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One in 12 babies born to illegal immigrants in US
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) One of about every 12 babies born in the United States in 2008 was the offspring of illegal immigrants, says a new study sharpening a debate over a law that automatically makes them US citizens. An estimated 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the US in 2008 had parents [...]
UK Police probing migration racket behind 360 sham marriages
London, July 30 (ANI): Police in Britain are reportedly investigating an international multi-million-pound racket to help thousands of illegal immigrants stay in the country after a vicar was found guilty of conducting hundreds of sham marriages. The Reverend Alex Brown, of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, joined Ukrainian Vladymyr Buchak and Nigerian Michael Adelasoye is reported [...]
Seven-year-old schoolgirl stumps Michelle Obama with immigration googly
London, May 21 (ANI): US First Lady, Michelle Obama was put in a spot when a seven-year-old girl asked whether her mother, an illegal immigrant would be deported by the Obama administration. The incident occurred during a visit by the First Lady to the New Hampshire Estates Elementary School just outside Washington, when the little [...]
20 Vietnamese women disappear after marriage in China
Beijing, May 11 (IANS) Twenty Vietnamese women, who married Chinese men in Jiangxi province last month, have disappeared in a single day, police said. All the 20 brides disappeared from Lichuan county in the province on the same day, Global Times reported Tuesday. A villager, named Wang, who married a Vietnamese woman named Ruan Xiaofang, [...]
Think tank study claims over a million illegal migrants staying in UK
London, Apr.26 (ANI): A study carried out by the British think tank Migrationwatch has claimed that over a million illegal immigrants are living in the country. The Sun quoted the study as saying that this figure is double of the previous estimate, and added that it equals the population of Birmingham. The study warned that [...]
Obama slams controversial Arizona immigration bill over ‘racial profiling’ fears
Phoenix, Apr 24(ANI): Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a controversial immigration Bill into state law, which U.S. President Barack Obama said could violate people’s civil rights. The Bill, which will take effect in 90 days, will make it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. The measure would also require [...]
Arizona governor signs toughest U.S. immigration law
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into effect the toughest immigration law in the United States, which President Barack Obama singled out as a “misguided” effort that showed the need for national reform. Police in the border state with Mexico will now be required to determine if people are in the country illegally if [...]
Obama warns of ‘misguided’ immigration efforts
President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to “misguided efforts” such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights. Obama pressed for immigration reform at a White House Rose Garden ceremony in which 24 members of the U.S. military originally from China, [...]
Brit Mayor apologizes for comparing illegal immigrants to sperm on Facebook
London, Apr 16(ANI): Great Torrington Mayor, Sue Mills, has made a public apology for posting a joke on her Facebook page comparing illegal immigrants to sperm. Mills wrote: “Illegal immigrants are like sperm – millions of them come in, but only one works.” While apologizing for the comment, the 50-year-old said: “I accept the comments [...]
21yo pleads not guilty to people smuggling
A 21-year-old Afghan man who has lived in Australia for four years has pleaded not guilty to people smuggling in a Perth court. Jarajo Zirak has been working as an interpreter for asylum seekers and travelled to Christmas Island to work. He appeared in East Perth Magistrates Court today accused of smuggling at least five [...]
