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Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cuba Embargo
Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cuba Embargo
Dec 11, 2007 9:49 AM CST

Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cuba Embargo

Candidate tells exiles he'd strengthen ban he once sought to scrap

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee vowed yesterday that he'll strengthen the embargo against Cuba—an about-face from a 2002 letter he wrote President Bush seeking to lift the ban for economic reasons, reports the Los Angeles Times. The change, presented in Miami to a Cuban audience, is just part of the candidate's recent...

Republicans Tone It Down for Hispanics

Candidates temper immigration talk, praise family values

(Newser) - GOP presidential hopefuls walked a delicate line at yesterday's bilingual debate in Miami, toning down their tough immigration rhetoric enough to court a Hispanic audience but not so much as to alienate their primary base. Weathering pointed questions, most candidates focused on praising legal immigrants, Hispanic family values and the...

Mitt Cans Landscapers in Dustup Over Illegals

Despite warning, Romney continued to use company employing illegal aliens

(Newser) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney has repeatedly lashed out at rival Rudy Giuliani for making New York a sanctuary for illegal aliens. But another sanctuary appears to be Romney's own Massachusetts estate, where illegal immigrants have been working as landscapers for at least a year, reports the Boston Globe. Romney...

US Citizenship Denied, Illegal Brazilians Head Home

'You can't spend your life waiting to be legal'

(Newser) - Anti-immigrant crackdowns have partly succeeded, the New York Times reports, citing a wave of returning middle-class Brazilian illegals. Faced with no way to renew driver's licenses and no hope of legalization, many are going home, where economic conditions aren’t half bad. “Why should you stay if you have...

In Japan, Robots Tackle the Dirty Work

As workforce shrinks, machines gain favor over immigrants

(Newser) - With the birthrate sinking and the government showing no inclination to loosen immigration restrictions, Japanese businesses are turning to science for help with the impending worker shortage. The London Times visits a Tokyo exhibition that showcases the possible answer: robots. "Robots do the D-work"--dirty, dangerous, and difficult--"that...

Immigrant Kids Talk the Talk: 90% Master English

Fluency makes dramatic leaps across generations

(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...

Immigration Hits All-Time High
Immigration Hits All-Time High
Nov 29, 2007 12:18 PM CST

Immigration Hits All-Time High

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

(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...

SF to Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants

City cards will allow access to city services, transport, and banks

(Newser) - San Francisco will issue its own identification cards, the city's Board of Supervisors decided yesterday. San Francisco is host to about 40,000 illegal immigrants, who will be able to use the cards to access city services and open bank accounts, though the details are not entirely worked out. City...

Spitzer Dumps License Plan for Illegals

New York governor's proposal prompted furor, dive in polls

(Newser) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is giving up on the plan to offer driver's licenses to illegal immigrants that drew a firestorm of criticism. “I am not willing to fight to the bitter end on something that will not ultimately be implemented,” he told the New York Times....

EU Will Lure Skilled Migrants With 'Blue Card'

Universal visa will mimic US Green Card, fill projected shortages

(Newser) - Facing a projected shortfall of 20 million workers by 2030, the European Union unveiled its own version of the US Green Card yesterday in hopes of attracting skilled migrants. The Blue Card will grant workers full employment, social security, and health care benefits, as well as permanent residency after five...

France Passes Controversial DNA Immigration Bill

DNA testing has citizens up in arms

(Newser) - France's hotly contested immigration bill that includes provisions for DNA testing passed the legislature yesterday. The bill tightens restrictions on would-be immigrants applying for entry to reunite with family members already in the country, and could include DNA testing to prove they're related to people living in France.

In Chinatown, Something Smells Fishy

LA Times investigates Clinton campaign contributions

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign coffers are benefiting from unlikely and possibly illegal sources, an LA Times investigation reveals. Checks for four-figure amounts are coming from dishwashers, immigrants unable to vote, and other unlikely donors in New York’s Chinatown, some of whom report feeling coerced by neighborhood associations. Other donors...

Justice Switched Focus to Sex, Terror & Immigrants

Feds back off from mob and white collar crime

(Newser) - As the Senate Judiciary Committee today considers the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, data shows a profound shift in focus by the Justice Department over the 7 years of the Bush administration. The prosecution of mobsters, white collar criminals, environmental crimes and civil rights violations have taken a...

DNA Testing Immigrants Stirs Outrage

French proposal brings back nasty Vichy memories

(Newser) - A proposal to test the DNA of prospective immigrants to France has provoked outrage and raised painful memories of Nazi collaboration. The tests would verify that would-be immigrants have blood relatives in France, but politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum have rushed to condemn the initiative. “I...

Rules Eased for Farm Workers
Rules Eased for Farm Workers
Oct 7, 2007 6:43 PM CDT

Rules Eased for Farm Workers

US quietly reforms temporary farm worker system

(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...

Homeland Security Sues Illinois Over Worker Plan

Claims state law is protecting illegals

(Newser) - Homeland Security is suing Illinois for effectively protecting illegals from a new federal crackdown, the Chicago Tribune reports. A DHS plan has companies submit data on workers, but Illinois' governor says the Feds are too slow and no good: "The Internet-based program has a less than 50 percent accuracy...

Congress Tiptoes Back to Immigrant Issues

Lawmakers veer toward modest initiatives with less baggage

(Newser) - Congress is stealing back into the immigration debate. After failing to pass broad reforms three months ago, lawmakers are focusing on less ambitious initiatives. Democrat proposals would give legal status to young immigrants and visas to farmhands, while Republicans favor guest worker programs and blocking illegals from federal aid. But...

Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State
Jewish Hate Grows in
Jewish State
Sep 16, 2007 8:15 PM CDT

Jewish Hate Grows in Jewish State

Neo-Nazi arrests point to frustrations of Israeli non-Jews

(Newser) - Israel may seem an odd place for anti-Semitism, but as more immigrants claim Jewish heritage to gain citizenship through the loose "law of return," though they aren't technically Jewish, neo-Nazism is on the rise. Poverty, unemployment and social exclusion mark the lives of many non-Jews in Israel, reports...

Mayors Spurn Sarkozy Immigration Crackdown

Reject DNA testing, deportation quotas

(Newser) - French leftists aren't about to help Nicolas Sarkozy make good on the immigration crackdowns he promised during his campaign for president. Eight Paris-area mayors have refused to cooperate with measures that include deportation quotas and mandatory DNA-testing for prospective immigrants. Human rights groups denounced Sarkozy for treating immigrants as "...

EU Aims to Court Legal Immigrants
EU Aims to Court Legal Immigrants
Sep 13, 2007 7:10 PM CDT

EU Aims to Court Legal Immigrants

Population declining, Europe needs bigger share of skilled workers

(Newser) - A European Union executive is proposing both a "new vision" and new policies for immigration in Europe, the BBC reports. With Europe already suffering from shortages in many job sectors, Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini said the EU should view immigration as "enrichment," and not a threat. While...

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