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Bogus Brides & Bogus Grooms ‘honeymoon’ in Jail for Sham…
Net News Publisher | 7 hours ago by Terry
Two Czech, four Nigerian and one Slovakian national, who were at the heart of an international marriage scam in West Yorkshire have received jail sentences of 13 years (two years suspended) after pleading guilty at Leeds Crown Court. Their conviction read more
How the Gutierrez bill affects LGBT people
LeftWord | 14 hours ago
I wrote the other night about the Gutierrez immigration reform bill leaving out a major provision for LGBT bi-national couples to have the same access to sponsorship. Currently, if one member of an opposite-sex bi-national couple is a U.S. citizen or read more
Quebec sees English-speaking growth, Ottawa ignoring bilingual p…
Games Montreal | 17 hours ago by Chris Comeau
A few language related articles from CBC. From CBC, Quebec sees growth in English-speaking population: The number of English-speaking Quebecers is on the increase for the first time in 30 years due to immigration, along with a slowdown in the outflo read more
Legal Broadcast Network: Brad on Deportation & Immigration Re…
Spar & Bernstein's Law Link | 18 hours ago by Mike
Our 50 Favorite Immigration Tweeters List
Spar & Bernstein's Law Link | 19 hours ago by Mike
Our 50 Favorite Immigration Tweeters List/Part 3 21. @AmericasColors – America’s Colors/ Pedro and Peter Click here Bio: One More Voice for balanced Immigration Reform that combines fairness, accountability and dignity! 22. @angelamkelley – read more
H-1B Visa Cap Has Been Reached
Pappas & Associates, P.A. | 22 hours ago by Peter
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B visa applications to reach the Congressionally mandated cap of 65,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. The USCIS has determined that December 21, 20 read more
The implications of partial justice
pakmove | December 23rd 2009 by moeed talal
By Mahir Ali On the day after an unprecedentedly broad bench of Pakistan’s Supreme Court pronounced its death sentence against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the government in Islamabad felt obliged to dispel rumours of a coup in the read more
Traveller’s tales
pakmove | December 23rd 2009 by moeed talal
By Irfan Husain I am currently struggling to find out how I can enter Laos, given that the country does not have an embassy or consulate either in Sri Lanka, or in Pakistan. According to the Internet, I should be able to get a visa on arrival at the read more
Startup Visa End of Year Update
Feld Thoughts | December 23rd 2009
As we finish up the year, I’m really pleased with the progress the Startup Visa gang is making. I started thinking about, writing, and working on this on 9/10/09 when I wrote the post The Founders Visa Movement. One quarter later, we’ read more
Moose causes immigration turmoil
The Foreigner | December 23rd 2009 by Michael Sandelson
“King of the forest” fools border security. To view the rest of this article, click here. read more
Demography Decides Everything ... Alan Caruba
INSIGHT on Freedom | December 23rd 2009 by J. D. Longstreet
Demography Decides EverythingBy Alan CarubaWhen I listen to politicians arguing the merits of some piece of legislation, I am usually 99% sure they have no idea how demography—population—will effect the outcome of their grand schemes.This is par read more
It’s tough being a refugee child
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 23rd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
According to statistics from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there 17,400 children below the age of 18, out of which 10,000 are of school-going age.The majority are from Burma comprising Chins, Rohingyas, Burmese Muslims, Kachi read more
Why detainees turn grass-eaters ?
