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“Where do you come from?” asks the teacher of the adult class in Leopoldville, where I am registered for a course in Lingala. I hesitate. It is a simple query that puts me in a quandary. Should I state my origins, nationality or citizenship? “From my mother’s womb,” I want to tell him in short, but resist [...]

Overnight, some industries would become desperate for workers. The biggest beneficiaries would be low-skilled American workers. The big losers might surprise you. At least 12 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S. Most pick crops, wash dishes, build houses, cut lawns and do other jobs for between $6 and $15 an hour. They make up about [...]

Jump in Hispanics energizes economy in Kan. county — Saline County, Kan., is a vivid example of the impact new Hispanic residents can have on a community. The population of the county north of Wichita has grown less than 2% this decade to 54,583, but its Hispanic population has jumped 28%. A majority of that growth [...]

On May 12, 2008 I wrote an article titled, Illegal Immigrants Sense of Entitlement. I was stunned yesterday when I found a comment from a woman claiming to be here legally, but now is helping her husband with his “papers” who entered the United States illegally. Though I suspect she too is here [...]

During the recent parliamentary elections in Italy, Silvio Berlusconi and his allies campaigned on a program to act tought toward immgrants and to get rid of them. Last m onths, thousands greeted mayor Gianni Allemanno of Rome with Fascist salutes and a mob firebombed a Gypsy camp near Naples. On Saturday, in a [...]

Nearly 240 illegal immigrants went on a hunger strike as the European Union’s 27 member states were putting the final touches on a new document which allows governments to detain illegal immigrants for up to 18 months and then prevent them from re-entering the EU for up to five years. The illegals are bunkered [...]

This week I’ve got a video you need to go and watch that isn’t embeddable, it’s a music video to Radiohead’s All I Need. Go Now. (ht. Keane) Here is a user created video to the same song with a different topic Immigrants (ht. Jamie) What did you think of that one? All I Need, greenpeace, immigrants, Radiohead, sweatshops

Les clandestins subsahariens tentaient de rejoindre l’Espagne Effroyable, le mot est faible pour nommer cet acte d’une rare cruauté commis par l’équipage d’un navire de la marine marocaine le 28 avril dernier qui a fait noyer une trentaine d’immigrants subsahariens dont 4 enfants au large d’El Hoceima au nord-est du...

Yusif Osman’s Body Yusif Osman was a U.S. legal resident from Ghana and had been living in Los Angeles for five years. After a companion carrying false ID landed him in immigration detention, Osman was facing deportation on smuggling charges, an allegation he denied. While at an immigration detention center outside San Diego, he died suddenly. [...]

The arrival of immigrants from all parts of the world is an ongoig issue in most nations in the European Union and Hungary increasingly has found itself still learning how best to integrate the new arrivals within society. The UNHCR recently investigated how Hungary is dealng with immigrants and warned about insufficient effort to get [...]

Join the Message Board Arresting illegals trying to leave the United States. That makes sense. The government has a new approach to border enforcement. Instead of just focusing on people who are entering the country illegally, the Los Angeles Times says federal agents are also arresting undocumented foreigners who are trying to leave the United States. The paper [...]

Join the Message Board Arresting illegals trying to leave the United States. That makes sense. The government has a new approach to border enforcement. Instead of just focusing on people who are entering the country illegally, the Los Angeles Times says federal agents are also arresting undocumented foreigners who are trying to leave the United States. The paper [...]

Catholic charity Caritas will on Tuesday present an Arabic translation of the Italian constitution in a bid to help immigrants integrate in the southern city of Agrigento.Caritas will distribute the Arabic translation to schools, offices, and public bodies in Agrigento in southern Sicily. More...

John McCain, after shoring up the Republican nomination, is back to supporting a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. In other words, he outright lied and millions of Republicans bought into it. McCain may be a liar, but its his party that's foolish.McCain-Kennedy, here we go again.read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice

Well, he isn’t even in the White House yet, and John McCain is already criticizing the anti-Amnesty Republicans he pandered to in order to steal the Republican Nomination. He launched a Spanish-language version of his campaign website today and he’s criticizing the Republicans who opposed the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty plan for damaging the GOP’s Latino [...]

Michelle Malkin talks about how Mexico's been establishing consulates in many place with which to provide inappropriate assistance to illegals. And to make matters worse, the State Department, almost unsurprisingly, won't do anything about it.

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Finland has witnessed a dramatic increasing in the number of immigrants from all over the world which is a new phenomenon in its society. A bright Finnish woman noticed that most immigrants were arriving as members of a family, but they had been compelled to leave behind grandparents. Mirja Riihimaa came up with the idea [...]

