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US: Russian peacekeepers get wider Georgia mandate
Post Date: 2008-08-15 06:51:22 by Ada
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US: Rice to ask Georgia to sign pact giving Russian peacekeepers more power in border areas A U.S. official says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will ask Georgia to sign a cease-fire agreement with Russia that includes apparent concessions to Moscow but preserves Georgian borders. Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers would have the express right to patrol beyond two disputed border regions at the heart of the week-old conflict. The U.S. official says there are important clarifications still to be made and the U.S. would support additional powers for the Russian peacekeepers only if they were limited, well defined and temporary. The official said Russia demanded the expanded ...
Strengthening Relations Between Local Police and Immigrant Communities: The Role for Human Rights Commissions
Post Date: 2008-08-13 23:45:45 by bayourod
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As national pressure builds to crack down on illegal immigration, those working at the local level know that strained relationships between police and immigrant communities can be counterproductive to achieving public safety goals. With their experience working to minimize intergroup conflict and to eliminate discrimination, human rights and human relations organizations are equipped to partner with law enforcement officials to encourage effective working relationships between immigrant communities and police. The paper sets out ways in which human rights organizations can work with police departments to address community tensions surrounding day laborer hiring sites, gang violence, and ...
Census report sees minorities becoming majority by 2042
Post Date: 2008-08-13 20:10:06 by Jethro Tull
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Census report sees minorities becoming majority by 2042 BY OLIVIA WINSLOW olivia.winslow@newsday.com 6:11 PM EDT, August 13, 2008 In a new report out Thursday, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the nation will become much more diverse by midcentury, with minorities forecast to become the majority population by 2042, experts said. The growing national diversity is also a trend seen locally, particularly among Hispanics, experts said. "It's already happening on Long Island," said Lee Koppelman, director of Stony Brook University's Center for Regional Policy Studies, citing the influx of Hispanics. Recently released census data estimate that Hispanic residents constitute ...
White South Africans Desperate To Leave [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-08-12 20:38:05 by X-15
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1% of all white people have been murdered in South Africa since the ANC took power. 6,500 people in Johannesburg, almost all of them white, paid about $20 to attend an expo on immigrating to New Zealand. Expos for Australia, England, and Canada will also be held in the near future. Despite the genocide against South African whites, the US government makes it extremely difficult for them to immigrate to the United States even though they tend to be well educated and skilled. Instead, tens of thousands of black Africans are granted asylum and refugee status to come to the United States each year. Examples include the stone-age Somalians who have unleashed an unprecedented crime wave in ...
Targeting Immigrants - The Largest Ever ICE Raid
Post Date: 2008-08-11 05:53:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Targeting Immigrants - The Largest Ever US ICE Raid - by Stephen Lendman The 2002 Homeland Security Act established its largest investigative and enforcement arm in 2003: the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) created "as a law enforcement agency for the post-9/11 era, to integrate enforcement authorities against criminal and terrorist activities, including the fights against human trafficking and smuggling, violent transnational gangs and sexual predators on children" - "criminal" and "terrorist" threats to the nation. Muslims are its principal targets. So are Latino immigrants, forced to seek work here because of NAFTA's devastating ...
The Changing Face Of America - Census Data Reveals Jump In Minority Populations, Particularly Hispanics, And Not Just In Big Cities
Post Date: 2008-08-09 10:05:51 by Jethro Tull
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(CBS) Census figures reveal a new reality in America's classrooms, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes. Minority populations are climbing everywhere. "The white population, I wouldn't say is fading into the background, but it is becoming the older, less fertile part of the population," says demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institute. Frey crunched the census data and found huge jumps in the Hispanic population far from the traditional melting pots - up 21 percent in St. Joseph, Missouri; up 17 percent in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and 15 percent in Pascagoula, Mississippi - all in just one year's time. "You're seeing it everywhere. People are ...
