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    Immigration plans to hike fees, spread out services PDF Print E-mail
    Immigration Reform
    Friday, 27 October 2006
    BY ALFONSO CHARDY

     Federal authorities are planning to increase fees for immigration documents next year and transfer their services out of a fortress-like building on Biscayne Boulevard to four new facilities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties by 2008, the immigration service chief announced today.

    Emilio Gonzalez, head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told reporters that an as-yet undetermined fee increase will affect all applications for immigration benefits ranging from work permits to green cards to naturalization.

    The move out of the Biscayne building, Gonzalez said, is part of a new effort to decentralize immigration services and make it easier for immigrants to seek and obtain documents closer to their homes in the community. He said the move in Miami will serve as a pilot program that, if successful, will be implemented in other U.S. cities with large immigrant populations from New York to Los Angeles.
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    Bush signs immigration bill as illegal entries shift to California PDF Print E-mail
    Immigration Reform
    Friday, 27 October 2006
    BY SUZANNE GAMBOA

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON - President Bush wanted an exchange of workers with Mexico to bring order to the border, but wound up signing a law Thursday that approves partitioning 700 miles of the United States from its southern neighbor.

    The administration once talked of "orderly migration" - workers entering the United States and returning to Mexico or other countries when their jobs were finished. But political realities have replaced phrases like that with "border security" and plans for fences, surveillance cameras, unmanned aerial vehicles and watch towers.
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    Immigration Worries Americans, But Won't Decide Votes In Nov. PDF Print E-mail
    Immigration Reform
    Tuesday, 24 October 2006

    Brian Mitchell

    Immigration has never rated so high as a national issue, but you'd never know it from this year's mid-term election.

    The issue is a hot topic in few races, and voters seem ready to hand power to the party behind more immigration, even as polls show most Americans want less.

    Two-thirds (68%) of respondents to a September poll said current legal and illegal immigration is too high; 8% said it's too low.

    Almost half (44%) rate immigration among the top three issues. Just 8% said it's not a big issue.

    "Immigration has never had this kind of primacy in previous elections," said Kellyanne Conway, president of Polling Co., which did the survey.

    But the war in Iraq topped the list of concerns for the largest share of voters (26%), followed by jobs and the economy (17%).
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    Candidates spar over illegal immigration issues in North County PDF Print E-mail
    Immigration Reform
    Tuesday, 24 October 2006
    Mon Oct 23, 8:29 PM ET

    To initiate conversation in North County during this year's election, just say two magic words: illegal immigration.

     

    Candidates vying for open mayoral and city council seats in this year's election have strong feelings about how their cities are handling controversial issues such as landlords renting homes to illegal immigrants and the hiring of day laborers off city sidewalks.

     

    Vista's hot-topic illegal immigration issue has been a major force in shaping this year's election. Candidates are taking a stance on its controversial day laborer ordinance unanimously approved by the City Council in June. It makes it a misdemeanor to hire day laborers off the street without a permit.

     

    A mayoral and two city council seats are in question. Mayoral candidates George Mantor, president and chief executive officer of the Associates Financial Group, and Mark Anthony, a service representative with AT&T, are up against incumbent Morris Vance.

     
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    How liable are candidates for illegal workers? PDF Print E-mail
    Immigration Reform
    Tuesday, 24 October 2006

    STELLA M. HOPKINS
     
  • On TV and Web sites, at town meetings and in debates, Carolinas congressional candidates are taking aggressive stands on curbing illegal immigration.

    But almost any candidate who owns a business or rental property could potentially benefit from illegal immigration, by hiring illegal workers or renting to them or contracting with a company that employs them.

    So how far should candidates go to ensure that their employees or those of companies working on their properties are here legally?

    None interviewed by the Observer is using voluntary federal programs that could identify illegal immigrants. Neither do many employers, but successful congressional candidates may vote on changes to the nation's flawed immigration system.

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    Tyson workers gain class-action status in illegal-alien suit PDF Print E-mail
    Employer updates
    Monday, 16 October 2006

     

        CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit that contends Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, depressed wages by hiring illegal immigrants at eight plants in Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Virginia. 
       

     Howard W. Foster of Chicago, an attorney for Tyson employees, described the ruling as a "very big step," allowing him to seek damages for thousands of workers at the eight plants instead of just the four original plaintiffs.
       

     Roger Dickson of Chattanooga, an attorney for the Springdale, Ark., company, said he had not had a chance to read the judge's order and declined further comment.
       

     "This is a procedural ruling and not based on the merits of this case, which was actually dismissed by another judge back in 2002," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said. "We remain confident our company will ultimately prevail."
      

     
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