News headlines for “Immigration”, page 262
U.S.: Controversy Erupts over Deportation Quotas
- Inter Press Service
Immigrants' rights advocates are up in arms Thursday over an apparent gaffe by a senior government official suggesting that immigration authorities would use a 'quota system' to determine the number of people it would deport - followed by a 'clarification' from higher-ups that appeared to confirm the quota approach.
U.S.: Immigration Detention Abuses Continue
- Inter Press Service
More abuses in the U.S. immigration detention system came to light last week when it was revealed that two mentally disabled men continue to be held in detention while facing possible deportation for criminal assault convictions, despite having already served their time.
RIGHTS-SWITZERLAND: Calls to End Forced Deportations Follow Custodial Death
- Inter Press Service
Human rights organisations have been demanding an independent inquiry into the death of a Nigerian asylum seeker died while being deported and a stop to all forced repatriations.
MIGRATION-US: Broken System Costing Billions
- Inter Press Service
As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressional lawmakers prepare to tackle comprehensive immigration reform, a leading immigration advocate says government inaction has 'cost the country billions of dollars, while doing little to impede the flow of unauthorised immigrants.'
WESTERN SAHARA: 'Sahrawi People Must Decide'
- Inter Press Service
The only solution for the conflict over Morocco's occupation of the Western Sahara is to do what the Sahrawi people decide regarding their future, Zahra Ramdan, president of the Association of Sahrawi Women in Spain, told IPS.
SOUTH AFRICA: Ready To Tackle Human Trafficking?
- Inter Press Service
The expected arrival of 350,000 football fans in South Africa for the World Cup in June has provoked fears of increased levels of human trafficking. A new study suggests that one major obstacle to preventing this is the lack of accurate information about the extent of the problem.
MEXICO: Kidnapping - A Growing Risk for Central American Migrants
- Inter Press Service
The increase in kidnappings of Central American migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the United States will be brought up at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) current session next Monday.
MIGRATION-US: Mixed-Status Families Face Hard Choice
- Inter Press Service
Norma Tolsa-Garcia is a U.S. citizen but she fears new proposed laws in Arizona might force her and her family to move away from the state she grew up in because her husband is an undocumented immigrant.
JAMAICA: The Other Side of Paradise
- Inter Press Service
It's just before midnight, and the music pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily clad girls in their five-inch heels moving closer to the iron poles.
U.S.: Detained Migrant Women Shackled During Childbirth
- Inter Press Service
When Maricopa County sheriff's deputies raided Celia Alejandra Alvarez's workplace and discovered her hiding place, she says they lifted her off her feet and slammed her face into a wall, causing injuries to her jaw and teeth. Later, in detention for having false documents, she says she was not given medical care.
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