Labour deal with SNP would lead to new flood of immigration, warns report
Thursday, 02 April 2015 12:20 A post-election deal between Labour and the SNP would “destroy” Britain’s immigration controls, creating a "back door" for foreigners, according to a new report.
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Denying Higher Education to Undocumented Students is a Roadblock to Future Economic Growth
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 13:13 Today, a college degree is one of the surest ways to economic opportunity, but it has also never been more expensive. Earlier this year, President Obama announced "America's College Promise", a proposal that would make two years of community college free for anyone who's willing to work for it. On the heels of that announcement, the president recently called for a new "Student Aid Bill of Rights" to ensure that all students have access to a high-quality and affordable education.
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Australia must look to world's emerging markets for foreign students, report says
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:47 Tertiary education institutions should look to emerging markets in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East in order to keep Australia in the top five destination countries for foreign students, a new government report said.
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African envoy expresses concern over EU migrant center plans
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:47 BRUSSELS — Africa's envoy to the European Union says EU plans to process migrants in the countries they leave or transit on their way to Europe is "a dangerous approach."
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Israel to Begin Deporting African Refugees
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:46 Ma'an News Agency reports that, up until now, asylum seekers officially had to sign a document indicating voluntary departure from Israel, as it is a signatory to the Refugee Convention which restricts a state to deport individuals whose lives are in danger in their home countries.
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US immigration announces new customer-friendly approach with ambassadors to offer welcome fist bumps
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:45 Incoming visitors often face a sombre reception at passport control in the United States.
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AFL-CIO to help Hispanics take advantage of immigration relief measures
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:44 The largest labor organization in the United States on Tuesday launched a national immigration training plan called "We Rise!" to help Hispanics take advantage of the immigration relief measures announced by President Barack Obama last November.
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Racism persists in Quebec, immigration committee told
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:44 The long process of revamping the province’s immigration policies got off to a sobering start Wednesday when provincial human rights officials said racism and discrimination persist in Quebec’s workplaces.
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British UKIP leader vows 90% immigration cut
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:43 The head of the right-wing UKIP has promised to slash net migration into Britain by 90 per cent.
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Adelaide visual artist challenges Australians to rethink their stance on immigration
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:43 An Adelaide visual artist will put up 1,000 posters in Australia's capital cities in an attempt to make residents rethink their stance on immigration.
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Immigration may activate 'mass migration' response
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:42 With more than 100 Cuban migrants either being housed in or currently passing through Cayman Islands waters, the Cayman Islands Immigration Department is standing by to activate its “mass migration” plan.“
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Mexican Consulate to hold immigration law forum in the U.S.
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:41 A big fight is brewing in Washington over immigration reform, but many are unhappy with President Obama’s plan.
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University of Kansas to create immigration studies center
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:41 LAWRENCE, Kan. -The University of Kansas has hired two sociologists to plan a center for migration and immigration studies.
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Federal Scrutiny of a Youth Immigration Program Alarms Advocates
Wednesday, 01 April 2015 12:40 Among the myriad laws and regulations that govern the nation’s immigration system is a special program, created 25 years ago, that allows immigrant youths who have been abused, neglected or abandoned to apply for a green card.
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’Primary driver of US population growth’ could soon be immigration
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:53 The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that immigration will become the “primary driver of U.S. population growth” between 2027 and 2038.
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Added Protections for Undocumented Immigrants Sought
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:52 A one-day change in a prison term for a minor crime involving an undocumented immigrant could result in sending that person to federal authorities for deportation, activists said at a legislative hearing Monday.
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Nigel Farage: immigration has left Britain almost unrecognisable
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:51 Nigel Farage declared immigration has left towns and cities in Britain almost unrecognisable for many people over the last decade, as he unveiled the UK Independence party’s (Ukip) first general election poster, an image of the white cliffs of Dover with three escalators running up them.
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Unease About Immigration at Core of UK Election Campaign
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:48 Boston is a typical English town — ancient church, traditional shops, Polish supermarkets, Baltic bakeries. Amid the bargain-hunting crowds on market day, eastern European languages are almost as common as the local Lincolnshire accent.
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U.S. Files Appeal of Texas Judge's Hold on Immigration Action
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:47 The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court Monday to reverse a hold a judge placed on President Barack Obama's immigration executive action.
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15 House Republicans urge House to block funds for Obama's immigration orders
Monday, 30 March 2015 11:02 15 House Republicans urge House to block funds for Obama's immigration orders Fifteen House Republicans are urging House appropriators to block funds for President Obama's executive actions on immigration in the next spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The initiative comes just a few weeks after the House GOP relented on doing just that for the rest of this year after a grueling, months-long impasse. In a letter released Friday, the lawmakers requested that the DHS spending bill for the next fiscal year starting in October prohibit funding for Obama's most recent executive actions in November, as well as the programs to shield immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and the parents of legal citizens from deportation. Those programs are known respectively as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). "Our constituents sent us to Washington to put a stop to this nonsense," the lawmakers wrote to Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the DHS, and Rep. Lucille Roybal Allard (D-Calif.), the panel's top Democrat. The House Republicans maintained that the president's unilateral actions amounted to executive overreach. "The executive actions on immigration not only disregard the separation of powers, they are a slap in the face to millions seeking opportunity and yearning to be free but are unwilling to make their first actions toward that goal criminal," they said. The letter's signatories were GOP Reps. Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Jeff Miller (Fla.), Lou…
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