Tag: immigration
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samuel ‘clash of civilizations’ huntington dies
from reuters: Political scientist Samuel Huntington, whose controversial book “The Clash of Civilizations” predicted conflict between the West and the Islamic world, has died at age 81, Harvard University said on Saturday. Huntington, who taught for 58 years at Harvard before retiring in 2007, died Wednesday at a nursing facility in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, the…
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selection ’08: doucebag or turdsandwich? you decide!
obama’s aunt living illegally in US, too from dpa: The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he wasn’t aware that his Kenyan aunt was reportedly living in the US illegally, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The news about Zeituni Onyango, who is referred to as aunty Zeituni in Obama’s memoir, surfaced just…
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uk govt is introducing id cards by stealth
from guardian: ID cards for foreign nationals are the thin end of the wedge, whatever they look like – and the home secretary, who unveiled their design today, knows it. Here’s how it goes: Step 1: Target a weak group who have no political voice in the UK and who benefit from little public backing…
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ice abandons self-deportation program for illegals
from washington times: With only eight takers since the program’s creation this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has decided to scrap its self-deportation program for illegal immigrants who previously had ignored court orders to leave the country. The pilot program, which began Aug. 5 in five cities, officially ended Friday. It had been…
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natl guard troops to leave border patrol on july 15
from ap: The thousands of National Guardsmen sent to reinforce the U.S.-Mexican border two years ago have almost completely withdrawn, despite pleas from border-state governors once skeptical of using soldiers to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. When the Guard was posted along the southern frontier in 2006 to help the strapped Border Patrol, critics…
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badcops, $oldiers, drugs & crime
2 miami officers charged in fbi corruption probefrom ap: Two veteran police officers were charged Friday with providing protection for purported shipments of cocaine and stolen goods in what was actually an undercover FBI operation. Officer Geovani Nunez and Detective Jorge Hernandez are accused in court documents of helping protect shipments of what they thought…
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‘border security usa’ reality show from big brother
from hollywood reporter: A new ABC unscripted series will take an unprecedented look behind the scenes at the government’s fight against terrorism. The network has ordered 11 hours of “Border Security USA” from executive producer Arnold Shapiro (“Big Brother”). Shot on location throughout the United States, the series will focus on the efforts of border…
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choose one: prison, family detention center or xenu u
US to build vast prison in afghanistanfrom afp: The United States plans to build a vast, new detention camp at its main military base in Afghanistan… “I can confirm there are indeed plans to build a new detention facilty at Bagram airfield,” spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mark Wright told AFP. “And the overall size is expected…
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return of the ‘no-work list’
employment verification plan: big brother or big improvement?from mcclatchy: For critics, the idea is an Orwellian nightmare: The federal government would begin signing off on every hiring decision made in the United States… Whether it’s regarded as Big Brother or a big improvement, the plan is getting a good vetting on Capitol Hill. It has…
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Feds misled Nat’l Cattle Congress about use of fairgrounds
The board did not know the grounds and facilities would be used to establish a detention center and a trial court for those accused of immigration-related crimes in the wake of a federal raid of the Agriprocessors food processing plant in Postville.
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Iowa ICE: Illegal Immigrant Raid Part Of FEMA Drill
FEMA, ICE & DHS Running Roundup Psyop Until May25…from rogue government: As predicted last week, ICE has begun factory raids of illegal aliens in Iowa. This was not very difficult to predict. The federal government last week leased out the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds in Waterloo, Iowa until May 25th and began moving trailers and…
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morrissey rescues anti-racism festival
from guardian: Most of us end disputes through the power of rhetoric. We make eloquent, compelling arguments, apologise for misunderstandings, and express our heartfelt opinions. However Morrissey takes a different tack. He donates loads of money. Yesterday’s Love Music Hate Racism carnival at Victoria Park, London, was by all accounts a success. Hard-Fi and the…
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$20m ‘fence’ scrapped for not catching enough illegals
from ap: The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings, officials said. The move comes just two months after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced his approval of the fence built…
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extinquished torch, internet2, absolut raza & swatkids
olympic torch put out three timesfrom ap: Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China’s human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. Despite massive security, at least two activists got within almost an arm’s length of the flame before they were…
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student directories, cheney, yoo & the border fence
pentagon wants student directoriesfrom thinkprogress: The Army Times reports that the Pentagon “has announced a new get-tough policy with colleges and universities that interfere with the work of military recruiters and Reserve Officer Training Corps programs… Under rules that will take effect April 28, defense officials said they want the exact same access to student…