Yemen is a poor nation at the tip of the Arabian peninsula which suffers the indignity of not having oil in the quantities available to its neighbor. A group of Yemen men walked through the sands in order to seek emploment in Saudi cities on their border. It appears they were caught by Saudi police [...]

The European Union will soon announce a new policy that will allow its member states to only detain illegal immigrants for no longer than six months. The EU wants to create a uniform policy that would be applicable throughout the organization. There are an estimated 10 to 12 milliion illegal immigrants in the EU, some [...]

"It depends on whether you take a long-term or short-term view... In the short term, experts seem to agree, illegal immigrants tend to receive more in benefits than they pay." However.. "illegal immigrant workers are now providing [social security] with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year." (NYTimes)read more | digg story

Does anybody remember back in February of 2007 when Bank of America said they were going to begin giving out loans to illegal immigrants? Well, that turned out to be a really stupid idea. Who would have guessed? Since initiating this policy, Bank of America has seen sky rocketing debts due to people taking out loans [...]

Taking those dollars where they will go farther?Why would people who seem to dislike and disdain Hispanic immigrants and the Hispanic culture so much want to immigrate to a Hispanic country? It's hard to figure.From what little I read of US news, there seems to be a strong anti-immigrant, anti-Hispanic trend in the U.S. to the point of hatred in some cases.I spend more of my time learning about Honduras, since that is where I live, but my Google News Alerts about Honduras often include articles about immigration. There seems to be such anger among U.S. Americans. I can understand how the war, crime and drugs, and the economy could sour viewpoints, but the anger and hatred are a little mind boggling and spill over on legal immigrants as well.Oddly, some of those who yell the loudest about '

Whether the reactions have been those of praise, criticism or simple shock, for the last five years the name F.I.L.T.H.E.E. IMMIGRANTS has been raising many eyebrows and generating curiosity worldwide. Most of the intrigue has stemmed from the acronym F.I.L.T.H.E.E. witch stands for " Forever In Love Thanking Highest Eternal Existence". This acronym highlights the group’s spirituality as the forefront of their motivation. The word "Immigrants" represents the group’s social/political forum and the struggle of any person or group working to make life better for themselves and future generations.One of the most amazing aspects of the group has to be their uncanny ability to network and move within circles that average Hip Hop artists are not often found. This may stem from the fact that t

The British Home Office has been attempting to impose tougher requirements on immigrants who entered the nation under provisions of the Higher Skills Migrant Programme, but their efforts were ended by a court decision which insisted migrants had met the criteria that was originally established for their presence and had a right to reman in [...]

(Email Subscribers, You have to visit the site to see the videos mentioned below, they really are here!) One Immigrant’s Story: An Awareness Test: A wildly interesting TED Video (ht. jonathan): A car that runs on salt water (ht. fousty): A sweet looking movie trailer (ht. Jeremy): biking, breakdancing, immigrants, TED, water fuel cell

A multiracial bus queue in Slough, Berkshire.Guardian photograph by Karen Robinson Here's an article from The Guardian that indirectly takes to task a recently released report, which claimed that immigrants in the United Kingdom contribute little or nothing to the country's economy. It's a highly dubious claim since immigrants, contrary to the general perception, pay taxes and spend their money just like everyone else and keep businesses thriving and the economy chugging along. David Rose's report on the town of Slough reminds me of a small town in New Jersey that passed an ordinance banning landlords from renting apartments and houses to undocumented immigrants. The result was that immigrants left the town in droves and many small businesses were shuttered because they no longer had c

The issues of immigration policy and asylum procedures in Sweden came into prominence this week as political parties offered new ideas on these topics. On Tuesday, Minister of Integration, Nyamko Sabuni of the Liberal Party, said she wanted classes for immigrants to assist them in becoming Swedish citizens while Social Democratic leader, Mona Sahlin suggested [...]

