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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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immigrant stories: 61 news summaries

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 UK Deporting HIV Patients 
 to 'Death Sentence' 

Critics say British policy hypocritical

Dec 1, 08 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - An African policy group is accusing the UK of deporting immigrants who were being treated for HIV to almost certain death in places where they will be unable to acquire drugs needed to survive. Advocates call the move hypocritical since Britain is a vocal backer of an international declaration calling... More »

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AIDS • HIV • universal health care • deportation • medical treatment • immigrant • refugee • Britain • World AIDS Day

1M New
Citizens Break
Century Record

Fee increase helps immigration service clear huge backlog

Nov 7, 08 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Over a million new American citizens took the oath of allegiance last year—the highest number since the government began keeping records a century ago, reports CNN. The number of people going through the naturalization process has been steadily climbing for decades. The clearing of a major 2007 backlog—along... More »

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citizenship • Department of Homeland Security • naturalization • immigrant • USA • US citizenship

 Citizenship Fees Up, 
 Applications Down 

59% decline seen after charge to would-be citizens rises from $400 to $675

Sep 10, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Higher fees for immigrants seeking US citizenship could be responsible for a drop in applications, USA Today reports. The fee went from $400 to $675 last summer; applications are down almost 60% in the first 6 months of 2008, compared to the same period last year. “The expense... More »

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United States • Citizenship and Immigration Services • immigrant • Federal government • US citizenship • budget shortfall • application fee

Lawyers: Dying Immigrant Denied Care in Custody

34-year-old man dies of cancer

Aug 13, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng was a New York computer engineer trying to get his green card when immigration officials arrested him last year, the New York Times reports. Last week he died of undiagnosed cancer after months of neglect in immigration detention centers. Ng complained of chronic back pain,... More »

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cancer • abuse • deportation • illegal immigration • immigrant • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • detention

More Mexican Immigrants Becoming
US Citizens

Number naturalized soared 50% in 2007

Jul 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 2007, while the US hotly debated immigration reform, the number of Mexican-born immigrants who became American citizens skyrocketed, the LA Times reports. Experts attribute the jump—122,000 people took the oath, 84,000 more than in 2006—largely to an aggressive pro-citizenship campaign and a desire to beat... More »

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immigration reform • naturalization • immigrant • Mexican-Americans

New US Tax Law Looks Heartless to Foreign Workers

Would-be tax evaders will pay, but so will wealthy green-card holders

Jul 9, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new tax law set up to help troops and veterans, offset by taxing wealthy Americans who give up citizenship to beat the IRS, hits some others in the wallet, Portfolio reports. Long-term, legal foreign workers who return home will see unrealized capital gains taxed—potentially damaging the perception of... More »

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veterans • taxes • US troops • green card • US economy • foreign labor • immigrant • tax dodge • Heart Act

Opinion

Gay? Fine. How About Some Grandkids?

Coming out doesn't blunt immigrant parents' marriage push

May 30, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, most gay Indian-Americans could come out with one simple sentence: “Mom, Dad, I don’t think I am going to get married,” Sandip Roy writes for New America Media. But now that California has legalized gay marriage, Roy isn’t sure how to appease his folks. Like... More »

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California • gay marriage • immigrant • Indian American

S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

Anti-foreigner attacks spread across South Africa

May 22, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has summoned troops to help counter a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the country, AFP reports. Mbeki called on soldiers after police requested help quelling mob violence that has claimed 42 lives, officials said. As many as 16,000 people have been displaced by the... More »

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Africa • mob • South Africa • immigrant • Thabo Mbeki • riots • ethnic violence

US Drugging Foreigners for Deportation

More than 'last resort,' practice violates international standards

May 14, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US government injects hundreds of illegal immigrants with dangerous psychotropic drugs to keep them sedated while being deported, the Washington Post reports. The so-called "pre-flight cocktail" often leaves detainees so incapacitated they need a wheelchair to get onto the plane. Used far more often than the "last... More »

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antipsychotic drugs • deportation • illegal immigration • immigrant

Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

 Overburdened system fails to adequately diagnose and treat detainees, Post finds

May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/11, and many do not receive critical health care in overburdened federal detention centers, the Washington Post reports. Several immigrants, detained for minor offenses or waiting to seek asylum, received little or no care for life-threatening symptoms which finally killed them, a... More »

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Bush administration • immigration • health care • detainee • immigrant • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

