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USA’s detain & deport crimes worse than Australia’s

There is more evidence that, however unjust and dysfunctional the administration of Australia’s immigration laws was in our recent past, it is being outstripped by what has been happening in the USA. There are more and more examples coming to light in the USA that have echoes of the Cornelia Rau and Vivienne Alvarez debacles of the Howard era in Australia. The reasons these things are happening are similar to causes of the same gross injustices that occured in the adminstration of Austral

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« Previous PostBeer Branding At The White House Next Post »Boehner’s Summer Plans Lou Dobbs: Public Embarrassment Posted by Joe KleinWednesday, July 29, 2009 at 1:39 pm 49 Comments • Trackback (0) • Related Topics: Barack Obama birth certificate, CNN, Lou Dobbs Lou Dobbs continues to make a fool of himself, of CNN and of Time Warner, which owns this blog and pays my salary. When Jim DeMint, the oh-so-conservative Senator from South Carolina, says that the Obama birth certificate isn’t an i

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New champions for the Birther movement: 3 lawmakers, Lou Dobbs and one angry woman

In the two weeks since my post on the Birther bill’s gaining new champions in the House, this ridiculous movement has gained even more cheerleaders. News stories now regularly allude to the issue and cable TV, unable to pass up on the opportunity to invite Allen Keyes or to score links from Drudge and Huffington, is discussing it at length. At least one media personality has been converted: Lou Dobbs, the immigration-obsessed CNN host. Yesterday, he insisted that Obama had not produced a b

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New champions for the Birther movement: 3 lawmakers, Lou Dobbs and one angry woman

In the two weeks since my post on the Birther bill’s gaining new champions in the House, this ridiculous movement has gained even more cheerleaders. News stories now regularly allude to the issue and cable TV, unable to pass up on the opportunity to invite Allen Keyes or to score links from Drudge and Huffington, is discussing it at length. At least one media personality has been converted: Lou Dobbs, the immigration-obsessed CNN host. Yesterday, he insisted that Obama had not produced a b

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Linkspam 3: The Race and Class Edition

Blame WordPress. I didn’t intend to link race and class issues today. In fact, I was feeling much more lighthearted. Then I hit the wrong button and everything was gone. And unlike LJ, you have to actually press the draft button to get anything saved. So I got grumpy and pissed off. Went to soothe my annoyance with some kirk/mccoy slash…and when I returned, found the links leading me to a heavier theme. oops. I shall strive to collect lighthearted stuff next week, I promise…. Massachusetts de

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internal documents show harper govt obsessed with war resisters

Those of us who actively oppose the policies of Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government may sometimes feel government officials are impervious to our criticisms. Those of us who write and call and protest and organize and blog may wonder if the Conservatives are paying even the slightest bit of attention to our efforts. Today I can definitively say: we are noticed every day, and I have proof. Good morning, CIC! You might want to get a fresh cup of coffee. You may be here a while. I now kn

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Feds: OK to keep using old I-9 for now

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has extended the deadline on using the current Form I-9. USCIS has verified that the current version of the I-9 — dated February 2, 2009 — will remain valid beyond what was suppose to be its June 30, 2009, expiration date. USCIS is in the process of reviewing and releasing a new version of the I-9. Until the new form is released, employers must continue to use the current version of the form to confirm employees’ authorization to work in the Un

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There Is Nothing Wrong With Asking Questions.

by Trevor Gibson Those who are moving to another country and plan on being there for more than one year need to ask questions. What types of documentation you will need to obtain a second passport and prove that you hold rightful second citizenship? You also need to ask what types of fees you are going to need to pay in order to have your documents processed. Do you know exactly what it will take to be able to get a second passport and paperwork through the immigration department? No; well

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Call me cynical

On Thursday, June 25, Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Jim Inhofe (D-OK) introduced the Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act (S. 1359). The text of the bill is not on Thomas yet, but according to Sen. Inhofe’s press release its purpose is as follows: … eliminating many of the hurdles internationally adopted children of American citizens currently face before they come to the United States. Currently, the adopted child must be approved for a U.S. immigrant visa to be able to join their American fam

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If the Republicans believed in families then the immigration laws wouldn’t be designed to break them apart, and why do the airlines not need customers to stay in business? – they must not since the airlines are gouging the public and not providing the safety measures to arrive with the plane intact –

U.S. relents in 11-year-old girl’s deportation case (CNN) — Eleven-year-old Ewelina Bledniak was looking at a year split from her parents, split from her friends, away from everything she loves about living in America. Ewelina Bledniak hopes to stay in the United States with her parents, Hubert and Agnieszka. The federal government was ready to deport Ewelina to her native Poland because when she was 3 years old, the family missed a deadline to file a key immi