An estimated 11.2 million undocumented immigrants live in the US, including 120,000 in Alabama, most of whom work in backbreaking agricultural jobs under the hot southern sun. In two months, the harsh new immigration law takes effect in the state, aimed in part at making life so difficult for illegal immigrants they will quit the state.
SAN FRANCISCO - In the debate over illegal
immigration
,
San Francisco has proudly played the role of liberal enclave, a so-called
sanctuary city where local officials have refused to cooperate with enforcement
of federal immigration law and undocumented residents have mostly lived without
fear of consequence.
Immigration from Mexico to the United States slowed at least 40 percent between
mid-decade and 2008, according to the analysis, based on national population
surveys
Proponents of Italy's new anti-immigration laws say they are a much-needed response to a serious problem, but critics say they recall the policies of the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, reports the BBC World Service's Madeleine Morris in Milan.
Immigrants who want to become British citizens will win bonus points if they
go to live and work in
Scotland
, where the
population
is ageing,
Jim Murphy
, the Scottish
secretary, announced today.
In every country of the world, the demographic timebomb is ticking away. Yet in Britain, the countdown is surprisingly slow. And when it goes off, it may not be quite the explosion we feared
The US government is erecting a fence in the ocean to divide California from Tijuana, Mexico. Immigration and environmental activists say it is a costly, dangerous endeavour that will do little to keep out unauthorised migrants.