Illegal immigrant executed in Texas (NEW case, not a repeat)
Post Date: 2008-08-08 21:39:11 by X-15
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- An illegal immigrant from Honduras who claimed his treaty rights were violated when he was arrested for a robbery-murder near Dallas was executed Thursday evening. "God forgive them; receive my spirit," Heliberto Chi said in English. In Spanish, he told a friend watching through a window that he loved him and appreciated his hard work. He appeared to be whispering a prayer in Spanish with a tear at the corner of his right eye as the lethal drugs began to take effect. One of Chi's cousins, who was among the witnesses, sobbed uncontrollably. Two sons of his victims watched through another window, and Chi glanced at them briefly but didn't appear ...
Illegal workers get help from fund
Post Date: 2008-08-08 21:30:34 by X-15
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When federal immigration agents raided a Houston rag factory and took 166 suspected illegal immigrants into custody, a Boston philanthropist and multimillionaire was ready to chip in bond money to help the workers. Robert J. Hildreth, 57, is the public face of the National Immigrant Bond Fund, a fledgling organization that helps immigrants swept up in Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace raids post bonds. The controversial fund has the backing of major immigrant advocacy groups and religious leaders, but has drawn criticism from anti-illegal immigration organizations. Since spring 2007, the fund has paid more than $180,000 to bond out immigrants snared in ICE raids in ...
Minorities often a majority of the U.S. population under 20
Post Date: 2008-08-07 17:36:54 by Jethro Tull
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Foreshadowing the nation's changing makeup, one in four American counties have passed or are approaching the tipping point where black, Hispanic and Asian children constitute a majority of the under-20 population, according to analyses of census figures released Thursday. Racial and ethnic minorities now account for 43 percent of Americans under 20. Among people of all ages, minorities make up at least 40 percent of the population in more than one in six of the nation's 3,141 counties. The latest population changes by race, ethnicity and age, as of July 1, 2007, were generally marginal compared with the year before. But they confirm the breadth of the nation's diversity, and ...
Illegal tries to abduct and rape 9 year old NC girl
Post Date: 2008-08-07 09:47:28 by Rotara
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"I've got mexicans hittin' on .. trying to get my little 9 year old girl in bed with them .." Kidnapping attempt foiled by victim's uncle; suspect in custody By Michael Lewis Olivar Angelo Roblero news@thefranklinpress.com A man has been arrested after his alleged attempt to kidnap a 9-year-old victim failed. Sheriff Robert Holland said Monday that Olivar Angelo Roblero, 36, of 397 Iotla Valley Trailer Park was charged with felony attempted kidnapping after he tried to grab a child from a neighbor's yard. Holland said the child's family had returned home from a family function early Monday morning. According to the sheriff, the child had a new dog that ...
Child labor allegations at kosher plant in Iowa, but rabbis give OK
Post Date: 2008-08-07 08:32:33 by Jethro Tull
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NEW YORK (JTA) -- In what could result in the first charges to be brought against upper management at Agriprocessors, the Iowa Labor Commissioner's Office has sent dozens of alleged child labor violations to the state’s attorney general for prosecution. a months-long investigation of the Postville-based company, which is the country's largest kosher meat producer, the labor commissioner found 57 cases of alleged child labor violations, Iowa Workforce Development announced Tuesday. Dave Neil, the labor commissioner, told JTA he had never seen anything like it in 30 years working on labor issues in Iowa. In a statement, he described the allegations as ...
Latino immigrants suddenly avoiding the DMV
Post Date: 2008-08-07 00:42:27 by Rotara
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Drop in numbers seeking drivers licenses pegged to new state lawBy Steve LawThe Portland Tribune, Aug 6, 2008 (32 Reader comments) Christopher Onstott, Tribune File Photo / Portland Tribune With a passport and Brazilian drivers license in hand, Roberual Goncalues De Silva waits his turn in 2006 to apply for an Oregon drivers license at the popular DMV office at SE Powell Boulevard and 90th. A new state law requires Oregon drivers license applicants to prove they are in the state legally. The number of Spanish-speaking people taking Oregon’s driving test plummeted in February, just as Gov. Kulongoski’s executive order took effect requiring test-takers to provide valid Social ...
