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Spain, Like U.S., Grapples With Immigration

In southern Europe, forgiveness plans for immigrants who arrived illegally have helped power economic growth.

Moving Money, Not Telegrams, Across Borders

Christina A. Gold is the chief executive of the Western Union Company.

With Migrant Workers in Short Supply, a Farmer Looks to Machines

For some farmers in western New York, adapting to crackdowns on unauthorized immigrant laborers has meant making changes that cannot be easily reversed.

South Africans Take Out Rage on Immigrants

The violence continued to rage on Monday, as police fired rubber bullets and made arrests to try to quell the violence in and around Johannesburg.

What Social Security Isn’t Meant to Do

Expanding E-Verify and forcing Social Security to take on the enormous burden of immigration enforcement would have frightening implications for millions of people.

Burger With a Side of Spies

Congressional hearings on corporate espionage would be a good place to start figuring out how to regulate the practice.

Shame in Calais

We do not discount the anxieties of Europeans whose lives have been transformed by globalization, but the answer is not to pretend that immigrant labor isn’t needed.

Immigration, Off the Books

To protect American workers means, at the very least, fixing the employment database before beginning a huge, untested worker-verification experiment.

Migrants Perish in Truck to Thailand

The police said 121 people had been crammed inside an airtight seafood container late Wednesday night that measured just 20 feet long and 7 feet wide.

How Immigrants Saved Social Security

The Social Security system is adaptable to the 21st century, if only the political will can be found to champion the necessary changes.

Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season

In Clarks Summit, Pa., the new politics of immigration has put Keith Eckel, one of the largest tomato growers in the Northeast, out of business.

Visa Application Period Opens for Highly Skilled Workers

Technology companies have urged Congress to raise the annual limit of 65,000, saying they face damaging shortages of engineers and software technicians.

A Foolish Immigration Purge

Leave it to the Bush administration to throw thousands of law-abiding American workers and companies off a cliff in perilous economic times.

Businesses Say New York’s Clout Is Emigrating, With Visa Policies to Blame

Some of the country’s biggest corporations have been complaining that American immigration policies are thwarting New York’s ability to compete with other world capitals.

Border Insecurity

Only by bringing people onto the books, being realistic about the supply of visas, and letting people in through ports of entry will the country restore order to the broken system.

Child labour: Govt sets up panel to get rid of sweatshop tag - Times of India

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Child labour: Govt sets up panel to get rid of sweatshop tag
Times of India, India - 11 hours ago
"We will try and prevent migration of labour and provide employment for people where they stay," a WCD official said. The official added that the think-tank ...
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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City - Los Angeles Times

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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City
Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago
Migration is a big issue in Mexico, the main source of undocumented immigrant labor to the United States. Mexican migrants in the United States sent home ...
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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City - Los Angeles Times

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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City
Los Angeles Times, CA - 10 hours ago
Migration is a big issue in Mexico, the main source of undocumented immigrant labor to the United States. Mexican migrants in the United States sent home ...
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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City - Los Angeles Times

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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
Migration is a big issue in Mexico, the main source of undocumented immigrant labor to the United States. Mexican migrants in the United States sent home ...
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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City - Los Angeles Times

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McCain ends Latin American visit in Mexico City
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Migration is a big issue in Mexico, the main source of undocumented immigrant labor to the United States. Mexican migrants in the United States sent home ...
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