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Young illegal immigrants scramble for papers after law change allows for work permits
Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order on Wednesday as the US started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a temporary work permit.
US President Barack Obama...
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USA: IMMIGRATION PROVISION 245-I EXPIRES OCTOBER 23
Span/Eng/Nat
A deadline is looming for many illegal immigrants in the U-S.
On October 23rd a provision that allows many foreigners to remain in the U-S while they seek permanent legal status expires.
If that provision - called 245-I ...
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ITALY: ROME: ANTI RACIST DEMONSTRATION
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Over 20-thousand anti-racist demonstrators have taken to the streets of Rome, demanding that a planned change to the country's immigration laws be scrapped.
They say that new rules that give police discretionary powers to...
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US president says security along border with Mexico toughened
1. US President George W. Bush walking towards podium
2. Cutaway of border control officers applauding
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush:
"Past efforts to reform did not do enough to secure our nation's borders, as a...
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Obama meets President-elect Pena Nieto to discuss bilateral relations
1. Mid of United States President Barack Obama and Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I think what I know the president-elect is also interested in is a...
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Ana is a United States citizen who was born in El Salvador. After 20 years of living together in the US, her husband is now stuck on the Mexican side of the border. A federal law, criticized by the president, prohibits him from living with her.
HEADLINE: Separated couple awaits immigration law change
CAPTION: Ana is a United States citizen who was born in El Salvador. After 20 years of living together in the US, her husband is now stuck on the Mexican side of the border. A...
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MEXICO: PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE DURING PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Street clashes between police and protesters marked the first visit of U-S President Bill Clinton's to Mexico.
President Clinton later went on to Mexico's national memorial to honour Mexican troops.
Anger among protesters in...
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More than 200 migrants on hunger strike, demand legalisation
1. Immigrants, with their bedding and belongings, inside room in Athens Law School
2. Various of immigrants raising their hands in a sign of victory
3. Close-up of immigrant
4. Mid of immigrants in sleeping bags
5. SOUNDBITE (Greek)...
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Preps for annual OAS General Assembly
1. Wide of building hosting 40th Summit of the Organisation of American States (OAS)
2. Mid shot of flags
3. Banner announcing Summit
4. Police officer with sniffer dog in road
5. Line of riot police with shields
6. Wide of OAS gathering...
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Senate Majority leader Harry Reid urges President Barack Obama to 'go big' as he weighs executive action on immigration reform. (Nov. 18)
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Senate Majority leader Harry Reid Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to 'go big' as the president weighs executive action on immigration reform.
The president has pledged to announce...
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SYND 23-11-72 INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH HOME SECRETARY, ROBERT CARR, FOLLOWING DEFEAT OF GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION BILL
Interview with British Home Secretary, Robert Carr, and a government backbencher, following defeat of government immigration bill
1) INTERVIEW: British Home Secretary, Robert Carr,
2) INTERVIEW: MP Mr. Brain
Film: Pos - Sound: Opt/SOF...
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U.S. immigration policy is driving away the world's 'best and brightest' precisely when they are needed most, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified before a Senate panel Wednesday.
HEADLINE: Gates asks Senate to ease skilled worker visas
CAPTION: U.S. immigration policy is driving away the world's 'best and brightest' precisely when they are needed most, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified before a Senate panel...
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WRAP Protest by woman deported to Mexico, while her 8 year old son is in US
Tijuana, Mexico
1. Various of Elvira Arellano, deported mother of an eight-year-old US-born boy
2. Various of Arellano and fellow demonstrators making posters
3. Various of Arellano walking with demonstrators
4. Arellano leading...
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Asked about calls to move the 2011 All-Star game from Phoenix because of Arizona's new immigration law, baseball commissioner Bud Selig responded Thursday with a defense of baseball's minority hiring record. (May 13)
HEADLINE: Selig ignores calls to move 2011 All-Star game
CAPTION: Asked about calls to move the 2011 All-Star game from Phoenix because of Arizona's new immigration law, baseball commissioner Bud Selig responded Thursday with a defense...
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President Bush makes a trip to Capitol Hill today to save his immigration bill.
HEADLINE: Bush pitches immigration plan on Capitol Hill
CAPTION: President Bush pressed divided Republicans in the Senate to support him on immigration Tuesday, saying the 'status quo is unacceptable.' (June 12)
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USA: US SENATE PASSES BILL ON TOUGHER IMMIGRATION CONTROL
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The U-S Senate has overwhelmingly passed a popular bill that would crack down on illegal aliens crossing borders and in the workplace, as well as stiffening rules on legal immigrants to keep them off welfare.
The Senate voted...
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President George W. Bush, scrambling to salvage his broad immigration bill that is in peril before a crucial vote, called senators early Thursday to rally support
HEADLINE: Senate blocks Bush's immigration bill
CAPTION: The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008...
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USA:RIGHT WING CONGRESSMEN PRESS FOR TOUGH IMMIGRATION CONTROLS
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Right wing congressmen are pressing for tougher controls to prevent illegal immigrants settling in the United States.
Members of the Congressional Task Force on Immigration Reform are proposing measures which include making...
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House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers Tuesday he was just teasing them when he lampooned their reluctance to act on immigration legislation, insisting the blame is with President Barack Obama, not the GOP. (April 29)
House Speaker John Boehner told Republican lawmakers Tuesday he was just teasing them when he lampooned their reluctance to act on immigration legislation, insisting that he blames President Barack Obama for inaction on the issue, not...
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Families mark year living in abandoned hospital
1. Wide pan of roof tops
2. Wide of occupied former Regina Elena hospital building
3. Medium poster showing Andrea "Tarzan" Alzetta, leader of Roman activist group "Action", next to doorway
4. Wide of hospital corridor, sign reading...
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President Barack Obama will give a primetime address Thursday to announce his plans to fix the immigration system using his own executive authority. Republicans are vehemently opposed to such a move. (Nov. 19)
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President Barack Obama on Thursday will announce steps he will take to shield up to 5 million immigrants illegally in the United States from deportation, defying Republican lawmakers who say...
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Tough policy on immigration angers workers and employers
Paris, April 18, 2008
1. Pan from the street to the restaurant Chez Papa occupied by illegal workers on strike
2. Pan from union member asking pedestrians to sign the petition UPSOUND: (French) "In solidarity with the illegal workers on...
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VOICE American brothers suspected of terror links arrested
VOICED BY Vera Frankl
0000 Two alleged al-Qaida suspects being brought in front of media
0009 Pan two suspects
0017 Cutaway to media people
0020 Medium shot of authorities and suspects trading remarks
0031 UPSOUND: (English) Jamil Daoud...
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Mexico says National Guard isn't way to solve immigration problem
AP Television
Mexico City - 15 May 2006
1. Wide exterior of Government house, Los Pinos
Government TV
Mexico City - 15 May 2006
2. SOUNDBITE(Spanish) Ruben Aguilar, Mexican government spokesperson:
"The Mexican government has insisted,...