As the debate over immigration rages on and on, it is clear that many Hispanics, including those here legally, and advocate groups such as La Raza and the ACLU who work on behalf of illegal aliens, need to understand and accept the following essential truths about America:

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, in a hearing Wednesday before members of Congress, pledged for more flexibility in employing foreign specialists. Currently, our country has an annual quota of 65,000 temporary H-1B visas for skilled workers and 20,000 for foreign students."It makes no sense to educate people in our universities, often subsidized by U.S. taxpayers, and then insist they return home," Gates told the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee during a two-hour hearing, CNET reports. Instead, H-1B visas and green cards should be issued for those who are found useful to the United States economy.Gates said that there are not enough scientists and computer specialists in the United States to fill demand. Microsoft employs 7 percent of its workforce through H-1

HAMILTON - After three Butler County car dealerships were accused of selling fake IDs to help illegal immigrants buy cars, a state lawmaker is planning legislation that would add another step to block them from getting temporary license tags or registrations. “I can’t stop you from buying a car. I think that would be unconstitutional. You have a right to buy anything you want, as long as you have the money. But what I can do is stop you from obtaining a tag or license to put on that car,” said state Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Fairfield. Combs said Friday that his office has asked the Ohio Legislative Services Commission to research and draft a proposal that would require vehicle purchasers to prove U.S. citizenship or legal immigration status before obtaining a temporary tag

“Where do you come from?” asks the teacher of the adult class in Leopoldville, where I am registered for a course in Lingala. I hesitate. It is a simple query that puts me in a quandary. Should I state my origins, nationality or citizenship? “From my mother’s womb,” I want to tell him in short, but resist [...]

This year marks 100 years of Japanese immigration in Brazil, and all over Brazil there are cultural events, news specials, and happenings celebrating this anniversary. The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil in June 1908, and brought with them cultural...

I’ve got a LOT of conversations that I’ve read and haven’t had time to really comment on or dialog about, too many to keep up, so I’ll just post them below like I have before. Hope you find one you enjoy. All bloggers and blogs that I would highly recommend… Julie always on top of it [...]

Illegal immigrants are coming into Texas, but not from where one might think.The rush is coming from Arizona, Oklahoma and other states — places that have recently passed tough new anti-illegal immigrant laws. The two toughest measures are in Arizona and Oklahoma. The Oklahoma statute, which took effect in November, makes it a crime to transport, harbor [...]

CWT-Houston. Cats With Thumbs Texas Bureau has learned from a confidential source at the NASA Johnson Space Center that five illegal immigrants were discovered aboard the United States Space Shuttle Discovery soon after it docked with the International Space Station on October 25, 2007. The three Ukrainian and two Romanian nationals were found inside a Shuttle Discovery cargo pod used to transport supplies from the earth to the space station. All five stowaways had obtained and were wearing NASA standard issue pressure suits; CWT's inside source reported all five were in "good health and jolly spirits" when they were escorted from their hideaway.According to internal documents obtained by CWT from NASA, all five men were employed without work authorization or visas by a company under cont

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Mexican illegal immigrant Lindi sat down with her husband Marco Antonio in the weeks before Christmas to decide when to go back to Mexico. She has spent three years working as a hairdresser in and around Phoenix,...

   This is unbelievable, well, actually it is the ACLU so no, it’s not so unbelievable. The ACLU is claiming a person should not be denied a visa to come to the United States to protest the war because of the freedom of speech. The First Amendment right to freedom of speech should be interpreted as preventing the U.S. government from denying a visa to a foreign critic of U.S. war-time policy who has been invited to speak here, even when national security concerns are cited, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is claiming in a federal lawsuit.  Now forgive me for asking a stupid question here, but doesn’t the freedom of speech, guaranteed in the UNITED STATES constitution only apply to Americans? Don’t you have to actually be a citizen of the United States to be afforded the protections of the constitution?  The Aclu will stop at nothing to push their radical leftist positions upon the American people by using the court system. This is the latest example of t

via email  We old folks need to start pounding our representatives about this.          IMMIGRANTS OVER 65:                                       If the immigrant is over 65 they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get     more than my mom gets for Social Security, and she worked from 1944 till 2004,     only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there is a "catch 22".        It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly     allowance of $1,890.00 and each can also obtain an additional $580.00 in social     assistance for a total of $2,470.00/month.      This compares very well to a  single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and      development of America for 40 TO 50 years c

This is a realistic post that explains why America got so great and why is trying to do everything not to bee great anymore.We’re All ImmigrantsWASHINGTON—I do not recall hearing my father speak to his mother in English. My Italian immigrant grandmother knew few words in this strange new tongue, her best being something that came out sounding like Giorgia Masce—for Jordan Marsh, the New England department store that was her favorite. Dad didn’t learn much English until he went to public school. Like former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, the language of my father’s home and his close-knit neighborhood was his parents’ regional Italian dialect. By the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, his English was as good as that of any American teenager. It was plenty good enough for him to serve in World War II, survive the major battles of the Pacific theater and return home to build a career as a municipal housing specialist. At home we learned a few slang expressions, but my father balk

