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Calling Out Prepaid Phone Cards
In a crackdown that augurs sweeping change in the $4 billion prepaid phone-card industry, state regulators are forcing card vendors to make amends for practices critics say cheat consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Nations:U.S. Source:(BusinessWeek)
2008-07-09
With E-Verify, too many errors to expand its use?
New York - Two hours after Fernando Tinoco started his new job at a meatpacking plant in Chicago, he was escorted by security guards to the office and fired.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2006 U.S. Immigration Row
2008-07-07
2nd NY millionaire gets prison in slavery case
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A millionaire convicted of helping his wife keep two Indonesian housekeepers as virtual slaves was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison, ending a trial that shed light on the often little-seen exploitation and abuse of domestic workers.
Nations:Indonesia India Source:(AP)
2008-06-27
EU endorses new border security rules
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union leaders want their nations to fingerprint all foreign visitors and take other new steps to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a sweeping security overhaul proposed Friday.
Nations:Belgium Slovenia Czech Republic Venezuela France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Hugo Chavez Source:(AP)
2008-06-20
Europe ratchets up its pressure on immigrants
Hamburg, Germany - In one of the clearest signs yet of Europe's hardening stance on immigration, on Wednesday the European Parliament approved tough new rules for expelling undocumented immigrants, among them a provision allowing member nations to keep migrants in detention centers for up to 18 months. Foreigners who have been forcibly deported also face a five-year ban on reentering the European Union.
Nations:Italy France Germany Hungary U.S. Spain People:Silvio Berlusconi Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-20
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