Immigrants News

More than 20 illegal immigrants arrested in sweep in Connecticut

Around 20 illegal immigrants were arrested by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents (ICE) since last week, in an operation that will continue through Saturday.

In the Media by Owen Weldon - 1 comment

Review: Depression tale 'Mad Ship' looks great, but lacks coherent tone Special

If you took 'The Grapes of Wrath' and turned it into a dark tragedy about sexual blackmail, then added a long coda about raving insanity, you'd get something like 'Mad Ship'. It's a strange film, although one with gorgeous visual images to spare.

Digital Journal Report by Jeff Cottrill - 1 comment

Texas bans shooting immigrants from helicopters

Austin - Texas state troopers will no longer be permitted to shoot immigrants from helicopters under new rules announced on Thursday.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 9 comments

George W. Bush: Be more benevolent on immigration reform issue

Dallas - At an invite-only event by the George W. Bush Institute, in Dallas, former US President George W. Bush asked Congress to be "benevolent" about immigration reform.

In the Media by Can Tran - 3 comments

Video: Greece’s Golden Dawn party deals with illegal immigrants

Athens - Last week Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) party members smashed stalls run by illegal immigrants in Rafina, near Athens and Messolonghi in central Greece.

In the Media by Richard Milnes - 11 comments

Two in Florida claim they seek right to shoot illegal voters

The source of this story suggests now the two men in the midst of it were pulling a hoax, as the article below and the original source noted may be the case. it is unknown who the men really were.

In the Media by Marcus Hondro - 34 comments

Somalian Olympian dies trying to reach London 2012

Samia Yusuf Omar competed for her country, Somalia, in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. On August 20 it was reported she was amongst a group of immigrants who drowned whilst trying to reach Italy in a rickety boat.

In the Media by Amanda Payne - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Joe the Plumber says troops aren't killing enough Mexicans

Prescott - By golly, Joe the Plumber is just sick and doggone tired of them there illegal Mexicans sneaking across our border to snatch up all them good "termater" pickin' jobs that American workers so desperately crave.

In the Media by Bill Schmalfeldt - 3 comments

Israel to deport Ethiopian and south Sudanese immigrants

Israeli officials have begun arresting what is expected to be tens of thousands of legitimate African refugees, and deporting them to detention camps.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 2 comments