Mexican families struggle without funds relatives send home

Apr 18, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The downturn in the US economy is also hitting Mexico hard, the Washington Post reports. Money sent home from the US, known as remittances, dropped nearly 7% in January compared with the year before, the biggest plunge in 13 years, says the Mexican government. Without that money, the country's No.... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • US economy • immigrant • job market • remittance

Italians Find Their Cuisine in Foreign Hands

Immigrants more and more the backbone of foodie nation's cooking

Apr 8, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - While immigrant-staffed kitchens are the norm throughout Europe, Italians regard their food as an integral part of national identity. So what to make of the fact that the best carbonara in Rome is made by a Tunisian chef? The ensuing debate—whether Italian cuisine made by non-Italians is authentic—is... More »

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food • Italy • restaurant • chef • immigrant

Miami Needs to Study Spanish

International financial hub finds Latinos' language skills lagging

Mar 3, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Miami's role as an international city—the "financial hub of Latin America," as one businessman calls it—is threatened by its residents' declining Spanish skills, the Miami Herald reports. Many descendants of the Cuban entrepreneurs and businessmen who flooded South Florida in the '60s and '70s speak only... More »

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Miami • language • Latinos • immigrant • Spanish • Hispanic • Cuban Americans • bilingual education

French Police Storm Housing Projects

1,000 cops bust 33 for riots in raid on immigrant communities

Feb 18, 08 5:03 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 1,000 French police stormed housing projects in three largely immigrant communities outside of Paris early today and arrested 33 suspects believed linked to riots in November, AP reports. Police sources said two gang leaders in particular organized the street violence that included armed rioters in what they... More »

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police • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • immigrant • riots • suburbs • housing projects

FBI Bails on Immigrant Probes as Backlogs Mount

Backlog means immigrants will be granted residency before background checks

Feb 12, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Immigration officials are expected to grant green cards to tens of thousands of aliens before required FBI background checks, because the Department of Homeland Security is struggling under a ballooning backlog, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Background checks would be performed after immigrants are granted residency, which could be revoked if problems... More »

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FBI • Citizenship and Immigration Services • Department of Homeland Security • background check • green card • immigrant • permanent residency • Center for Immigration Studies • US citizenship

'Honor' Violence Against Women Surging in UK

Immigrant daughters forced into marriage, even killed for 'honor'

Feb 10, 08 7:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Violence in the name of family honor affects at least 17,000 women every year in Britain, and the number of unreported incidents may be drastically higher, the Independent reports. Forced marriages, sexual assaults, domestic violence, and so-called "honor" killings are reaching crisis levels, British officials say; they are... More »

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women's rights • England • domestic violence • immigrant • honor killings • forced marriage • sexual assault

Illness Linked to Pig Brains

Slaughterhouse workers report burning, numbness, weakness in limbs

Feb 4, 08 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A dozen workers at a Minnesota slaughterhouse are showing symptoms of a new illness linked to inhaling bits of pig brains, the Washington Post reports. Symptoms include sensations of burning, numbness, and weakness in the arms and legs. All of the afflicted worked at or near the Austin packing house’... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • illness • Minnesota • immigrant • pig • slaughterhouse

US-Viet Pact OKs Forced Deportations

Vietnamese illegals to be repatriated, human rights groups cry foul

Jan 23, 08 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The US and Vietnam have signed a pact that could see thousands of Vietnamese living in America forcibly returned to their homeland, reports the Orange Country Register. Under the agreement, undocumented Vietnamese immigrants facing court deportation orders can now be repatriated. Some 8,000 people will be affected and the... More »

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Vietnam • deportation • immigrant

No More Mr., Mrs. Nice Dems

Staid debate aside, Nevada's dogfight
sets the stage for
a nasty campaign

Jan 20, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite measured tones at Tuesday’s debate, the Nevada race was a dirty one for the leading Dems, Politico reports. The mudslinging began when Hillary Clinton said the Culinary Workers Union was scaring its members into supporting Barack Obama. The Illinois senator, for his part, did not prevent a union-backed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • immigrant • Nevada caucus • Culinary Workers Union • campaign advertising

Immigrants
Fire Back at Xenophobic Campaign*

*In Germany

Jan 10, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Germany’s immigrants are fed up with Roland Koch, whose bid for reelection as governor of the state of Hesse is exacerbating racial tensions, Der Spiegel reports. Koch seized upon a December subway beating to blast "criminal young foreigners," and the rhetoric quickly escalated to anti-immigrant rant, portraying... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • immigrant • Roland Koch

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