensa San Diego

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff claimed credit for “reversing” illegal immigration, but the credit should more accurately fall to those in the Bush Administration who let the economy and our financial regulatory agencies collapse [Immigration ]
OMAHA — A new immigration court here conveys a message about the swifter rendering of justice. […]

The United States? Not after 2010, a Russian predicts - USA Today Blogs

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

If you think next year is going to be bad, just wait until the summer of 2010. A Russian scholar predicts that’s when the United States becomes the Untied States, disintegrating into six pieces that will then align with other global powers. The Wall [Immigration ]
Federal immigration officials have sedated fewer deportees […]

Canada Calls Santa Claus a Canadian Citizen - Digital Journal

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Santa Claus may have his official home at the North Pole, a disputed territory among Russia, Norway, Canada, United States and Denmark but Canada is calling St. Nick a Canadian. Jason Kenney, the minister of Citizenship, Immigration and [Immigration ]
Ottawa — Santa Claus has been declared a Canadian citizen with fully authorized […]

US lists 5-yr terror threats - Times of India

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

WASHINGTON: The terrorism threat to the US over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment. Chemical [Immigration ]
Attari Border (Punjab), Dec 27 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani troopers have always stamped […]

UK Border Agency to “shake up” immigration with new IT - Silicon.com

Friday, December 26th, 2008

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has signed a £3m, three-year deal with IBM to help with the design and integration of a new IT system to support work around immigration. IBM will act as strategic systems integration partner for the Immigration Case Work [Immigration ]
JOHN Clarke QC found it “mystifying” and “puzzling” […]

Chinese Fake Marriage Immigration Group Caught (New America Media)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

NEW YORK – Forty-three defendants of a Chinese immigration group were brought to Minnesota Federal Court on charges related to a fraudulent marriage scam. [Immigration…]

2008: The year shame died - WorldNetDaily

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

2008: The year shame died - WorldNetDailyAfter Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they hid from God among the trees. “Where are you?” God asked them. Why ask? Certainly, the all-knowing Almighty knew their whereabouts. The question, as per exegesis, was meant to prompt self-reflection in

Papua seeks jail for Australians over visa breach - Big Pond News

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Papua seeks jail for Australians over visa breach - Big Pond NewsProsecutors in Papua are seeking a three-year jail sentence for each of the four Australians on trial there for immigration violations. The four flew in a light plane from Horn Island in the Torres Strait in September. Vera Scott-Bloxam, Keith
Settlement opens […]

Captured Lebanese men released - Gulf News

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Captured Lebanese men released - Gulf NewsBeirut: Two Lebanese men seized by Israeli soldiers near the border were released on Saturday, a Lebanese security official said. The two were handed over to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and then to the Lebanese army. The brothers
Security: Have you got your biometric […]

Settlement opens up amnesty for tens of thousands of immigrants - Newsday

Friday, December 19th, 2008

For two decades, Anaheim businessman Erkan Aydin has taken on a task unimaginable for most immigrants like himself: trying to convince the U.S. government that he was here illegally. Aydin, 50, arrived in the United States from his native Turkey with [Immigration ]