RIGHTS:  Political Storm Rises Around Immigrants
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LONDON, Feb 14 (IPS) - The poster put up by the Conservative Party, like  the new immigration debate in Britain, stands in black and white.
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The issue of illegal immigration is gathering political force in Long Island, and as the complaints grow, politicians are responding with new laws.
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Most limit such voting to local elections and legal immigrants. But state legislatures often intercede.
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With the immigration debate focused on 10 million to 12 million immigrants who have come to the United States illegally, hundreds of thousands of others who have obeyed the law are disappointed by the legislation now pending in Congress.
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The number of immigrants detained by the United States has grown from 90,000 to 283,000 over the past five years, and many were improperly barred from making even a single phone call to a lawyer, congressional investigators reported this week.
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Gone are the days when Americans on the lam could look to Mexico as a refuge. Extraditions and deportations have risen sharply as U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials work closely together to bring suspected criminals to justice.
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Immigrants to the UK may be told not to touch people without permission, spit in the street or play loud music.
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The stalemate between the House and Senate on immigration reform is riling US voters.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - Business owners could soon face fines and even jail time if they hire illegal immigrants in this Long Island community, the latest in one of many efforts by local governments across the country to crack down on undocumented workers.
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A lot of Bush haters are United States citizens.  Many feel they must now leave their country and renounce their citizenship, and feel trapped that they can't.  Many Bush supporters are taking glee in encouraging them to do so, knowing full well many have no options for emigration.  The problem is both "liberals" and "conservatives" have forgotten the United States is about much more than "democracy".  It is about a laboratory of the States within which migration and eminent domain support the pursuit of happiness by providing a mutual defense system for peoples experimenting with their own widely varying belief systems.
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Pro-immigration activists took to the   streets of Chicago on Friday, in the first of a week of marches   nationwide to step up pressure on a returning U.S. Congress to   move forward with a stalled immigration overhaul.
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BUDAPEST, Nov 29 (IPS) - In an embarrassing development for Hungary, Sweden  has for the past weeks received a growing number of asylum  applications from mostly ethnic Roma citizens who complain of  discrimination in the fellow European Union (EU) member state.
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Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.
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Advocates working on behalf of illegal immigrants said they learned a lesson from the immigrant rights marches that fizzled over the Labor Day holiday: It's time to start driving.
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As the political rhetoric heats up in the United States over illegal immigration ahead of the November congressional elections, a quieter battle is being waged in courtrooms.
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As President Bush pressed lawmakers Tuesday to get immigration reform back on track, immigrants across the country were marching, praying, writing lawmakers and hitting the road for Washington in a desperate push to revive the stalled measure.
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Two developments Monday, one tragic the other controversial, marked the latest phase in southern Europe&#39;s struggle to stem the flood of illegal immigrants.