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Trump to end birthright citizenship!
Photo credit: PBS President-elect Donald Trump has promised to eliminate birthright citizenship as soon as he is inaugurated to fulfil his campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefine what it means to be American. News18 reports that efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal battles. Birthright citizenship ensures that anyone born in the United States automatically…
Ontario lawyer loses licence!
Photo credit: Law Times An Ontario lawyer, convicted of defrauding the US government of over US$3 million and sent to prison for almost four years, has lost his licence to practice in Ontario. NationalPost reports that the lawyer, Ronald Ori Davidovic, between 2014 and 2019, participated “in a scheme in which a network of durable…
20 children nearly smuggled into South Africa!
Photo credit: Africa News South Africa continues to see a surge in the number of undocumented immigrants attempting to get smuggled into the country through some of its borders. The South African reports that in a matter of days, close to fifty people have been recently reported to have been caught trying to enter the…
Syrian refugees in Calgary, GTA, elsewhere celebrate Assad’s fall!
Photo credit: the Globe and Mail On Sunday in Calgary, hundreds celebrated in front of the city hall, waving Syrian and Canadian flags, dancing, and chanting. CTV News reports that Sam Nammoura, co-founder of the Syrian Refugee Support Group, said, “This is the right for a glorious future. Any hiccups along the way, we will…
Fiji’s illegal immigrant population doubles in a year!
Photo credit: RNZ In Fiji, the government has announced new measures to tackle its soaring immigration population. Scoop World reports that the number of illegal residents in the country has doubled in a year and now stands at more than 8000. A government source told RNZ Pacific that 90 per cent of offenders were Pacific Islanders who had…
Thousands of immigration offenders in Malaysia seize advantage of government program to return home!
Photo credit: Benar News Some 27,000 foreign nationals in Malaysia guilty of immigration offences have taken advantage of a government program that allows them to return home for a nominal fee. CNA reports that the Mirant Repatriation Program initiative started on March 1 and will end on December 31. Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department director Wan Mohammed Saupee…
Syrian government falls after 50 years…
Photo credit: NPR The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. AP reports that the man who read the statement said the Operations Room To Conquer Damascus, an opposition group,…