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The Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, White House, Grand Canyon, Venice Beach, Disneyworld, Vegas, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, the American President, Elvis Presley, Wall Street, Boston & Harvard Universities.. These are some of the most instantly famous sights that come to mind when one thinks of planning a Trip to USA.
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From an action-packed tour of the East coast covering New York to Florida to a more relaxed stay at some of California’s famous beaches (Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu beaches), one Visit to USA is just never enough. (more…)
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April 23rd, 2007 |
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Latin American diplomats lobbied Washington this week against a tough immigration plan that would include a large wall along the Mexico-U.S. border to keep out illegal immigrants.
Foreign ministers from 11 Latin American countries gathered in the seaside resort city of Cartagena, where they decided to send a group to Washington next week to identify key U.S. lawmakers on the immigration debate, Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez announced.
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The region will urge key US lawmakers in coming weeks to change or defeat altogether a bill making its way through the U.S. Congress that would make it harder for undocumented immigrants to get jobs and would authorize construction of a fence along parts of the 2,000-mile Mexico-U.S. border. (more…)
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April 20th, 2007 |
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For years Niagara Falls has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States and Canada. Visitors from abroad and North America cannot seem to shake their desire to visit this dramatic aquatic spectacle. But why exactly? The falls are not particularly convenient to any major U.S. city (apologies to Buffalo), which means visitors to the US will need at least two days to fit in a visit to Niagara.
Furthermore besides the actual falls themselves, there is little in the way of cultural or natural points of interest in the area. That is unless you consider a visit to ‘Ripley’s Believe it or Not’ to be a cultural experience.
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Finally, the climate in the Niagara region is rather daunting for much of the year. The area gets a lot of precipitation throughout the year and winter is definitely rugged in that region. (more…)
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April 19th, 2007 |
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Normally the theme for Guerrilla Traveler is adventure on a budget, but sometimes the adventure possibilities are so great I will pass on great adventures that are worth the extra cost. If you are planning to travel to New York City anytime soon, consider seeing the Big Apple from the air.
For example, New York Helicopter Charter offers three tour packages to choose from. The Liberty Tour allows you to see the Statue of Liberty, Ellis and Governors Island, the South Street Seaport, the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and the Wall Street Financial Center. |
The Central Park Tour takes you over the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the Empire State Building, Central Park, and the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum. (more…)
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April 19th, 2007 |
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Eight Latino laborers without proof of legal U.S. residency were arrested Friday morning in front of the Home Depot in Orange and taken to an immigration checkpoint, from which they could be deported.
Orange police said the men were soliciting work outside the store and were cited for violating a city law that prohibits it.
A police spokesman said the arrests were made at the request of Home Depot and its customers. Company spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said store officials did not call police and were unaware that arrests were to happen. |
The arrests drew applause from opponents of illegal immigration and raised concerns among immigrant advocates. (more…)
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April 19th, 2007 |
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After weeks of heated debate, a bill cracking down on illegal immigrants and the companies that hire them moved one step closer to a vote in the state Senate on Tuesday.
The Senate committee considering the plan voted 6-2 to recommend it be passed by the full Senate.
The panel’s roughly 30 minutes of discussion on the plan _ which would deny some state benefits to undocumented adults and use the tax code to penalize employers with illegals on their payrolls _ was in sharp contrast to a pair of hours-long hearings held during the past two weeks. |
‘I think everyone’s concerns were heard,’ said Sen. Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, the plan’s sponsor. ‘We’ve bent over backward to alleviate some of those concerns.’ (more…)
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April 19th, 2007 |
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PHOENIX — Rejecting objections of improper constitutional intrusion, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday to force Gov. Janet Napolitano to put National Guard troops on the border immediately.
The move came despite opposition from Col. Ed Flinn who said the Governor’s Office told his agency to oppose the measure. Flinn said that is because it ‘appears to usurp authority from the executive branch, not because they’re opposed to the idea of the National Guard going to the border. |
That drew an angry response from Sen. Dean Martin, R-Phoenix.
‘If she believes this an infringement on her executive power, she should be the one that is saying it,’ said Martin. He called it ‘totally inappropriate’ for a National Guard colonel to be at the Legislature lobbying for the governor. (more…)
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April 19th, 2007 |
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, kicking off the year’s immigration debate yesterday, said a bill to grant citizenship to illegal aliens probably cannot pass the Congress.
‘I wouldn’t have any objection to [a bill],’ the Pennsylvania Republican said. ‘But I think the political reality is that’s going to be very difficult to do and to get a bill.’ |
Mr. Specter is racing to produce an immigration bill out of his committee before the end of the month, when the Senate is scheduled to begin a floor debate on the issue. His proposal would allow new foreign workers temporary entry and would let current illegal aliens work legally and indefinitely — though it would not create a path to citizenship. (more…)
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April 18th, 2007 |
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The number of illegal immigrants in the US has continued to grow by nearly half a million each year in spite of US efforts to increase security at the country’s borders, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The study, by the Pew Hispanic Center, said that the population of unauthorised migrants reached between 11.5m and 12m last year, accounting for nearly a third of the foreign-born population in the US. That number is up from roughly 8.4m in 2000. |
The continued rise was driven primarily by the strong demand for low-skilled work in the US. “What we’re seeing is a labour migration that is tied to employment opportunities,” said Jeffrey Passel, the study’s author. (more…)
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April 18th, 2007 |
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WASHINGTON — One of every 20 workers in the United States is an illegal immigrant, according to a new report that pegs the illegal population at 11.5 million to 12 million.
Though increasingly dispersed around the U.S. as immigration ripples beyond traditional high-immigration states, the estimated 7.2 million illegal workers are clustered in several industries in particular, a Pew Hispanic Center study issued Tuesday found.
Efforts to curb illegal immigration have not slowed the pace, the study said.
Instead, the report’s author said, those efforts are having an unintended consequence: People who illegally enter the United States from Mexico are staying longer because it is harder to move back and forth across the border. |
‘The security has done more to keep people from going back to Mexico than it has to keep them from coming in,’ said Jeffrey Passel, a senior research associate at the center. (more…)
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