News headlines for “Immigration”, page 260
CHINA: E-waste Processing Poisons Health, Environment
- Inter Press Service
Like many who have profited from the electronic waste trade in this southern Chinese town, hospital administrator Lin Banghong does not live there. 'I've worked here 10 years and haven't gotten sick,' he said.
RIGHTS: Iceland Wakes Up to Trafficking for Sex Work
- Inter Press Service
It took the conviction of five Lithuanian men in March, on charges of bringing a 19-year-old girl into Iceland for sex work, before this country truly woke up to the reality of trafficking.
Mexico, Journey of Terror for Central American Migrants
- Inter Press Service
'The fifth time I tried to get to the United States I left Guatemala, crossed the border into Mexico, and on a bus I was assaulted by five police officers,' Guatemalan migrant José Donis said Wednesday.
MIGRATION-US: 'You're a Criminal Just Because You're Brown-Skinned'
- Inter Press Service
Critics of Arizona's new immigration law, which requires police to question people they suspect to be undocumented immigrants, say 'reasonable suspicion' boils down to having brown skin and looking Latino.
Protests Mount Against Immigrant Crackdown
- Inter Press Service
Three civil rights organisations are suing the U.S. government to obtain records related to a little-known programme known as 'Secure Communities' that further involves local and state police in federal immigration enforcement.
Arizona Could Pay High Price for Anti-Immigrant Law
- Inter Press Service
U.S. immigration experts, law enforcement officials and religious leaders are hitting back at the draconian legislation signed into law in Arizona last week, charging it will subject the state to 'staggering potential costs' and vowing to have the law declared unconstitutional in the courts.
Q&A: U.S. Immigration Needs an Internal Watchdog
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has come under growing fire for its poor treatment of would-be immigrants held in detention - including a number of controversial deaths, lack of medical facilities, administrative bungling resulting in loss of records, and absence of due process for detainees at ICE detention centres.
U.S. Sheriff Abused Immigration 'Detainer', Lawsuit Charges
- Inter Press Service
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing a Colorado sheriff it says held a man for 47 days with no charges, no opportunity to see a judge and no opportunity to post bail, simply because federal immigration officers suspected that the man was in the U.S. in violation of federal immigration laws.
Arizona at Epicentre of Divisive U.S. Immigration Debate
- Inter Press Service
Protests and acts of civil disobedience are taking place in the southwest U.S. state of Arizona as it becomes the main battleground in a divisive struggle over illegal immigration.
Haitian-Dominican Relations Warming After Quake
- Inter Press Service
Angela Solis de Pena remembered the story that her parents told her of a Haitian man who tried to rape a Dominican woman; after the woman escaped the man chased her and hacked her to death.
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