Canadian sues claiming abuse at U.S. border
Detroit Free Press A 46-year-old Canadian woman sued two unidentified female U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Wednesday,…
Immigration
Obama, Harper pledge ‘perimeter’ border strategy
© AFP Saul Loeb AFP/Activist Post WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched an initiative Friday aiming at improving…
Activists decry plans for ‘second class’ of US citizen
Daniel Tencer Raw Story Human rights activists and some constitutional scholars are denouncing a proposal by a group of state lawmakers to create a “second…
Private prison industry helped draft AZ immigration law
A private corrections company helped write and lobbied hard for a draconian bill that’ll help fill their cells Alex Pareene Salon When it comes to…
Immigrant vets face deportation despite service
Juliana Barbassa Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Up to 8,000 non-citizens enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces every year and serve alongside American troops. If…
Appeals court blocks Pa. town’s immigration law
Michael Rubinkam Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hazleton, Pa., may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing…
The next global crisis: Hungry millions on the move
Illustrations: Cinders McLeod Q&A: Julian Cribb Globe and Mail Floods in Pakistan, droughts in Russia, rising grain prices. According to award-winning Australian science writer Julian…
US Homeland Security to Expand ‘Secure Communities’ Nationwide
Joshua Philipp Epoch Times The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to broaden its Secure Communities program nationwide by 2013, according to a DHS release….
Arizona Sheriff: ‘Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy’
Penny Starr CNSNews Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff Paul Babeu, whose deputies patrol a county along the U.S.-Mexico border, is hopping mad at the federal government….
Judge Napolitano: Immigration Won’t be Fixed Because ‘GOP wants cheap labor and Dems want easy votes’
US: Confused, Alone, and in Legal Limbo
Human Rights Watch (New York) – People with mental disabilities, including US citizens, face a greater risk of erroneous deportation by United States Immigration and…
Schwarzenegger Mobilizes National Guard to the Border
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday mobilized members of the California National Guard as part of a federal effort to deter…
California town to lay off all city employees, disband police
By Muriel Kane – Raw Story Economic hard times are causing many municipalities to look for ways to reduce their payrolls, but none has taken…