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  • November 2007

    • Switching States Is On the Rise

      USA Today  |  Nov 30, 07 10:25 PM CST

      Switching States Is On the Rise

      (Newser) - Americans are moving from state to state at the highest rate since the early '90s, reports  USA Today . The trend stems from immigrants spreading out from the traditional gateway states in search of jobs and lower living costs, as well as a larger number of mobile twenty-somethings. In a 2006 Census survey, 2.7% of Americans said they had moved from a different state in the previous year. More »

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      US economy  • immigrant  • baby boomer  • US Census

    • Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 30, 07 5:40 AM CST

      Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

      (Newser) - Although many Spanish-speaking immigrants who moved to America know little English, that's not true of their children and grandchildren, according to a new Pew survey. Only 23% of first-generation immigrants said they were competent in English, but 88% of second-generation and 94% of third-generation residents said they can carry on a conversation in English very well. More »

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      immigration  • immigrant  • language  • English  • Latinos  • Spanish  • bilingual education

    • Immigration Hits All-Time High

      New York Times  |  Nov 29, 07 12:18 PM CST

      Immigration Hits All-Time High

      (Newser) - One out of every 8 US residents is an immigrant following seven years in which a record 10.3 million newcomers crossed US borders. But more than half of those were illegals, according to an anti-immigration group's census analysis. Critics were skeptical of the study’s conclusions—which focused on the burden immigrants pose to society—but not its data. More »

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      immigration  • health insurance  • immigrant  • illegal immigration  • census

  • October 2007

    • Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 8, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

      (Newser) - Bern was beset by rioters aiming to thwart a pre-election rally by the rightist Swiss People’s Party, expected to dominate this month's elections with its xenophobic platform. Masked protesters threw bricks and gas bombs and outwitted police by operating in small groups and destroying the party stage. The mayor admitted “impotence” in controlling the weekend riots, reports the Guardian. More »

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      immigrant  • Switzerland  • xenophobia  • Swiss People's Party  • Christoph Blocher  • racist

    • Rules Eased for Farm Workers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 7, 07 6:43 PM CDT

      Rules Eased for Farm Workers

      (Newser) - Faced with the prospect of crops rotting in the fields for want of hands to pick them, the Bush administration is quietly easing immigration regulations on farmworkers, the Los Angeles Times reports. Farmers have been caught between the recent crackdown on illegal aliens crossing the border from Mexico and the notoriously inefficient H-2A program, which lets farmers apply for temporary immigrant workers. More »

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      immigration  • farming  • illegal immigrant  • immigrant

  • September 2007

    • Citizenship Test Gets Overhaul

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 28, 07 1:00 PM CDT

      Citizenship Test Gets Overhaul

      (Newser) - The government yesterday unveiled its new citizenship test, which puts less emphasis on memorization of facts and more on analysis. To become naturalized, it's no longer enough for applicants to know how many stars or stripes are on the flag, but they may need to ID a constitutional amendment that addresses voting rights, the LA Times reports. More »

    • Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

      (Newser) - Israelis are glued to the TV over news that police have busted a Neo-Nazi gang on Israeli soil, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Russian immigrant group allegedly filmed its attacks on gays and observant Jews and have vowed to "kill them all." A policeman said, "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathizers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact." More »

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      Israel  • police  • Nazi  • Jews  • immigrant  • Adolf Hitler  • Soviet Union  • Neo-Nazi  • white supremacism

    • Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      Associated Press  |  Sep 1, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Swiss Party Aims to Boot Immigrants

      (Newser) - Using the image of three white sheep kicking a black sheep out, Switzerland’s biggest political party has begun a campaign to institute mandatory deportation of criminal immigrants and their families. Though critics compare the proposal to Hitler and Stalin practices, the party is expected to prevail in October elections. "We haven't had any complaints," said the party president. More »

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      election  • racism  • Nazi  • immigrant  • Switzerland  • xenophobia

  • August 2007

    • US Visa Logjam Triggers Reverse Brain Drain

      AFP  |  Aug 23, 07 7:31 AM CDT

      US Visa Logjam Triggers Reverse Brain Drain

      (Newser) - Just as the US tightens immigration controls, a huge backlog in processing visas for legal migrants is causing a "reverse brain drain," forcing sought-after scientists, engineers, doctors and entrepreneurs to return to their home countries, according to a report released yesterday. One million would-be immigrants are competing for only 120,000 permanent visas issued each year, reports AFP. More »

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      immigration  • Silicon Valley  • immigrant  • visa  • brain drain  • reverse brain drain

    • Immigrant Activist Deported

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 07 2:57 PM CDT

      Immigrant Activist Deported

      (Newser) - An illegal immigrant  who held a vigil of sorts in a Chicago church for almost a year to publicize the plight of  of divided families has been deported back to Mexico. Elvira Arellano, who left the sanctuary of the church last week to push for immigration reform, had just spoken at a Los Angeles rally yesterday when authorities seized her. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Chicago  • Mexico  • immigrant  • immigration reform  • illegal immigration

    • Tribes Sell Memberships to Illegal Immigrants

      Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 07 7:09 AM CDT

      Tribes Sell Memberships to Illegal Immigrants

      (Newser) - Two unofficial Indian tribes have sold thousands of memberships to illegal immigrants with the promise that the paperwork will make them legal. Some buyers have reported paying as much as $1,200 for the memberships, which federal officials warn don't offer any protection from deportation. "You can't just decide to become a member and legalize your status," said an immigration spokeswoman. More »

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      immigrant  • illegal immigration  • citizenship  • Native American  • tribes

    • GOP Is Chasing Away Latino Voters

      American Prospect  |  Aug 16, 07 5:56 AM CDT

      GOP Is Chasing Away Latino Voters

      (Newser) - With 69% of Latino voters going Democratic in 2006, anti-immigration sentiment among GOP presidential hopefuls may only serve to turn off the remaining 30. Meanwhile, the Latino population is growing, especially in swing states. "Even Texas could become a swing state a couple of elections from now," the American Prospect 's Paul Waldman writes. More »

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      Election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • Republicans  • Rudy Giuliani  • Mike Huckabee  • immigration  • GOP  • Fred Thompson  • presidential election  • immigrant  • Latino voters  • voters  • Hispanic

    • Church Massacre Stuns Missouri Immigrants

      Associated Press  |  Aug 14, 07 8:15 AM CDT

      Church Massacre Stuns Missouri Immigrants

      (Newser) - The Micronesian community in a small Missouri town is struggling to come to grips with a brutal crime by one of its own. Eiken Elam Saimon ran into a Micronesian church service and opened fire, killing three and wounding five. About 300 Pacific Islanders live in the town of Neosho, where they migrated beginning in the 1990s. More »

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      shooting  • gun  • immigrant  • Missouri  • church  • Neosho  • Micronesia

    • Minorities Become Majority

      New York Times  |  Aug 9, 07 1:12 PM CDT

      Minorities Become Majority

      (Newser) - Nonwhites account for more than half the population in 10% of all US counties and in nearly one-third of the most populous ones, new census results show. Figures through mid-2006 demonstrate the suburban flight of blacks and Hispanics and fallout from Hurricane Katrina, the Times reports. And in three dozen counties with populations over 500,000, whites are a minority. More »

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      Chicago  • race  • Washington DC  • African Americans  • immigrant  •