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11
Feb
2012
Up to 92% UK Jobs go to immigrants – jobcentre plus

9 hours ago by Atlanta

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Unemployment now 8% – 2.5 Million unemployed the highest in 15 years. But as spending cuts in the UK force a growing number of people out of work, the few vacancies that are left are mostly going to immigrants. Jamie Bragginton is among the growing ranks of the unemployed. He has been trying to find ...

Ancestry & Cultural Transmission in Ship Fever

14 hours ago by ardickens

We inherit a lot from our parents—our eye color, our hair type, our height, our bone structure. We may inherit predispositions to certain diseases, or a natural talent for mathematics or music. We also inherit other, more material things, too: family heirloom jewelry, life savings, mom’s old beat-up ...

10
Feb
2012
Oscar nominee Demian Bichir speaks for millions of undocumented immigrants ... // movies

1 day ago by CelebrityTouch

Image Credit: Merrick Morton You’ve never met a character quite like the one Demián Bichir plays in his Oscar-nominated turn in A Better Life, a little-seen but must-watch film for anyone who wants to have a real conversation about immigration in America. Playing a Mexican gardener caring for his Am ...

09
Feb
2012
Conference: Access Denied

1 day ago by vreemdelingenrecht.com

Irregular immigrants and persons with weak immigration status are often excluded from the formal social security arrangements in their countries of work and residence. This raises a growing number of legal, practical and political issues. This conference seeks to analyse these issues and bring toget ...

Labor immigrants in Finland: Who exploits whom?

2 days ago by Enrique

Remember when some politicians pointed the finger accusingly at labor immigrants because they would fuel racism? Remember how these politicians claimed that immigrants would work for a pittance and thereby drive wages down? A story published by Kauhajoki-lehti reveals how Swedish construction group ...

Missing mom

2 days ago by betty ming liu

Today is the second anniversary of Mom’s death. Even though she was an impossible diva for most of her 92 years, she came around in the end. During her very last days, she was even remarkably loving. And because she changed, I truly miss her. I will always be glad that Mom died while holding [...]

08
Feb
2012
Q&A: Does anyone know of any private scholarships for illegal immigrants?

2 days ago by CollegeScholar

by dbking Question by : Does anyone know of any personal scholarships for illegal immigrants? Hi i am a sophomore going into my junior junior and i want to be prepared for school. I am presently at the best of my class, but i have doubts about college since my loved ones could by no means afford to ...

Noontime News Roundup – February 8, 2012

3 days ago by winterbanyan

Noontime News is a snapshot of our RSS feeds from the noon (Eastern time) hour. Mitt Romney Is Financially Invested In The Birth Control He Seeks To Restrict Mitt Romney has attacked the Obama administration’s regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide reproductive health care services — ...

Towson Attorney Crafts Form to Help Immigrants in Court – Patch.com

3 days ago by gregg

Towson Attorney Crafts Form to Help Immigrants in CourtPatch.comVirtually every day, Towson attorney Jeffrey Scholnick sees someone outside a courtroom at District Court who may be in that exact situation, he said. "That's thousands of people across the state of Maryland who don't understand what th ...

HOW GOOD IS YOUR ENGLISH?

3 days ago by fulanigirl

There is yet another intetesting battle brewing in Arizona. A Latina candidate for an Arizona city council seat, Alejandrina Cabrera, had her qualifications to run for office challenged. Seems some don’t think her English is good enough. She is a U.S. citizen, not an immigrant, and even she admits h ...

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