Cracks are already appearing between Singaporeans and the new settlers who have come as permanent residents, not just between different ethnic groups, but also within races. Ill feeling towards foreigners is beginning to surface in this most unlikely of places - cosmopolitan Singapore - attributed to the record influx of immigrants. By tradition, Singaporeans with their own migrant history have been open about foreigners from east or west, which has led to a recent mass arrival of settlers and visitors. More than a million have arrived, mostly during the past decade, and although they have brightened the economy, they are also starting to incur a social cost as well as increasingly sparking friction with locals. Despite land reclamation, Singapore remains a small city, one of the densest in the world. The pressure is testing the tolerance level of Singaporeans, who are struggling to cope with a widening income gap and rising prices. Already one third of the 4.68 million people

The Home Office is embroiled in fresh controversy after admitting that illegal immigrants have been cleared for jobs as security staff. Ministers have ordered new checks to be carried out on hundreds of thousands of people vetted by its Security Industry Authority (SIA) over the past three years. The SIA had not been ensuring that applicants were [...]

The Home Office is embroiled in fresh controversy after admitting that illegal immigrants have been cleared for jobs as security staff. Ministers have ordered new checks to be carried out on hundreds of thousands of people vetted by its Security Industry Authority (SIA) over the past three years. The SIA had not been ensuring that applicants were [...]

The so-called Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb may adopt the strategy of recruiting illegal immigrants as it is easy to convince them in view of their difficult social situations, according to security experts. A total of 5,049 foreigners who were illegally staying in Algeria have been arrested by the National Gendarmerie services since January. Of them 3,850 have been repatriated. Most of foreign illegal immigrants come from Niger, Mali, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Libya and Syria. More...

Illegal immigrants set up new camp in French port next to UK-bound ferries Hundreds of illegal migrants have set up a new makeshift camp just a stroll away from the ferries they hope will carry them to a new life in Britain. The extraordinary new shanty town is, literally, on the edge of Cherbourg Port, in northern France, where hundreds of refugees play a nightly game of cat-and-mouse with the police as they try to get aboard UK-bound passenger and container ships. It is attracting so many new arrivals that locals fear it is just a matter of time before an official shelter would have to be set up, like the former, infamous Red Cross camp in Sangatte. Continued

Joe Zawinul a legendás Weather Report feloszlását követően, 1987-ben hozta létre a Zawinul Syndicate formációt, amellyel haláláig dolgozott. Az 1988-ban megjelent Immigrants album készítésekor a felállás a következő volt: Joe Zawinul - Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Korg Synthesizer, Keyboard Bass; Scott Henderson, Joe Gastwirt - Guitar; Alex Acuña - Percussion, Drums, Vocals; Abraham Laboriel - Bass; Yari Moré - Vocals; Richard Page/Vocals; Hector "Rudy" Regalado - Percussion, Vocals; Cornell Rochester -Drums.A felvételek:1.March of the Lost Children2.-Criollo3.Shadow and Light4.King Hip5.No Mercy for Me (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy)6.The Devil Never Sleeps7.You Understand8.From Venice to Vienna.Tömörítés/Bitrate: 320 kb/sLetöltés/Download:[ Gigasize ][ Uploaded.to ]Jelszó/Password: levente

Some would say life in the UK was becoming a little Draconian to say the very least. From cameras watching our every move to National ID cards, our freedoms as a nation are being whittled away on a daily basis in the name of Fighting Global Terror. read more

Last night at the Democratic debate, Tim Russert did a magnificent job at not allowing Hillary Clinton to get away with her nonsense. Clinton wants to always take two sides on every issue, and Russert would have none of it. Russert demonstrated complete integrity the entire night. He should be commended. Tim Russert asked Mrs. Bill Clinton whether or not she supported giving driver's licenses... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

I'm glad that China's doing well and all, but as I read this story about how immigrants are going to China, I couldn't help but think about all of the babies killed by the Communist party. I guess there was room there after all. story here

This statement by Hillary surprises me more than a little bit. If true it shows an actual grasp of what a backbreaking nightmare giving health care to the poor of the entire hemisphere would be. However, the question I still ask you and myself should be…is she telling the truth. Is this her real thoughts on the issue or is it just a carefully scripted stealth appeal to centrists and the right? I remember when Hillary and Bill Clinton were both in favor of school vouchers while running for their second term. Yet as soon as they were elected, it evaporated like a summer mornings dew...or a Clintons campaign promise to the country. I like what she is saying but I just do not trust her. ~RJH Fox News article link Clinton Says Universal Heath Care Plan Will Not Cover Illegal Immigrants Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally would not be covered by her proposed universal health care plan. The New York senator said she supports basic health

Hardbeatnews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Oct. 18, 2007: Caribbean immigrants sent home a whopping US$8.3 billion dollars in remittances last year, according to researchers of the Inter-American Development Bank, marking a growth of over two billion from 2005.

