WILPF immigration statement adopted Dec. 1, 2006 by the national board of WILPF, U.S. Section.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF-US) recognizes that the United States is a nation of immigrants from around the world whose many contributions have enriched our lives and communities from the nation's beginning. WILPF's first president, Jane Addams, founded and directed Hull House in...

Sovereignty migrates in U.S. and Mexican law: transnational influences in plenary power and non-intervention.
ABSTRACT Mexico and the United States exercise sovereignty that is increasingly transnational and less absolute with respect to migration. This is evident in changes to Mexico's norm of nonintervention and the United States' plenary power doctrine, two doctrines rooted in international sovereignty. Both have historically defined sovereign...

Detention and deportation: a continuing scandal: Glenn Nicholls argues for fundamental reforms in the treatment of detainees and deportation legislation.
The Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez scandals in 2005 brought intense pressure on the Immigration Department to be more careful in carrying out deportations and incarcerating potential deportees. The department is spending $550 million over five years on upgrading its computer systems and has promised a 'change of culture'....

Anti-terror laws harsher for foreigners.
Byline: Manoj Mitta NEW DELHI: If Australia is showing no signs of releasing Mohammad Haneef despite dodgy evidence, it is thanks to a global trend of detention provisions in anti-terror and immigration laws becoming more draconian than ever before. Though Haneef is now being held...

Proving persecution: the burdens of establishing a nexus in religious asylum claims and the dangers of new reforms.
INTRODUCTION Upon entering the United States, asylum seekers often have a difficult and completely unknown path before them. They may know little or no English and have no concept of the detailed and complex immigration system they must navigate in order to remain in the United States....

Goings On; ... a calendar of entertainment events.
"Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika" airs on QTV every Sunday morning In an effort to give back the honor and service to her native country, US-based immigration lawyer Lourdes Tancinco has created a service-oriented talk show that tackles immigration issues that are prevalent among Filipinos all over the...

Comprehensively awful: what President Bush and Senator Kennedy have wrought.
ODD though it may seem to those following the debate on "comprehensive immigration reform," the most important element in the Senate bill is not whether it amounts to an amnesty for illegal immigrants. More important provisions are the number of immigrants it would admit in the future, the fiscal...

A bishop's moral core.
It seems to me that Richard John Neuhaus is becoming the "nagging mother" of the political scene, and his remarks about Cardinal Mahony's immigration policy are not only unfair but also tendentious (The Public Square, August/September). Everyone knows Fr. Neuhaus' polkical persuasions, and I say this not in criticism...

Britain agrees to review cases of disenfranchised Indians.
Byline: RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL LONDON: Britain has finally indicated it may offer retrospective fairness to an estimated 30,000 Indians who say they have been suddenly and unaccountably disenfranchised by hard-line new immigration regulation. The Indians, who took the British government to court last month, say the UK...

BI fines Welcoat import.
Byline: JUN RAMIREZ THE BUREAU of Immigration (BI) has fined Welcoat Paints import Robert Sanders P30,000 for working in the country without a permit. BI Acting Commissioner Roy Almoro issued the order last Wednesday after Welcoat allowed Sanders to play without proper approval from the...