Aldermen take up the cause of Hispanics who fear "sanctuary" law violations
Post Date: 2008-08-06 19:52:01 by Rotara
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Armed with the names of 59 Hispanic residents detained by immigration officials following their arrest, a group of Hispanic city council members wants to know if city and county "sanctuary" protections have been violated. A 2006 Chicago ordinance and a county resolution passed the same year forbid city or county officials from inquiring about or disclosing information relating to an individual's citizenship or immigration status, except in cases mandated under federal law. At a hearing of the city's Human Relations Committee today, Ald. Danny Solis (D-25) and Billy Ocasio (D-26) discussed the cases of Hispanic residents who ended up being held on immigration ...
No volunteers yet in San Diego for self-deportation
Post Date: 2008-08-06 19:46:37 by Rotara
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SAN DIEGO – There were no takers in San Diego Tuesday for a trial self-deportation program initiated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under “Operation Scheduled Departure,” which began Tuesday, immigrants who have not complied with a final order of deportation are being asked to turn themselves in to federal immigration officials with the promise that they will not be placed in custody and can schedule their own departure date within 90 days. “The way I have presented it is this: Either you knock on our door, or we knock on yours,” said Rob Baker, field office director for detention and removal for ICE in San Diego. The pilot program, which is being ...
Border patrol agent held at gunpoint Officers fear Mexican military encounters will turn violent
Post Date: 2008-08-06 19:38:55 by Jethro Tull
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist. Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, Ariz., said the Mexican soldiers crossed the international border in an isolated area about 100 miles southwest of Tucson and pointed rifles at the agent, who was not identified. It was unclear what the soldiers were doing in the United States, but U.S. law enforcement authorities have long said that current and former Mexican military personnel have been hired to protect drug and migrant smugglers. ...
Israel accused of discrimination after ending Ethiopian immigration
Post Date: 2008-08-06 18:44:26 by Tauzero
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Israel accused of discrimination after ending Ethiopian immigration Israel has ended a three-decade-old policy of immigration from Ethiopia, saying it wants to devote resources instead to integrating Ethiopian Jews already in the country. By Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem Last Updated: 11:51PM BST 05 Aug 2008 The move evoked a furious reaction from leaders of the 120,000-strong Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel, who said the "discrimination" and "prejudice" of the Israeli government would strand thousands of people in Africa and thwart family reunifications. Government spokesman Mark Regev said the step "will enable us to focus more effectively and invest ...
US races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border
Post Date: 2008-08-06 16:58:35 by Rotara
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Just west of El Paso, near where Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in 1598, construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security. The five-meter (18-foot) tall fence has a mesh woven so tightly that feet and fingers cannot grab hold, but it still allows people to see through. Steel pylons are set close enough to stop a truck from bursting through, and two meters of reinforced concrete underground deters any tunneling. The structure is designed to push would-be illegal immigrants and drug smugglers out into the desert where they are more easily caught, said Border Patrol Agent Martin Hernandez. ...
Historic win for NYC Univision (most viewers in NYC)
Post Date: 2008-08-05 18:39:42 by buckeye
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Historic win for NYC UnivisionTakes July news sweeps in all three key demosBy Paul J. GoughAug 4, 2008, 06:36 PM ETNEW YORK -- Univision's local New York affiliate has taken the market's July sweep in all three key demo news races for the first time in history. WXTV-Univision 41 won in adults 18-49 at 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts against the English-language competition on the other stations, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. It also won weekday primetime in adults 18-49 against the English-language stations as well as adults 18-34. In weekday primetime, Univision's 174,000 viewers in adults 18-49 was just able to edge out the 173,000 for WNYW-TV, the ...
Mexican on Texas death row set to die amid controversy
Post Date: 2008-08-05 13:38:59 by CAPPSMADNESS
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Mexican national on Texas' death row is awaiting possible last-minute intervention from the Supreme Court, just hours before he is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday for two brutal slayings. Jose Ernesto Medellin's execution by lethal injection could be the final act in an unusual capital appeal that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority, local sovereignty and foreign treaties. The high court in March ruled for Texas, allowing the execution to proceed, but Medellin's lawyers have filed a flurry of emergency appeals in state and federal courts requesting a stay. They argue Congress and the Texas legislature ...
