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The photo above was taken by Mexican border authorities at the Guatemala border. The trucks were carrying more than 500 migrants, apparently headed for the United States.
Trucks often pass through large x-ray machines in order to quickly see...
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Fijian migrant workers who payed up to $17,000 for visas to work in New Zealand ended up foraging maize from a paddock to feed themselves. Stacey Watson, of Piopio,...
made popular Feb 15 2011
Arizona was, depending on your views, the image of vulgar xenophobia if not blatant racism or a model “law and order” state earlier this year when it passed...
made popular Dec 28 2010
Its been an big year in the New Zealand media, in April a Roy Morgan poll showed some interesting facts about the way its being consumed. The two biggest stories of the...
made popular Dec 27 2010
A common theme of opponents of illegal immigration and efforts to legalize such undocumented immigrants is remittances. Ultra-nationalist Americans are aghast that...
made popular Dec 16 2010
Arizona was, depending on your views, the image of vulgar xenophobia if not blatant racism or a model “law and order” state earlier this year when it passed...
made popular Dec 9 2010
Some one in UKBA ( United Kingdom Border Agency) came up with an idea, that all the safeguards in the student visa system should be removed, and a simple version of PBS...
made popular Dec 7 2010
Controversial TV host Paul Henry played a useful roll prior to his resignation last week, not in keeping ratings high- as they seem to be staying up since his departure...
made popular Oct 16 2010
An alarming trend once again.
Petty Scapegoating and xenophobic nationalism are intransient in European politics, only the “enemy” changes. Immigrants of...
made popular Sep 27 2010
“South of the border, down Mexico way,” an old tune sung by “Old Blue Eyes,” Frank Sinatra, epitomizes a time when friendship and respect meant something...
made popular Sep 18 2010
A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania’s pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies...
made popular Sep 9 2010
France, which has been sharply criticized for deporting hundreds of Roma, defended its actions on Tuesday and accused Romania of not doing enough to integrate members...
made popular Sep 1 2010
France was set to repatriate nearly 140 more Roma on Friday, a day after scores were flown back to Romania under a controversial crackdown ordered by President Nicolas...
made popular Aug 20 2010
Anti-immigrant forces have adeptly shaped the ongoing immigration debate into an issue of crime and punishment. Now, the pending passage of a $600 million border...
made popular Aug 16 2010
Mexican President Felipe Calderon reiterated once again to the U.S. government the urgency of collapsing the networks of weapons smugglers which have become common...
made popular Aug 10 2010
Denise Mosier: Death Of Nun Illegal Immigration Backlash – Anti-immigration sentiment has been spreading in certain parts of the country. In Arizona, the shooting...
made popular Aug 9 2010
A bill that pushes racial profiling has generated an economic backlash against Arizona, writes Simon Mann in Phoenix.
made popular Aug 7 2010
The number of legal visitors entering Arizona from Mexico has plummeted amid the controversy of increased enforcement of state immigration laws.
made popular Aug 7 2010
But was it really a surprise?
Campaigners against undocumented or so-called “illegal” immigrants often defend themselves by stating that they are not...
made popular Jul 31 2010
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Lower crop yields and agricultural production could drive as many as 6.7 million across the border by 2080, a study finds.
made popular Jul 29 2010
It has now become a new talking-point that the Lebanese party-cum-militia Hezbollah, designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, is operating in...
made popular Jul 27 2010
For years drug legalization advocates have been talking about America’s “useless” war on drugs. But however useless, expensive and long it’s been, nothing in...
made popular Jul 26 2010
Arizona has introduced tough immigration measures. A woman wears a sombrero during a rally against the new laws.
made popular Jul 19 2010
Arizona’s controversial new immigration law may be prompting a mass dispersion of Hispanics — both legal and illegal — from the state. Though...
made popular Jun 15 2010
The union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents is defending the actions of a colleague who shot and killed a Mexican teenager on Monday — the second killing of...
made popular Jun 12 2010
A 32-year-old Mexican man has died after being shocked by a stun gun during a confrontation with Border Patrol agents at a California border crossing, officials said...
made popular Jun 3 2010
Part of the xenophobic hysteria in America is that illegal immigrants lead to higher levels of crimes. This is a racist stereotype of Mexicans as somehow being drug...
made popular May 26 2010
In case we needed reminding, immigration reform is not a matter of interest to this country only. Mexico has a stake in effective reform, too — and it’s a huge...
made popular May 25 2010
In her police file photo, the innocent Hispanic cartoon heroine has a black eye, a split lip and a bloody nose.
What is the alleged crime of Dora the Explorer?...
made popular May 22 2010
The two proposed referendum drives challenging Arizona’s new sweeping law targeting illegal immigration are being abandoned, organizers said Monday. Andrew...
made popular May 11 2010
A 26-year-old Tunisian woman has been fined for wearing a face veil while walking to a mosque in northern Italy, adding to the growing debate on the integration of...
made popular May 5 2010
President Felipe Calderón announced that Mexico’s government will use all resources at its disposal to defend the rights of Mexican nationals affected by the...
made popular Apr 28 2010
John McCain used to be one of the few noble and reasonable voices on immigration within the often xenophobic Republican party. McCain co-sponsored an immigration reform...
made popular Apr 24 2010
The Motueka news reported recently that of 130 to 140 Vanuatuans in the Motueka area working on orchards under New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)...
made popular Mar 20 2010
Scores of police officers – including the entire department of one town – have been detained in Mexican probes of killings and kidnappings.
Mayor Alfredo Osorio of...
made popular Mar 18 2010
Of all of Europe’s major countries, Spain is the only one not home to a far-right. There is no xenophobic party of note in Spanish politics which is a high...
made popular Feb 5 2010
Hundreds of migrant workers, most of them Africans, went on a rampage Friday in a southern Italian town in a second day of rioting, with authorities reporting at least...
made popular Jan 9 2010
The US Government has finally removed the ban on immigrants with HIV/AIDS that barred them from entering the country. The amendments would be followed by a bi-annual...
made popular Jan 6 2010
Nothing is absolute.
Everything is relative in the Universe.
Among other worldwide spread marvels of Australia, her quite, crimeless environment stories posses a...
made popular Jan 6 2010
The Sun Belt states that grew like fertilized weeds during the real estate boom are now experiencing sharp declines in population growth, the Census Bureau said...
made popular Dec 24 2009
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Christoper Estrada wears a mask with the Mexican flag as he is surrounded by American flags during an immigration rally in San Jose, Calif., Friday, May 1, 2009.
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