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Man jailed for trying to smuggle girlfriend from Canada
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:45:24 GMT
An Oklahoma man accused of trying to help his French girlfriend enter the United States illegally from Canada pleaded guilty Thursday to a violation of immigration law and was sentenced to 13 days in prison. The U.S. attorney's office said Jay Benjamin Bost, 29, of Tulsa, Okla., was also fined $5,000 and made subject to six months of supervised release. Authorities alleged on July 30, while attempting to enter the United States at Coburn Gore, Me. Bost lied to customs and border patrol officers by telling them he did not have a passenger in his vehicle.
1.41 million immigration population in US from India
Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:06:43 GMT
If figures released by the US's Centre for Immigration Studies can be relied upon, the last five years have seen the highest influx into the US — no matter the cataclysmic 9/11 terror strikes and the stringent curbs and border scrutiny in its wake. A report released by the centre, which favours stiffer checks on immigration, says that 7.9 million immigrants have entered the US between 2000 and 2005, more than any other five-year period in the nation's history.
Immigration growing and reaching record numbers
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:01:33 GMT
Despite tougher border scrutiny after 9/11, a total of 7.9 million immigrants have come to the USA since 2000, more than in any other five-year period in the nation's history, figures released Monday show.
Almost half, or 3.7 million, entered illegally, according to an analysis of Census data by the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, D.C., group that advocates controlling the flow of legal and illegal immigrants.
Citizenship for U.S.-born babies faces test
Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:16:48 GMT
It's been a cornerstone of American law since shortly after the Civil War: Children born in the United States become citizens, even if their parents are here illegally. Now some conservatives are taking aim at that birthright. They call the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants "anchor babies" because at age 18 the children can apply to bring other family members here from abroad, and a growing group of House Republicans wants to change the policy. They hope to add a provision to the immigration bill that the House of Representatives will consider next week that would deny citizenship to those children.
Why Americans leave their country
Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:10:07 GMT
By Paul Stiles: Now here is an interesting fact: the United States government does not keep track of its expatriates. There are statistics on immigration, but not emigration. One might think it would be fairly easy for the US Internal Revenue Service to determine who is living abroad, and where, but with such a large proportion of Americans failing to file tax returns once they leave, this avenue turns out to be a dead end. So why does this matter?
Brain Fill: New Immigrants are Smarter...
Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:30:01 GMT
Countries like India and China experience what's called a "drain brain" when all their most intelligent and well-educated citizens leave for places like the United States to pursue better opportunities. What many anti-immigrant organizations in the west don't seem to agree on is that 'their loss is our gain.' For every engineer, doctor, nurse or researcher that India loses to the States, America becomes that much more competitive in technology, medicine and other critial areas.
Business groups slam new penalty laden immigration bill
Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:50:45 GMT
Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe and top business advocates Wednesday criticized a new "get tough" immigration bill that does not include a guest worker program for immigrants wishing to work in the U.S. The U.S. House of Representatives could soon vote on a bill put forward by U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., that includes tougher penalties for undocumented immigrants, employers who hire illegals as well as smugglers who help them get into the U.S.
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