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Immigration service to get $90.5m computer upgrade

The Government is spending $90.5m to upgrade the computer systems at Immigration New Zealand – which is hoped to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs by $12.1m over 15 years.Cabinet approved the upgrade last October, but…

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Immigration curb ‘will miss target’

The Government’s immigration curbs will not be enough to achieve David Cameron’s target of cutting net migration to the “tens of thousands”, a think-tank has warned.

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Utah’s immigration enforcement law ‘threatens Mexican nationals’ human and civil rights’

Utah’s new immigration enforcement law “threatens the human and civil rights” of Mexican nationals, attorneys for the government of Mexico wrote in a friend of the court brief filed in U.S. District Court in conjunction with a lawsuit that challenges the law’s constitutionality.

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Immigration changes to come as new law takes effect in July

The revised immigration law will take effect next July 9 and the government will start accepting applications for new residence registration cards on Jan. 13, the Cabinet decided Tuesday, paving the way for increased government scrutiny through a centralized immigration control of foreign nationals. The amendment will affect foreign nationals who are residing here under medium- to long-term …

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Immigration agency told to pick up its pace

Four years after Bosnian immigrant Mirsad Hajro applied for U.S. citizenship in 2003, the government turned him down based on evidence it repeatedly refused to divulge, despite a law that requires a prompt response to…

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Britons want immigration reduced

Most Britons want to see immigration reduced, but think the Government should focus on cutting the number of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers instead of foreign students and skilled workers, a survey showed today.

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Immigration measure is a sneaky national ID

Draft legislation to fight illegal immigration is being excoriated by critics as a sneaky way to introduce a national ID system.

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Immigration cap ‘not harming UK’

There is “no evidence” the immigration cap on skilled workers is harming the economy, the government’s chief immigration adviser says.

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DUNCAN BARKES Immigration control – all talk and no action

Last week’s immigration figures show the government has failed to get a proper grip on the situation, despite its pledge to do so.

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U.S. ends immigration case against suspect in Rwanda genocide

Wichita, Kan. — The U.S. Justice Department decided to end its immigration case against a Kansas man suspected of participating in the’94 Rwandan genocide after defense attorneys told the government they planned to seek sanctions against prosecutors for withholding evidence, a defense lawyer says.

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