The benefits of immigration and the beauty of religion, all in one, as reported by AlterNet: Russian-speaking Christian fundamentalists, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, have formed a ferocious anti-gay movement in the western U.S.

Why do illegal immigrants insist on claiming that U.S. citizens are being racist? Do they even understand what racism is all about? Does the media?For the love of pete -- Racism -- is racially based hatred, oppression or bigotry. It can be systematic or individual. Hispanics are not a race. Latinos are not a race. Illegals are not a race. I will say that some bigots are using the illegal debate to voice their leanings but the debate in our country is not about race because Latino's and hispanics aren't one.They are however, law breakers any way you slice it and 12+ million law breakers tend not to go unnoticed.

Every time I write about immigration I permanently lose readers. This issue truly brings out passion—and hate. But if I do it often enough I can retire and become a blogger emeritus.Just the same—I don't get it.I am willing to bet a tight vagina that illegal immigration does not affect most Americans in any way.The primary concern seems to be that these people are criminals.First of all, most undocumented workers are not criminals. They entered the country under a visa, and overstayed their welcome. Under the US Code this is a civil matter—not criminal.In the hierarchy of criminal law it belongs right up there with a speeding citation.Now those who have entered the country without going through a border inspection have committed a crime. This would be a misdemeanor. And one I feel is much less serious than drunk driving—or even doing a tap dance in a public rest room. But we constantly have Bill O'Reilly and Lou Dobbs sounding the alarm on how much crime these criminal i

Undocumented workers are a great asset to our pluralistic society; they make significant contributions to our economy and our culture. Migrants from Mexico and other points South are not an alien presence — their work ethic, strong sense of family and burning desire to assimilate are traits that are treasured by all Americans. Republican presidential candidate, Rudolph [...]

Immigrants– illegal ones– don’t pay taxes. They work off the books, freeload off our health care system, take from welfare, benefit from our legal system and infrastructure, and don’t pay for any of it. Right? Let’s think about taxes. I go to work. Twice a month, let’s say, I get paid. My check doesn’t match the number of hours I worked times my pay per hour. Taxes calculated by my employer and are withheld. No surprise there, at least not to anyone working in the United States. Of course, I work legally. I’m a citizen. Obviously, this wouldn’t be the case if a person were working illegally. Someone working illegally would be paid ‘under the table’ and so would effectively cheat the tax system. Right? Well… what happens to that ‘under the table’ money? What happens if I hire illegal workers, keep no records, and pay them cash? They pay no taxes, true, but I do. If I pay someone legally, I don’t

In what I have to call the most traitorous move I have yet seen in the war on illegal aliens the city of New Haven Connecticut is legitimizing and encouraging further criminal activities by giving them city identification cards in order to access city services. They say they are doing this in the name of “safety’ but let’s be honest that’s it is nothing more than furthering the liberal cause of pandering to the illegal alien (and future Democrat voter) constituency. Other cities have tried similar hare brained schemes such as declaring themselves sanctuary cities for the homeless and guess what...they were soon swamped with homeless as word spread and they showed up from all over the country. Santa Monica and San Francisco here in California have pulled such stunts and came to regret it. New Haven you disgust me with your traitorous actions. ~RJH Reuters story link Illegal immigrants to get ID cards in ConnecticutSun Jul 22, 2007 11:56PM EDTBy Lucy NalpathanchilNEW HAVEN, Conn

Prince William County is moving to enact what legal specialists say are some of the toughest measures in the nation targeting immigrants. Provisions include: 1. Police to check the residency status of anyone detained for breaking the law — whether shoplifting, speeding or riding a bicycle without a helmet. 2. Libraries, medical clinics, swimming pools and summer [...]

Here in the United States, and in many other nations as well, it is difficult to avoid the debate over immigration and immigration reform. I have, however, mostly avoided posting on the topic. The term shows up in a few posts, true, but mostly it is peripheral. Among the issues related to immigration are health care costs, public service costs, and immigration’s effect on such things as tax revenue, jobs, business, and crime. This latter particularly grates at me. I realize that it simply isn’t possible to have unrestricted borders, however ideologically appealing that might be to some. Still, the argument from crime annoys me. It annoys me because this is not my experience with immigrants. My experience, while not conclusive in any sense, is much the opposite. My experience is that immigrants are ridiculously hard workers. I wouldn’t even enter that contest. This, obviously, might mean that there is something to arguments revolving around jobs and business. It does