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 23rd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
Leptospirosis, a communicable disease, has been linked to environmental contamination in Malaysian detention centres, where eight deaths have been recorded this year.Dr Anis Salwa Kamarudin of the Health Ministry’s public health division said the c read more
Asylum seekers still face deportation threat
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 22nd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
Aliran strongly urges the government to stop deportation of undocumented migrants some of whom could be asylum seekers qualifying for determination of their status as refugees by UNHCR.Aliran was informed that on 7 October 2009, 207 Sri Lankan migran read more
Malaysia: Refusing to resolve migrant woes
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 22nd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
The 7-8 December 2009 ACMW Drafting Committee Meeting on a Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Kuala Lumpur ended in deadlock. The Malaysian government continues to oppose the stance taken by its three read more
A Chin refugee detainee suddenly laid down in custody
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 22nd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
VOCRKuala LumpurThis is a gain. “A Chin refugee detainee A Thang who is being detained at Langkap immigration in Malaysia fell down and became unconscious yesterday. He fell down because of depression and unbearable agony inside his heart after he read more
37 Myanmar exiles seek long-term residency
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 22nd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
More than three dozen people from Myanmar who have been granted exceptional status to remain in Japan without being designated as refugees have applied for more stable long-term residency, their lawyers said.The 37 people from 22 families living in T read more
A female Chin refugee charged over suspecting fake UNHCR card hol…
Myanmar Refugees In Malaysia | December 22nd 2009 by Myanmar Refugees
VOCRKuala LumpurA Chin refugee Tawk Tial, holder of UNHCR card file no. 354-08C03557 who works at TV game shop, was charged over holding fake UNHCR card by the injustice Malaysia court. She was arrested by the police at her workplace and was detained read more
Number of Federal Prosecutions Rise to Highest Level
TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime | December 22nd 2009 by Jeralyn Merritt
A new report shows that federal prosecution of crimes is at an all-time high. The increase is due to the number of immigration-related crimes. The breakdown by agency: [T]he FBI — which at one time was the premier investigative agency with the read more
Angry White Males lashing OUT in 2010; Americans Souring on Democ…
The Marc Chamot Report, News and Opinions & Commentaries on… | December 22nd 2009 by Marc Chamot
Angry White Males lashing OUT in 2010; Americans Souring on Democrats; it Might Just be TOO Late:By Marc ChamotIs the Democratic Party a disaster in the making? These are compilations of news stories that came out a few days ago. The real truths is read more
A Closer Look at Immigration Reform Legislation in the New Year
CAUSA blog | December 22nd 2009 by CAUSA Oregon
A Closer Look at Immigration Reform Legislation in the New YearBy Mary Giovagnoli, originally posted at Immigration Impact. Everyone pulled out the sports analogies last week when Congressman Luis Gutierrez and his 91 co-sponsors introduced H.R. 4321 read more
Obama naming Hispanics to top posts at record pace
Voto Latino Blog | December 22nd 2009
MIAMI — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range of the nation’s Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Colombians read more
Liberal-Péquiste Face-off: Immigration and Identiy
Borges Blog | December 22nd 2009 by Abdul Rahim
The Parti Québécois has revealed its proposed legistlative program, and in doing so has thrown down the gauntlet over the two issues most important to the Québécois electorate: National identity and immigration. Among the proposals include a swee read more
The Canadian government has cut its longtime funding to a Christi…
eChurchWebsites Blog | December 22nd 2009
Good! JTA TORONTO (JTA) – The Canadian government has cut its longtime funding to a Christian ecumenical group after accusing it of being anti-Semitic. In announcing a cut to the group Kairos of $7 million in public funds – half of the read more
Take Action: Ensure LGBT's Included in Immigration Reform Bill
Queers United | December 22nd 2009 by queerunity
The House of Representatives has introduced an immigration reform bill that does not include protections for same-sex couples. The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) would establish criteria for "permanent partners" enabling bi-national couples to read more
NEWS ALERT: Israel Immigration Service Raids African Church; Seve…
BosNewsLife | December 22nd 2009
By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Security forces of Israel's immigration service broke into an African church in Tel Aviv damaging the ceiling and detaining several worshipers, news rep read more
Account of my trip to Singapore
Rosse in a Far Away Place | December 22nd 2009 by Rose
Account of my trip to SingaporeDecided to exit in Singapore instead of Thailand when my visit pass was about to expire. A friend advised me to leave 2 days before the expiry date. Bought Aeroline bus ticket at Sunway and departed at 6pm on 9th Dec. read more
From comment on the upcoming Amnesty bill: PLEASE READ!
Patriot's Corner | December 22nd 2009
It is worth mentioning that this is the firsttime I will have published a comment leftby a vistor to Patriot's Corner. This commentis worth your time and I encourage you to passthis along. The proposed amnesty bill, on top ofeverything else the read more
Question from a reader: life as a student
Chris in South Korea | December 21st 2009 by Chris Backe
N.B. writes in:Dear Chris,i got admission into hansung university. i really love it but i am interrested in knowing more about the country. do students have the right to work?Well, i wish to know if one can pay his fee by working little jobs there, t read more
A Peek Into The Australian Economy
Working and Living in Australia | December 21st 2009 by Chester Cool
For many visa applicants, knowing the status of Australia's economy is very important. This one will be your gauge whether your trip to the country is going to be worthwhile, or you will actually end up in a slump arriving there. And it has become read more
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