Browsing Tag: Immigration

'Trapped' Illegal Immigrants Sleep On Streets

Hundreds of illegal immigrants from India are sleeping rough in appalling conditions in west London, a Sky News investigation can reveal.
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Indians the Latest Illegals Coming to U.S. Through Mexico

If people face dire economic straits, “you try and sell your land and go abroad,” Kumar said. “If you’re prosperous, still you go abroad because, culturally, it gives you a higher status.”
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Early 20th Century Canadian Immigration Policy and Asian Immigrants

Between 1905 and 1908 a little over 5000 Sikhs arrived in British Columbia. In the eyes of the British Columbians of the time this was nothing short of an invasion. After all, this was supposed to be a white man’s province and British Columbians were determined to keep it that way.
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Surge of immigrants from India baffles border officials in Texas

Thousands of immigrants from India have crossed into the United States illegally at the southern tip of Texas in the last year, part of a mysterious and rapidly growing human-smuggling pipeline that is backing up court dockets, filling detention centers and triggering investigations.
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UN investigator: Migrants suffer worst racism

Migrants in Europe, the United States and many other parts of the world are subjected to the worst forms of racial discrimination and xenophobia..
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Federal Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona immigration law, putting on hold the state's attempt to enforce federal immigration policy.
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Sikhi in "Amricaa" ?

Some things which I have noticed amongst the Sikhs or rather people who call themselves “sikhs” including me, tend to forget the real sikhi once they arrive in USA or “Amricaa”. For some people just wearing a turban and having a beard is being sikh; for some people just coming to gurdwara on Sundays is being sikh.
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Sikhs Join Opposition to Arizona’s Immigration Law

Arizona’s discriminatory position on immigration may spread to other states. In fact, at least ten other states are considering laws similar to Arizona’s, including Maryland.
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SCORE Joins Opposition to Arizona’s Immigration Law

This law is based on the viewpoint that anyone of color or with an accent may be in the United States illegally. It enables the police to act on this stereotype and profile anyone in Arizona who may have a darker skin complexion, appears foreign, or speaks differently.
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Arizona's Immigration Bill and Korea : Adopting a failed precedent

Though most Sikh members are undocumented, many are living in Korea legally. A few community members have received F2 visas through marriages, some of which are contract marriages, and some have business visas.
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