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immigrant stories: 61 news summaries

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Man Throws His 4 Kids From Bridge

Victims range in age from 4 months
to 3 years; bodies still missing

Jan 9, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - An Alabama fisherman confessed to throwing his four young children to their deaths off an 80-foot bridge, the AP reports. Lam Luong, a 37-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, initially told police the children—ranging in age from 4 months to 3 years—were missing before admitting yesterday he had thrown them off... More »

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crime • immigrant • crack cocaine • crimes against children • Dauphin Island Bridge • Mobile, Alabama

Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

As tourism fades, expat Nepalese guides turn to driving NYC cabs

Dec 3, 07 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - When a 10-year civil war drove tourists and climbers out of Nepal, the Sherpas who catered to them also left in droves, and many wound up in New York driving cabs. The taxis offer not only a livelihood but also fewer risks. "I stopped extreme climbing for my own... More »

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New York City • Nepal • Himalayas • immigrant • cabdrivers • Sherpas • Mount Everest

Switching States Is
On the Rise

Immigrants, people
in their 20s take the lead in mobility

Nov 30, 07 10:25 PM CST
(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... More »

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baby boomer • US economy • immigrant • US Census

Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

Fluency makes dramatic leaps across generations

Nov 30, 07 5:40 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Immigration Hits All-Time High

About 1 in 8 Americans started out elsewhere, says anti-immigrant group

Nov 29, 07 12:18 PM CST
(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... More »

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immigration • health insurance • illegal immigration • immigrant • US Census

Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

Anti-foreigner stance incites violence

Oct 8, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Rules Eased for Farm Workers

US quietly reforms temporary farm worker system

Oct 7, 07 6:43 PM CDT
(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... More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • farming • immigrant

Citizenship Test Gets Overhaul

New questions focus less on the nitty-gritty

Sep 28, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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citizenship • Citizenship and Immigration Services • naturalization • immigrant • citizenship test

Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

Police find videotapes of gang attacking observant Jews, others

Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Swiss Party
Aims to Boot Immigrants  

Campaign ad draws Nazi comparisons; expected to help in election

Sep 1, 07 11:27 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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xenophobia • Switzerland • racism • Nazi • immigrant • election

US Visa Logjam Triggers Reverse Brain Drain

Thousands of skilled workers wait for documents

Aug 23, 07 7:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Immigrant Activist Deported

Woman lived in Chicago church for a year, in bid to stay with son

Aug 20, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Tribes Sell Memberships to Illegal Immigrants

Sham offer won't make aliens legal, Feds warn

Aug 18, 07 7:09 AM CDT
(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... More »

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citizenship • illegal immigration • immigrant • Native American • tribes • Little Shell • Kaweah

GOP Is Chasing Away Latino Voters

Immigration policy hurting party, says American Prospect

Aug 16, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Church Massacre Stuns Missouri Immigrants

Micronesian community asks why after home- grown crime kills 3

Aug 14, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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church • Missouri • Neosho • Micronesians • immigrant • Micronesia • Eiken Elam Saimon • shooting • guns

Minorities Become Majority

Nonwhites dominate in 10% of counties, new census figures show

Aug 9, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(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... More »

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race • Chicago • African Americans • Washington DC • Asians • demographics • Honolulu • El Paso • immigrant • Hispanic

Immigration Busts Have Whiff of Politics

Raids on the rise, as White House tries to impress conservatives

Jul 28, 07 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Massive workplace raids, conducted by armed federal agents and targeting illegal immigrants, are on the rise, and the reason, critics charge, is that the White House wants to curry favor with conservatives. In the first five months of '07, Salon reports, 3,226 undocumented workers were arrested in these expensive... More »

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illegal immigrant • immigration reform • raids • illegal employment • immigrant

(Newser) - Over 2 million Iraqis have fled their war-torn homeland, with 50,000 more leaving each month for neighboring countries—primarily Jordan and Syria. A UN official is terming the exodus a "humanitarian crisis," and the organization is calling for extra funding to cover medical supplies and shelter for... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • humanitarian crisis • immigrant • refugee

US Soldiers Become Citizens

325 new Americans served red-white-and-blue cake in Iraq

Jul 5, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 325 servicemen were sworn in as US citizens in Independence Day ceremonies yesterday in Iraq—half of them at a former Saddam Hussein palace, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gen. David Petraeus thanked the new citizens serving in Iraq for enduring sacrifice “to preserve the freedom of a... More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • US military • citizenship • war • immigrant • Iraq war

States
Crack Down
on Illegals

As Congress dithers, a flurry of locals bills targets immigrants

Jun 25, 07 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - States frustrated by Washington's inaction on illegal immigration are taking matters into their own hands with a record number of proposals that prevent immigrants from getting jobs, finding housing and benefiting from social services, the Washington Post reports. At least 1,100 state immigration bills have been proposed, more than... More »

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Congress • illegal immigrant • law • Mexico • citizenship • reform • immigrant • state governments

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