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More Americans willing to let undocumented immigrants stay: poll
Copyright ImageClick to View Immigrant rights protesters hold signs outside of Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago, last week. More Americans say there should be a way for illegal immigrants to remain in the US legally, if they meet certain requirements, according to a new poll by the Pew… …
Republican-Democrat alliance unveils immigration reform deal
Eight US lawmakers crossed party lines to unveil a plan Monday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the shadows in the United States. “We recognize that our immigration system is broken,” the senators said in their bipartisan framework, a copy of…
Deportations of undocumented immigrants reach new U.S. record in 2012
The United States deported more than 400,000 illegal immigrants in 2012, the most of any year in the nation’s history, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reports. The record number, released Friday, is also important for another reason: It is a stinging reminder to Latinos that President… …
Spain and Morocco deport illegal migrants from islet
Spanish and Moroccan security forces launched a night operation lasting into the early hours on Tuesday to evict 73 illegal migrantsfrom a tiny islet just off Morocco, officials said. Spain’s Guardia Civil police acted after scores of African migrantslanded in the past week on the bare, rocky surface of Isla de Tierra, Spanish sovereign territory…
Greek authorities conducting mass arrests of undocumented immigrants
Greek authorities have begun one of the country’s biggest crackdowns yet on suspected illegal immigrants, deploying 4,500 police around Athens and detaining more than 7,000 immigrants in less than 72 hours. Most have been released, but about 2,000, mostly Africans and Asians, were arrested. They were sent to holding centres…
Young undocumented immigrants can apply for deportation relief
The US government said it would begin accepting applications later this month from young undocumented immigrants who hope to avoid deportation under a new policy. Starting August 15, “individuals will be able to submit a request for consideration of deferred action” to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS Director…
Israel begins deportation of Sudanese refugees
A plane carrying 127 illegal immigrants took off for the South Sudan capital of Juba, in the first wave of expulsions of tens of thousands of Africans, the daily Maariv said on its website. The first charter flight left Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv overnight Monday carrying 127 men,…
Obama administration to offer immunity to younger immigrants
The Obama administration has announced that it intends to stop deporting and start granting work permits to young immigrants who have come to the U.S. illegally as children, but lived as law-abiding citizens since. The initiative is seen as a means of enacting the stalled DREAM Act, which has been…
Athens HIV infections rise 1,450 percent after authorities canceled needle exchange program
The head of Médecins sans Frontières Greece has accused the Athens authorities of pursuing a wrong and dangerous public health strategy that ignores the root causes of disease outbreaks and penalises those most at risk. Reveka Papadopoulou, the general director of the medical aid charity’s Greek branch, said cases of…
Spain scraps health benefits for undocumented immigrants
Spain takes pride in its universal health care but Europe’s debt crisis has spurred tough budget cuts that will bring sometimes life-saving treatment for illegal immigrants to an abrupt end. Carmen Maria, a 33-year-old woman from Nicaragua who arrived in the country in 2010, has no legal ID in Spain but has benefitted from free…
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