USA-LOS ANGELES: TRAVEL – L.A. County set to build its first new freeway in 25 years, despite many misgivings
Debi Allen, an El Mirage resident for almost 15 years, on Sheepcreek Road, where Caltrans is preparing to build a
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Tourism
MANILA: TOURISM – Philippine’s Pres. Duterte: Tourist island Boracay a ‘cesspool’
The Philippines’ famous white-sand island of Boracay is drowning in faeces and may need to be shut down to protect
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US & CANADA: IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel, ESQ – Filipina nurses make great ‘green card’ caregivers
IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel Several years ago, Filipina nurses had a fast track to green cards, as
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US & CANADA-WASHINGTON: IMMIGRATION – Trump Ends ‘Dreamer’ Immigration Program, Places Onus on Congress
President Donald Trump on Tuesday (05/09) scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United
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US & CANADA-BOSTON: IMMIGRATION – US Judge Gives Indonesian Illegal Immigrants Deportation Reprieve
A federal judge on Thursday (01/02) blocked the deportation of 50 Indonesian Christians who have been living illegally in New
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SINGAPORE: TOURISM- Singapore Takes a Jab at Time Out Ranking as Boring City
A view from a cable car of part of the island resort of Sentosa in Singapore in this July
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US & CANADA: IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel, ESQ – 2 different lines/processing times for family petitions
IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel, ESQ Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: I am a green card holder, and petitioned my adult
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US & CANADA – WASHINGTON, D.C.: ‘Don’t worry’: Trump lays out path to citizenship for Dreamers
WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was prepared to back a deal that would provide a pathway
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US & CANADA: IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel, ESQ – The February 2018 priority dates
IMMIGRATION CORNER By Michael J. Gurfinkel, ESQ Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the
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EU-VATICAN CITY: IMMIGRATION – Do not fear the other, pope says on World Migrant Day
Pope Francis waves as he arrive to deliver his message to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s square, during his Angelus
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