Trouble is, John McCain does not seem to understand that:“America is still the land of opportunity,” Senator John McCain recently said. “And we’re not going to erect barriers and fences.”Unlucky us.Along with Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, the Arizona Republican cosponsored immigration legislation currently crawling through the Senate. McCain should recognize that without a barrier or fence, the U.S./Mexican frontier will continue to welcome Islamic extremists pledged to America’s doom.One more reason why not to support McCain for president.As this report (in PDF format) by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations from January tells, Hezbollah terrorists have already infiltrated the southern border. If they could penetrate, so could others. That's exactly why the fence needs to be built.Hat tip: Molten Thought.

Assistance Needed In Stopping Drug Traffic,Smugglers, Arson and Assaults On Border PatrolIllegals Set Fires In Coronado National ForestU.S. Border Patrol agents seeking to secure the nation's border in some of the country's most pristine national forests are being targeted by illegal aliens, who are using intentionally set fires to burn agents out of observation posts and patrol routes.The wildfires have destroyed valuable natural and cultural resources in the National Forest System and pose an ongoing threat to visitors, residents and responding firefighters, according to federal law-enforcement authorities and others.In the Coronado National Forest in Arizona, with 60 miles of land along the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Forest Service firefighters sent in to battle fires or clear wild-land fire areas are required to be escorted by armed law-enforcement officers.Armed smugglers of aliens and drugs have walked through the middle of active firefighting operations, the authorities said.The

Three members of the Texas National Guard were arraigned in federal court for subverting the very laws there were suppose to enforce (h/t to stormkite for bringing this to my attention). On Monday, Sgt. Julio Cesar Pacheco and Pfc. Jose Rodrigo Torres, both of Laredo, and Sgt. Clarence Hodge Jr. of Fort Worth, appeared before a federal magistrate on charges of conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants. The three Guardsmen are assigned to border duties along the Texas-Mexico border as part of Operation Jump Start, President Bush’s initiative to place 6,000 Guard troops at the border to help local and federal authorities with immigration enforcement. According to the criminal complaint, the arrests followed after a routine stop last Wednesday evening at a Border Patrol checkpoint near Cotulla in La Salle County, TX. National Guardsman Jose Rodrigo Torres was driving a white Ford passenger van when agents stopped the vehicle for an inspection. As the approached the van they f

A article found on iol.co.za has a look at a alternative look at the booming south African ecomomy Source (iol.co.za) As long as South Africa's economy continues to boom, immigrants from neighbouring states would continue to flood the country, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Thursday.Addressing MPs during her budget vote debate, Mapisa-Nqakula said economic migration was an international phenomenon confronting every region of the globe."There is not a country in the world which does not face an influx from its neighbours if it is economically more stable."It is logical that our economy would be a magnet for economic migrants from the region," she said.Mapisa-Nqakula, who was speaking against the backdrop of mounting concerns on the growing number of refugees in the country, particularly Zimbabwean citizens, reminded MPs about the important role played by migrant workers in the development of the country's economy. "South Africa has long relied on those worke

When did it become “unfair” to look out for your countries interests? Educated professionals have a better chance of legally immigrating than uneducated peasants that don’t even speak the language. What a shocker! How unfair of us to reward people who have worked harder to improve themselves! In the first place it’s really all smoke and mirrors anyway. Nobody has answered the simple questions of who exactly will 1) monitor and 2) enforce this hare brained point’s scheme? Maybe the same people that will keep track of them making trips back to their home country. I hate to sound liek a broken record on those issues but they just keep glossing overe that aspect of it. The main stream media isnt asking them and somebody needs to. We all know the second the thing is signed all points and fines go out the window as the gates are opened wide to Mexico. Bush and Chertoff will be there big smiles on their faces, sombreros in hand waving the illegals on through. It’s funny to hear the Demo

While Congress and the White House remain divided over what to do with the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now living in the United States, a new poll shows the American public appears to have reached a consensus on the question. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken last weekend of 1,007 people found that 78 percent of respondents feel people now in the country illegally should be given a chance at citizenship. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Disagreements about the fate of the nation's illegal residents were a major factor in the deadlock that kept Congress from enacting an immigration bill last year, despite the support of key Democratic and Republican leaders, as well as President Bush. The president and members of his Cabinet, including Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, have said it would be prohibitively expensive to deport all the nation's illegal residents. But many conservatives strongly oppose putting illegal immigrants on a

IDAHO CITY — Fourteen illegal immigrants were arrested and face deportation after being picked up at an Idaho City hotel. It happened late Tuesday night and now they’re in the Ada County Jail. The men were working for a contracted employee of the U.S. Forest Service. They had been working for about 10 days, with one week left. According to the Forest Service, the contracted employer is Cutting Edge Forestry Inc. out of Talent, Oregon. The contractor is required to turn over paperwork regarding their employees and then the Forest Service sends that paperwork to the immigration office. It’s there that officials realized the men were in the country illegally. Source Lets hope that the company that decided to pass off these illegals as legit gets a visit from ICE as well. I do like the idea of charging businesses like this with a HUGE fine, and I have serious problems with employers saying they didn’t know. As they say.. The best lesson is a bought lesson.

