NEW YORK STATE GETS SEVEN MILLION IN ILLEGAL-ALIEN DEAL.
Written by U.S Immigration News Tuesday, 01 February 2011 02:00
New York law-enforcement agencies have begun collecting their one-third portion of a near
$21 million settlement from a national pallet-recycling company that employed 6,000 illegal
aliens in 26 states.
The investigation, which began upstate, was based on a truck driver’s tip and led to the April 2006
raids at more than 40 IFCO system plants. At least 1,100 people were arrested on immigration
charges. The company settled this federal case in 2008.
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POLAND SWEARS IN A NIGERIAN AS THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
Last Updated on Thursday, 06 January 2011 21:14 Written by U.S Immigration News Thursday, 06 January 2011 02:38
POLAND SWEARS IN A NIGERIAN AS THE FIRST BLACK MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
John Abraham Godson, now a Polish citizen born and raised in Nigeria, has been sworn in as the first black member of Poland’s parliament. Mr Godson had served as a councilor in the city of Lodz before taking up a parliamentary seat. His entry into parliament has created a media stir in the mainly white country.
He came to Poland in the 1990s, opening an English-language school and working as a pastor in a Protestant church. He has since married a Polish woman and the couple have four children.
It is still quite rare to see black people even in polish capital of Warsaw, Poland’s most cosmopolitan city. Racism is still a problem in Poland, where it is not uncommon for...
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