Ex-Cons Floated as Laborers

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Ex-Cons Floated as Laborers
(Wall Street Journal) — Republican Gov. Nathan Deal suggested that unemployed people on probation fill thousands of jobs that farmers say have been left vacant by laborers frightened off by Georgia’s tough new immigration lawHis suggestion, made Tuesday, came as the state released a survey showing a shortage of about 11,000 farm . laborers at [...]
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Texas senator calls Spanish speech “insulting”, urges man to speak English
HOUSTON – A Texas senator is drawing criticism for interrupting a Spanish speaker and telling him he should “be speaking in English” during a committee hearing. The exchange happened Monday during a Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee hearing on the so-called sanctuary cities bill. The legislation, which the Senate passed later in the week, would allow local law enforcement …
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Kirk: Infrastructure partnership will boost economy
BLOOMINGTON — A plan of public-private partnerships to improve the nation’s transportation infrastructure to be introduced Monday would help lift the U.S. out of its economic slump, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Friday.
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Mexico, Other Countries Join I...

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Mexico, Other Countries Join Immigration Suit
Mexico and 10 other countries have filed amicus briefs in a lawsuit that asks a judge to declare Georgia’s new immigration law unconstitutional and to block it from being enforced.
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Call leads to possible human t...

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Call leads to possible human trafficking scheme
The Associated Press The Associated Press RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials are investigating a possible human trafficking scheme in Rancho Cucamonga. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says a dispatcher got a phone call from a Spanish speaking man on Friday who said he and several others were being held against their will at a home. The cell phone call dropped …
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Del. Senate Oks bill to check immigration status
DOVER — The Delaware Senate on Tuesday approved a bill requiring state and local governments to verify that all their new hires are in the country legally, and to impose the same test for people seeking government benefits.
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Trade generated by Machinery and Equipment Sector in Jafza doubles to AED 115 billion in five years
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 18, 2011 (ME NewsWire):- Jafza Jafza announced today that companies in the Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing sector within the free zone have doubled trade volumes in the last five years, recording transactions worth AED 115 billion in 2010, compared to AED 59 billion in 2005.
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Tracker Corp Assures Data Priv...

Jul 9, 2011 by admin

Tracker Corp Assures Data Privacy and Code Integrity by Partnering with Aspect Security
Tracker Corp, developer of software for I-9 compliance, E-Verify and immigration management, has partnered with Aspect Security, Inc., who perform comprehensive penetration testing, code analysis and other services to fully verify Tracker’s data protection and code integrity.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 06, 2011 Tracker Corp, the innovative electronic Form I-9 & E-Verify system and immigration …
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New BI unit nabs American woma...

Jun 20, 2011 by admin

New BI unit nabs American woman in Pampanga
An American woman wanted by US authorities for stealing funds from a bank in Alaska was arrested by agents of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI).
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