The Senate is on the verge of passing a bill that has been written in secret and has not even be read which provides total amnesty for 12 million (if you are to believe official figures) illegal aliens already inside the US, allows them to bring in their entire families from outside and ultimately paves the way for foreign occupation of the United States.The immigration reform bill, which has been hailed by President Bush, has been denounced by many commentators and Senators as total amnesty by stealth.It has been drafted in total secrecy with the help of liberal think tanks and Latino national interest groups such as the National Council of La Raza and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which as the Washington Post reported now have virtual veto power in the immigration debate. Some of these groups are notoriously racist and have openly called for revolution .

The Texas State Legislator decided to take a state-wide poll to see if the citizens thought there was a problem with too many illegal immigrants. Here's the results...7% Said, Yes2% Said, No 81% Said, Que? No habla ingles

Either by chance or by design, a growing number of Venezuelans — more than 2,000 since 2002 — are marrying Cuban refugees on the fast track for green cards, and drawing scrutiny from U.S. immigration officials. **************************** MIAMI — Either by chance or by design, a growing number of Venezuelans — more than 2,000 since 2002 — are marrying Cuban refugees on the fast track for green cards, and drawing scrutiny from U.S. immigration officials. The escalation coincides with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasing ties to Cuba's Fidel Castro, which have prompted thousands of Venezuelans to flee and then overstay their visas in the United States. In South Florida, attorneys say marriages between Cuban refugees and Venezuelan immigrants top the list of non-Cubans marrying Cubans, followed by Colombians and Mexicans. For undocumented immigrants, marrying a Cuban with a green card can be their ticket to staying in the United States — and even a better deal

BY MAURICE BRIDGE and MEAGAN FITZPATRICKThe Vancouver Sun01 May 2007Immigrants to B. C. have the worst language problems in the country, says a new Statistics Canada multi- year study on the importance of knowing Canada’s two official languages when it comes to finding a job. In B.C., 32 per cent of immigrants reported language problems, compared with 26 per cent in Ontario and 21 per cent in

BY DOUG WARDThe Vancouver Sun27 Apr 2007If you think Greater Vancouver is ethnically diverse now, wait until 2031, when about one out of two people in the region will have been born outside of Canada. This is the region’s demographic future if current trends — strong immigration flows from Asia and a low Canadian birth rate — continue over the next two decades, according to a new Statistics

Here is the first of two press releases from Chuck Hagel's Senate office today:Hagel Introduces Legislation to Deal with Illegal Immigrants Living in the U.S.April 26th, 2007 - Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) today introduced “The Immigrant Accountability Act of 2007.” The legislation would create a merit-based point system to deal with those living in the country illegally. Those who receive enough points would be put on a pathway to earn citizenship after 13 years. Under Hagel’s bill, no person here illegally would be able to jump in line ahead of someone who has applied for citizenship legally.Hagel’s legislation is a compromise intended to be incorporated into the comprehensive immigration reform legislation the Senate will consider in May. The legislation builds on previous immigration reform legislation introduced by Hagel in the last two Congresses.“It is not in our interest to have 12 million people living here illegally. We must create a system in

One border state alone spent $700 million last year to medically treat illegal immigrants and a high-ranking hospital official says the toll is causing a meltdown of the state’s healthcare system. U.S. taxpayers have for years financed the exorbitant cost of medically treating illegal immigrants. In the last few years, it has transformed into a crisis that has forced many hospitals in borders states to actually close. This week, outraged California lawmakers provided details illustrating the situation’s severity as they fought a congressional proposal that would drastically cut federal reimbursement for the healthcare of illegal immigrants in their state. The mostly Democratic group said almost half of California hospitals are operating in the red and provided specific documentation of how the state’s 430 facilities spent $700 million to treat illegal immigrants in 2006. The burden is deeply affecting Americans who may need emergency or urgent medical care and mus