McLain fights back against Minutemen (NAU)
Post Date: 2008-08-05 12:15:26 by Rotara
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Nancy McLain Tuesday, August 05, 2008 KINGMAN - It's impressive how a simple postcard to the U.S. Congress can get someone into so much trouble. Rep. Nancy McLain would like to set the record straight on recent comments made by the Mohave County Minutemen. "I did not vote in favor of the North American Union," She said. "I am not for the establishment of a North American Union." During the last session, the Arizona Legislature sent a memorial bill to the U.S. Congress asking that Congress not consider a North American Union. "It's kind of like a postcard," McLain said. "It has no force or legislative effect." She generally votes ...
Mexican’s Death Bares a Town’s Ethnic Tension
Post Date: 2008-08-05 10:46:58 by CAPPSMADNESS
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SHENANDOAH, Pa. — Crystal Dillman knows that four teenagers have been charged in the death of her fiancé, Luis Ramirez, that the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department is monitoring the case and that most people in this small town in the Appalachian Mountains believe it was a horrible crime. But Ms. Dillman, the mother of Mr. Ramirez’s two young children, is not sure justice will prevail. “I think they might get off,” she said of the four teenagers, “because Luis was an illegal Mexican and these are ‘all-American boys’ on the football team who get good grades, or whatever they’re saying about them. They’ll find some way to let ...
Kosher slaughterhouse owners surrounded by scandal
Post Date: 2008-08-05 04:53:18 by Disgusted
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Kosher slaughterhouse owners surrounded by scandal By DAVID B. CARUSO – 13 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades ago, the Rubashkin family of Brooklyn opened up a kosher slaughterhouse amid the cornfields of Iowa — not exactly a center of Jewish culture. The bearded, fedora-wearing strangers from Brooklyn quickly transformed Postville into its own small-town melting pot. Immigrants from Guatemala and Mexico began arriving in great numbers to work at the slaughterhouse. Soon, the town was home to churches and temples, and the shelves of the grocery stores were stocked with tortillas and bagels. Lately, though, the Rubashkins' grand cultural experiment seems to have lost ...
THE THREE AMIGOS
Post Date: 2008-08-05 01:27:12 by Rotara
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By Chuck BaldwinAugust 5, 2008NewsWithViews.com Both Republican Party Presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Party Presidential candidate Barack Obama recently spoke at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza. I'm sure most readers understand that "La Raza" is Spanish for "The Race."That McCain and Obama would pander before an organization such as La Raza indicates just how deeply both the Republican and Democrat parties are committed to appeasing the pro-illegal immigration forces. And mark it down: there is not a more pro-illegal alien organization in existence than La Raza.As a comparison: can one imagine the maelstrom that would be ...
HIV-positive migrants (read, illegals) accuse US of neglect
Post Date: 2008-08-04 21:22:01 by Jethro Tull
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HIV-positive migrants accuse US of neglect Monday, August 04, 2008 9:35:46 PM By JULIE WATSON Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn't see a doctor or get the right medicine. Fellow inmates also begged for help after Victoria Arellano started vomiting blood in their holding cell, where her lawyer said 105 detainees were crammed onto bunks and mattresses in a space designed for 40. She died three days later, chained to a hospital bed. The death of the 23-year-old transgender Mexican immigrant is at the forefront of discussions at this week's ...
Italy Deploys Troops in Cities to Tackle Crime
Post Date: 2008-08-04 17:54:12 by Jethro Tull
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An anti-crime measure in Italy has some 3,000 troops taking up positions and patrolling streets in cities across the country Monday. But can the military help cut crime? The controversial deployment of nearly 3,000 troops throughout Italy was introduced by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government as a move that would help combat crime. The government, which took office in April after Berlusconi successfully campaigned on a law-and-order platform, has linked crime and illegal immigration and passed a series of measures aimed at cracking down on both. To that end, the government began a six-month deployment of hundreds of troops who now join local police forces in ...
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