Today, authorities have identified the Virginia Tech shooter as a South Korean immigrant named Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old English major. No motive has yet been offered for his likely slaughter of 32 people before killing himself.Last February in Salt Lake City, a young Bosnian immigrant killed five mall shoppers before off-duty police killed him.How long before the radical anti-immigration crowd begins to agitate for tighter borders? And can otherwise undecided Americans be swayed by the notion that these senseless bloodbaths might have been avoided by a more exclusive immigration policy?It's unlikely the anti-immigration people will mention that just two weeks ago, a red-blooded, native-born American named Anthony LaCalamita allegedly burst into his former Detroit employer's office and shot three former co-workers, killing one. Most mass murderers in American history have been Americans born and bred -- Charles Whitman, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Charlie Starkweather, Tim McVe

Here's a guy who works hard for a living. Palm Springs is a funny place. In fact the whole Coachella Valley is mute about immigration, at least to my recollection.We've got a slew of gardeners here who reseed (we have two types of grasses, and one requires scalping the surface to put rye seeds in to grow during winter); mow, clip, plant and all the rest. I say kudos to them, cause without them our Valley would look like so many other places in the United States--unkempt. We're lucky here cause of these people,Heck if I care if they're from Mexico. I like Mexico. I think a lot of the anti-immigrant talk is of the racist persuasion. Gee, that's awfully political for a daily photo blog.Poodle Springs for some, Palm Springs for others; come see the desert's best daily photo site on the net.

John Howard, Australian Prime Minister, said that anyone with HIV should not be able to migrate into Australia, and now the government is seeing if they can tighten existing restrictions. Howard was asked in a radio interview if people with HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS, should be able to come into Australia as refugees or migrates, and he responded by saying, “My initial reaction is no.” These comments have sparked anger with workers that have HIV/AIDS, and are accusing Howard of trying to put the blame on the sufferers instead of the illness itself. Howard also said in the interview that he thinks they “should have the most stringent possible conditions in relation to that nationwide, and I know the health minister is concerned about that and is examining ways of tightening things up.” The Prime Minister was asked about this after the state health minister stated that out of 334 new HIV cases 70 of them were from immigrants who came to the country w

[Thousands March for Immigrant Rights] “Some marchers waved U.S. flags, tooted plastic horns or tapped on drums. Even the Bus Riders Union was there, opposing a proposed increase in bus fares, carrying a yellow banner in English, Spanish and Korean.” [LATimes.com] On Saturday April 7, 2007, thousands of Mexican immigrants marched down the streets of Los Angeles demanding amnesty from the president. (more…)

Have you ever noticed how the media leaves off the word "illegal" in "illegal immigrants" in their stories like this one?These people are just not very bright. Don't they realize that George Bush is their best friend for getting amnesty and US citizenship? Right now the presidents plan is disgusting enough even if it were enforced as drafted. But it won't be. Day by day any sort of enforcement will be gutted and quickly forgotten. At least right now the Bush administration isn't using the "A" word: Amnesty. If this passes they will quit even trying to hide their true agenda and will have the so called Border Patrol supplying illegals with limos at the border to deliver them to social service offices. The arrogance of the protesting illegals and activists both is incredible. Brazenly marching in downtown cities carrying Mexican flags and demanding citizenship. There have been two of these marches right here in the local area. One was 3 blocks from where

How should Israel deal with olim who hate Jews?The Jewish Chronicle06 Apr 2007How should Israel deal with olim who hate Jews? A spate of antisemitic attacks carried out by Russian immigrants is a challenge to Zionism, says Elana Gomel. If antisemitism is a disease, Zionism has been presented as its cure. With its precarious geopolitical situation, the argument goes, Israel cannot guarantee

BY KIM BOLAN CanWest News ServiceTimes Colonist04 Apr 2007Scientists, doctors and other skilled immigrants are driving taxis and working security jobs because of discrimination against foreign-trained professionals, say Indo-Canadian community leaders. And they want all levels of government to work to end discrimination against foreign credentials so Canada can benefit from immigrants with

This article does not have much to do with finding any cheap plane tickets but I thought it was worth commenting on. Recently, travel agents charged in Arizona, have been found to be transporting Mexican immigrants into the U.S. through the use of travel agencies which fly from Mexico into Arizona or Las Vegas. This technique has become more popular for smugglers because of the added border security found in the southwest. The people that have been arrested had worked in cohesion with certain travel agencies to set up legitimate plane tickets from there to here. Air travel tickets are expensive as it is, can you imagine what it must cost the illegal immigrants to purchase a one-way into America. As always if anybody knows of any places to find discounted air fare give us your story.